Noriaki Kasai

Noriaki Kasai
葛西 紀明
Kasai in Bischofshofen, 2017
Country  Japan
Born (1972-06-06) 6 June 1972
Shimokawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Ski club Tsuchiya Home Ski Team
Personal best 241.5 m (792 ft)
Vikersund, 19 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons
Individual wins 17
Team wins 3
Indiv. podiums 63
Team podiums 18
Indiv. starts 543
Team starts 69
Nordic titles 1 (1999)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 2 1
Ski Jumping World Championships 0 2 5
Ski Flying World Championships 1 0 0
Total 1 4 6
Olympic Games
1994 Lillehammer Team LH
2014 Sochi Individual LH
2014 Sochi Team LH
World Championships
1999 Ramsau Team LH
2003 Val di Fiemme Team LH
2003 Val di Fiemme Individual NH
2003 Val di Fiemme Individual LH
2007 Sapporo Team LH
2009 Liberec Team LH
2015 Falun Mixed NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
1992 Harrachov Individual
Updated on 25 March 2018.

Noriaki Kasai (葛西 紀明, Kasai Noriaki, born 6 June 1972) is a Japanese ski jumper. His many career achievements include a gold medal at the 1992 Ski Flying World Championships, winning the 1999 Nordic Tournament, individual silver at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and individual bronze twice at the 2003 Ski Jumping World Championships.

In 2016, Kasai was honoured with a Guinness World Records certificate for the most individual World Cup competition starts, not only in ski jumping, but in all World Cup disciplines run by the International Ski Federation.[1] With a combined 612 World Cup starts (individual and team), Kasai has been competing for 29 seasons between 1990 and 2018, and consecutively since 1996.

Kasai also holds a world record number of appearances in ski jumping at the Winter Olympics, World Championships, and Ski Flying World Championships. He is the first athlete in history to participate in eight Winter Olympics,[2] the oldest ski jumper to win a medal at the Olympics, the oldest World Cup individual competition winner, the oldest ski jumper to achieve a World Cup individual podium, and the oldest World Cup participant.[3][4]

Career

1988: World Cup debut

Kasai made his World Cup debut on 17 December 1988 in Sapporo, Japan at the age of 16 reaching 31st place. A year later he performed in his first Nordic World Championships in Lahti, Finland.

1992: World champion

He won his first and to date only major championship at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1992 in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia. He won after a second day of competition which was cancelled after strong winds and a crash of Christof Duffner (albeit also counting for world cup points). At that time he was among the world's top jumpers, known for his extraordinary style, holding his body almost flat between his skis.

1994: Olympic team medal

In 1994, he was a member of the Japanese national team that won a silver medal in the team large hill and finished 5th in the individual large hill at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. After breaking his shoulder he missed the entire 1994/95 season.

1999: Nordic Tournament

Kasai also won the prestigious ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival and Nordic Tournament overall in 1999. He collected a total of seven medals at the Nordic World Championships, including two silver (team large hill: 1999, 2003) and five bronzes (individual normal hill in 2003; individual large hill in 2003; team large hill in 2007 and 2009; and mixed team normal hill in 2015). At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 8th on the large hill and 17th on the normal hill.

2014: Oldest Olympic medalist

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi he competed in a record seventh Olympics and took the silver medal in the large hill individual and the bronze in team large hill, becoming the oldest ski jumper ever to take a medal at the winter Olympics.

On 29 November 2014 Kasai became the oldest world cup winner when he shared the victory with Switzerland's Simon Ammann in Ruka, Finland. This has been his last win to date and he currently stands at 17 World Cup wins.

On 22 February 2015 Kasai won the bronze medal in FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 at the mixed team event and became the oldest medalist at the Nordic world ski championships. He performed for a record 12th time in this competition.

2016: 500th World Cup start

On 4 March 2016 he was on a World Cup podium in Wisła at the age of 43 years and 272 days, which is a record for the oldest contestant to mount the podium in ski jumping history.[5] On 17 March 2016 in Planica, he reached his 500th individual start in the World Cup.[6]

2018 Olympics

Kasai finished 21st in the normal hill at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[7]

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H SF RA W5 P7 NT JP
1988/89 ——N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
1989/90 2419N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
1990/91 —73—N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
1991/92 9—7N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
1992/93 3rd, bronze medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)—N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
1993/94 6419N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
1995/96 361026N/AN/AN/AN/A36
1996/97 172423N/AN/AN/A1115
1997/98 102413N/AN/AN/A410
1998/99 3rd, bronze medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)N/AN/AN/A1st, gold medalist(s)4
1999/00 152010N/AN/AN/A914
2000/01 4128N/AN/AN/A23N/A
2001/02 2331N/AN/AN/AN/A20N/A
2002/03 1323N/AN/AN/AN/A6N/A
2003/04 88N/AN/AN/AN/A10N/A
2004/05 1611N/AN/AN/AN/A26N/A
2005/06 219N/AN/AN/AN/A15N/A
2006/07 2634N/AN/AN/AN/A20N/A
2007/08 3434N/AN/AN/AN/A30N/A
2008/09 151320N/AN/AN/A13N/A
2009/10 1711—N/AN/AN/A8N/A
2010/11 253131N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2011/12 513345N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2012/13 244217N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2013/14 552nd, silver medalist(s)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2014/15 644N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2015/16 875N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2016/17 152948N/AN/AN/AN/A
2017/18 2640924—13N/AN/A
  • Standings through 25 March 2018

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1991/9222 March 1992  Czechoslovakia HarrachovČerťák K180FH
2 1992/931 January 1993  Germany Garmisch-PartenkirchenGroße Olympiaschanze K107LH
3 23 January 1993  Italy PredazzoTrampolino dal Ben K120LH
4 6 March 1993  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä K90NH
5 1993/949 January 1994  Austria MurauHans-Walland Großschanze K120LH
6 1997/9822 March 1998  Slovenia PlanicaBloudkova velikanka K120LH
7 1998/993 January 1999  Austria InnsbruckBergiselschanze K120LH
8 29 January 1999  Germany WillingenMühlenkopfschanze K120LH
9 31 January 1999  Germany WillingenMühlenkopfschanze K120LH
10 9 March 1999  Norway TrondheimGranåsen K120 (night)LH
11 14 March 1999  Norway OsloHolmenkollbakken K115LH
12 21 March 1999  Slovenia PlanicaVelikanka bratov Gorišek K185FH
13 2000/011 January 2001  Germany Garmisch-PartenkirchenGroße Olympiaschanze K115LH
14 2002/039 February 2003  Germany WillingenMühlenkopfschanze K120LH
15 2003/0428 February 2004  United States Park CityUtah Olympic Park K120LH
16 2013/1411 January 2014  Austria Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfKulm HS200FH
17 2014/1529 November 2014  Finland KuusamoRukatunturi HS142LH

Individual starts (543)

Kasai was three times on the starting list but did not start, at Bischofshofen in 1997, Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1998, and Lahti in 2014.

winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q)
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Points
1988/89 0
– – – – 31 26 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
1989/90 43
27 18 9 7 20 40 26 15 16 30 – – – 18 26 51 7 24 7 10 14 28 50 22 68
1990/91 0
47 39 53 51 61 36 47 57 q q 18 – – – – – – – – – – –
1991/92 115
11 13 11 6 – – – – – – – – – 3 6 2 6 60 13 1 7
1992/93 172
34 7 21 14 43 3 1 3 2 1 – – 1 4 4 4 27
1993/94 562
15 5 31 12 27 14 13 3 2 1 – – 6 5 3 17 19 45 10
1995/96 132
– – – – – – – 37 14 12 9 17 – – 52 35 – – 21 22 17 18 28 q – – – –
1996/97 351
15 25 7 23 6 18 31 20 12 DNS – – 16 21 2 18 15 33 11 41 27 27 12 20 q
1997/98 720
3 7 7 17 10 4 7 6 DNS 25 30 – – – – – 37 14 3 5 17 8 16 2 30 4 1
1998/99 1598
5 37 5 6 3 12 13 2 3 3 1 4 3 3 5 11 6 12 1 1 – 3 5 1 4 1 4 3 1
1999/00 436
5 13 5 17 16 34 14 47 18 13 17 44 11 8 29 11 31 22 30 – 42 8 18 7 17 5
2000/01 728
48 2 18 2 1 3 44 7 11 18 4 10 4 7 4 18 6 8 44 19 18
2001/02 219
19 23 25 21 7 25 30 – – q 37 28 20 15 – – 8 3 – 22 25 28
2002/03 548
12 22 11 9 19 17 20 17 21 22 13 39 – – – 9 10 22 10 10 12 1 5 6 16 36 7
2003/04 631
12 18 21 6 10 5 6 6 11 – – – – 49 8 2 3 15 1 9 11 16 16
2004/05 416
6 6 14 9 11 5 10 25 15 15 20 10 13 34 22 – – – – 9 7 18 25 29 27 31 39 31
2005/06 249
q 41 32 21 38 39 19 13 12 9 11 24 4 – – 21 19 19 13 14 31 28
2006/07 182
50 – – – – q 3 28 42 – – – – 33 15 17 15 19 36 9 12 37 28 24
2007/08 122
11 15 17 26 11 – – q 25 39 30 q q – – – 25 42 25 19 34 27 35 35 27 q 32
2008/09 409
47 33 q 29 6 q 19 17 16 6 19 – – – – 9 12 – 3 21 – 34 5 9 6 28 7
2009/10 344
10 49 30 13 15 35 13 13 9 19 – – 6 2 – – – – – 11 16 9 19
2010/11 197
24 16 27 29 35 29 46 22 21 22 – – – 11 14 27 25 5 25 DQ 18 25 20 25 q –
2011/12 45
– – – – – – – 35 29 36 56 – – – – 15 33 42 q 32 29 24 24 23 28 –
2012/13 328
19 10 7 20 30 25 24 q 41 34 23 – – 11 19 – – – – – – 9 19 12 12 4 4
2013/14 1062
27 5 10 4 6 3 – – 6 6 7 5 1 3 – – 3 6 4 4 3 DNS 9 8 3 4 6 5
2014/15 1137
6 3 1 11 17 – – – – 8 8 3 2 5 8 9 6 8 9 9 5 11 3 5 5 13 10 4 2 5 8
2015/16 909
5 30 17 – – 3 10 5 12 7 9 – – 4 3 3 3 7 10 7 16 14 10 7 3 12 6 7 4
2016/17 401
18 24 26 32 33 21 21 31 37 10 14 17 17 23 37 14 12 35 50 21 35 13 15 2 4 3
2017/18 164
31 q – – 10 42 48 46 q 18 48 5 24 – – q 30 18 46 10 11 22

Records

Personal life

On 30 January 2016 his wife gave birth to their daughter named Rino.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Japanese athlete Noriaki Kasai honoured with world record certificates at FIS Ski Jumping World Cup". asahi.com. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Noriaki Kasai sets record with 8th Winter Olympics appearance
  3. ↑ "Olympics Ski jumping Japan's golden oldie Kasai flys to silver". reuters. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Kasai rewrites record book for oldest winner". asahi.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "SKI FLYING INDIVIDUAL - PLANICA, 17-20 MARCH 2016" (PDF). fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kasai places sixth in 500th World Cup event". japantimes.co.jp. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  7. ↑ Bethea, Charles. Noriaki Kasai, the Japanese Ski-Jumping Legend Going for Gold at Forty-Five. The New Yorker. February 14, 2018.
  8. ↑ Noriaki Kasai został ojcem! – skijumping.pl – 31-01-2016
  9. ↑ Noriaki Kasai postal očka – zurnal24.si – 02-02-2016
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