Yuki Ito (ski jumper)

Yuki Ito
伊藤 有希
Ito in Hinterzarten, 2013
Country  Japan
Born (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994
Shimokawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Ski club Tsuchiya Home
Personal best 139 m (456 ft)
Sapporo, 10 Jan 2011
World Cup career
Seasons 2012–present
Individual wins 5
Team wins 3
Indiv. podiums 21
Team podiums 4
Indiv. starts 102
Team starts 4
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
World Championships
2013 Val di Fiemme Mixed NH
2015 FalunIndividual NH
2017 LahtiIndividual NH
2015 FalunMixed NH
2017 LahtiMixed NH
Updated on 25 March 2018.

Yuki Ito (伊藤 有希, Itō Yūki, born 10 May 1994) is a Japanese ski jumper. She has won five individual World Cup events, one team event, and finished as the overall runner-up in the 2016/17 season. At the World Championships she has won five medals, including a mixed team gold.

Ski jumping career

Ito's debut in World Cup took place in February 2012 in Hinzenbach. At the 2013 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Ito won the gold medal with the Japanese team in the mixed event at normal hill. She won her first individual event in the World Cup in Sapporo on 14 January 2017.[1]

She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, finishing seventh in the women's normal hill individual competition. She also competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the same event.[2]

She also won the first ever women's World Cup team competition in Hinterzarten on 16 December 2017. Her team mates included Kaori Iwabuchi and Sara Takanashi.[3]

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall L3
2011/12 20N/A
2012/13 18N/A
2013/14 3rd, bronze medalist(s)N/A
2014/15 5N/A
2015/16 8N/A
2016/17 2nd, silver medalist(s)N/A
2017/18 44
  • Standings through 25 March 2018

Individual wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2016/1714 January 2017  Japan SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
2 20 January 2017  Japan ZaōYamagata HS103 (night)NH
3 21 January 2017  Japan ZaōYamagata HS103 (night)NH
4 15 February 2017  South Korea PyeongchangAlpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS109 (night)NH
5 12 March 2017  Norway OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH

References

  1. ↑ "First World Cup victory for Yuki Ito". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Yuki Ito". Pyeongchang 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Japan leaps to team crown". The Japan Times. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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