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Miyako Sumiyoshi
- March 19, 1987
- January 20, 2018
- 30 years
- natural causes
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Miyako Sumiyoshi, 30, Japanese Olympic speed skater (2014).
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|Miyako Sumiyoshi (住吉 都, Sumiyoshi Miyako; 19 March 1987 – 20 January 2018) was a Japanese speed skater. She competed at the 2013 World Sprint Championships in Salt Lake City, where she placed thirteenth. She also placed thirteenth in the sprint combination at the 2014 World Sprint Championships in Nagano. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in the 500 metres (14th) and in the 1000 metres (22nd).
On 20 January 2018, she was found dead in her home in Nagano. NHK reported that she seemed to have committed suicide.
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