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Reruhi Shimizu

清水礼留飛
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Reruhi Shimizu (清水 礼留飛, Shimizu Reruhi; born 4 December 1993) is a Japanese ski jumper from Myōkō, Niigata. Shimizu's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in November 2012 in Lillehammer. On 23 November 2013, he won bronze at a team event with Japan in Klingenthal at large hill. His first name, Reruhi, refers to Austrian military officer Theodor Edler von Lerch, who introduced skiing to Japan in 1911.

Source: “Reruhi Shimizu”, English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), excerpt