Masahiro Akimoto (ski jumper)

Masahiro Akimoto (秋元 正博, Akimoto Masahiro) (born 3 September 1956) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

Masahiro Akimoto
秋元 正博
Country Japan
Full name秋元 正博
Born (1956-09-03) 3 September 1956
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
World Cup career
Seasons19801982
19841986
1988
Individual wins4
Indiv. podiums8
Indiv. starts46
Updated on 9 December 2022.

Career

He competed from 1980 to 1986. He finished fourth in the individual large hill event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Akimoto's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the team large hill events at Seefeld, Austria in 1985. He earned a total of four World Cup wins from 1980 to 1985.

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H
1979/80 531
1980/81 4011
1981/82 2532
1983/84 24
1984/85 8
1985/86 2324
1988/89

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1979/8013 January 1980  Japan SapporoŌkurayama K110LH
2 24 March 1980  Czechoslovakia Štrbské PlesoMS 1970 A K110LH
3 1983/8421 January 1984  Japan SapporoMiyanomori K90NH
4 1984/8510 February 1985  Japan SapporoŌkurayama K110LH


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