Hiroya Saitō
Appearance
Hiroya Saito 斉藤浩哉 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | 斉藤浩哉 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Yoichi, Hokkaidō, Japan | 1 September 1970|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 188.5 m (618 ft) Planica, 21-23 March 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 1992–2000 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 147 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 10 February 2016. |
Hiroya Saito (斉藤浩哉, Saitō Hiroya) (born 1 September 1970) is a Japanese former ski jumper.
Career
He competed from 1991 to 2002. He won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in the Team large hill event. Saito is a three-time FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalist with two silvers (1995: Individual normal hill and 1997: Team large hill) and one bronze (1995: Team large hill).
World Cup
Standings
Season | Overall | 4H | SF | NT | JP |
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1991/92 | — | — | — | N/A | N/A |
1992/93 | — | — | — | N/A | N/A |
1993/94 | 42 | 20 | — | N/A | N/A |
1994/95 | 27 | 76 | 29 | N/A | N/A |
1995/96 | 8 | 4 | 24 | N/A | 7 |
1996/97 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | ![]() |
1997/98 | 5 | 13 | 10 | ![]() |
6 |
1998/99 | 23 | 23 | — | — | 21 |
1999/00 | 20 | 33 | 19 | 31 | 22 |
2001/02 | 60 | — | N/A | — | N/A |
Wins
No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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1 | 1995/96 | 17 December 1995 | ![]() |
Le Mont K95 | NH |
2 | 1996/97 | 2 February 1997 | ![]() |
Mühlenkopfschanze K120 | LH |
External links
- Hiroya Saitō at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hiroya Saitō". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
Categories:
- 1970 births
- Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Japanese male ski jumpers
- Living people
- Olympic ski jumpers of Japan
- Olympic medalists in ski jumping
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Hokkaido
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan