Yoshiyuki Ohmiya (近江谷 好幸, Ōmiya Yoshiyuki, born January 8, 1959)[1] is a Japanese curler and curling coach from Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan.

Yoshiyuki Ohmiya
Born (1959-01-08) 8 January 1959 (age 65)
Team
Curling clubObihiro & Tokoro CC
Curling career
World Championship
appearances
1 (2006)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances
5 (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005)
Olympic
appearances
1 (1998)
Medal record
Men's curling
Representing  Japan
Pacific-Asia Championships
Silver medal – second place 1994 Christchurch
Silver medal – second place 1995 Tokoro
Silver medal – second place 1997 Karuizawa
Silver medal – second place 1998 Qualicum Beach
Silver medal – second place 2005 Taipei

He represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, where the Japanese men's team placed 5th.

His daughter is Japanese female curler Anna Ohmiya, participant of Japan women's curling team on 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

Teams and events

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Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
1994–95 Shigenori Sato Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Yoshihiro Imahashi Toshio Yano Takahiro Sekine Shuji Abe PCC 1994  
1995–96 Yoshiyuki Ohmiya ? ? ? ? ? PCC 1995  
1997–98 Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Hirohumi Kudo Hiroshi Sato Makoto Tsuruga Hisaaki Nakamine PCC 1997  
Makoto Tsuruga Hiroshi Sato Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Hirofumi Kudo Hisaaki Nakamine Glen Jackson WOG 1998 (5th)
1998–99 Makoto Tsuruga Kazuhito Hori Hiroshi Sato Naoki Kudo Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Glen Jackson PCC 1998  
2005–06 Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Makoto Tsuruga Kazuhiko Ikawa Yuji Hirama Tsuyoshi Ryutaki Wayne Matthewson PCC 2005  
Yoshiyuki Ohmiya Makoto Tsuruga Tsuyoshi Ryutaki Kazuhiko Ikawa Yuji Hirama Wayne Matthewson WMCC 2006 (11th)

Record as a coach of national teams

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Year Tournament, event National team Place
2001 2001 Ford World Women's Curling Championship   Japan (women)
7
2001 2001 Pacific Curling Championships   Japan (women)
 
2007 2007 Pacific Junior Curling Championships   Japan (junior women)
4

References

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  1. ^ Also known as Yoshiyuki Oomiya.
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