Jinya Nishikata
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| Full name | Jinya Nishikata | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 December 1968 Nozawaonsen, Nagano, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 1988, 1993-2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on October 7, 2011. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Jinya Nishikata (西方 仁也, Nishikata Jin'ya) (born December 4, 1968) is a Japanese former ski jumper.
He competed from 1988 to 2001. He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and followed that up with a bronze medal in the team large hill competition at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Nishikata finished in the Top 3 once in each of the four Cup World Cup seasons between 1993 and 1996.
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Japanese ski jumpers
- Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ski jumpers of Japan
- Olympic medalists in ski jumping
- People from Nagano Prefecture
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan