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Yūichirō Miura
Japanese skier (born 1932)
Yūichirō Miura (三浦 雄一郎, Miura Yūichirō, born October 12, 1932) is a Japanese skier and alpinist.
Early life
Miura was born in Aomori City in northernmost Tōhoku region of northeast Japan on October 12, 1932.
His father, Keizo Miura, was a Japanese skier.
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Yūichirō was exposed to snow sports from the time he was a child, and placed in his first skiing competition during his second grade year in elementary school. He moved south with his family but found that he missed the snow and winter sports, prompting him to enroll at Hokkaido University.
There, he continued to pursue skiing as a professional sport.
Career
Miura competed in speedskiing and downhill skiing. His advanced ability to ski, especially in the back-country, required him to reach high elevations by hiking, expanding the breadth of his skills to include wintertime Alpine mountaineering.
Once he became a prolific mountain climber, Miura began challenging larger moun