Takanobu Okabe

Takanobu Okabe (岡部 孝信, Okabe Takanobu) (born 26 October 1970) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

Takanobu Okabe
岡部 孝信
Country Japan
Full name岡部 孝信
Born (1970-10-26) 26 October 1970
Shimokawa, Japan
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Personal best217.5 m (714 ft)
Planica, 17 March 2006
World Cup career
Seasons1990-1991
1993-2003
2005-2010
2012-2014
Individual wins5
Team wins2
Indiv. podiums23
Team podiums6
Indiv. starts215
Team starts15
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano Team LH
Silver medal – second place 1994 Lillehammer Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place1995 Thunder BayIndividual NH
Silver medal – second place1997 TrondheimTeam LH
Bronze medal – third place1995 Thunder BayTeam LH
Bronze medal – third place2007 SapporoTeam LH
Bronze medal – third place2009 LiberecTeam LH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

His debut World Cup performance was on 16 December 1989 in Sapporo and at the moment he is the oldest ski jumper in a world of ski jumping. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the team large hill event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1994 and a gold in 1998.

Okabe had his biggest successes at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning five medals. This included a gold in the individual normal hill (1995), a silver in the team large hill (1997), and three bronzes in the team large hill (1995, 2007, 2009).

Okabe has five individual World Cup victories, three of which came on flying hills. At the time of his latest win in Kuopio on March 10, 2009 he was, at the age of 38 years and 135 days,[1] the oldest ski jumper to ever win a World Cup competition. This record has since been beaten by his compatriot Noriaki Kasai.

On 12 March 2014, the International Ski Federation announced his retirement.

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall 4H SF NT JP
1989/90 ——N/AN/AN/A
1990/91 ———N/AN/A
1992/93 24——N/AN/A
1993/94 71311N/AN/A
1994/95 5192nd place, silver medalist(s)N/AN/A
1995/96 39——N/A35
1996/97 442nd place, silver medalist(s)256
1997/98 163362118
1998/99 3830——37
1999/00 33—313733
2000/01 4972——N/A
2001/02 59—N/A—N/A
2002/03 ——N/A—N/A
2004/05 49—N/A40N/A
2005/06 126N/A14N/A
2006/07 5249N/A22N/A
2007/08 63—N/A—N/A
2008/09 28——24N/A
2009/10 82——63N/A
2011/12 ———N/AN/A
2012/13 ———N/AN/A
2013/14 ———N/AN/A

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1996/977 December 1996  Finland KuusamoRukatunturi K120 (night)LH
2 8 February 1997  Austria Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfKulm K185FH
3 22 March 1997  Slovenia PlanicaVelikanka bratov Gorišek K185FH
4 1997/981 March 1998  Norway VikersundVikersundbakken K175FH
5 2008/0910 March 2009  Finland KuopioPuijo HS127 (night)LH

References
  1. http://infostradalive.com/2014/01/11/record-kasai-becomes-oldest-ski-jumper-to-win-wc-meet/
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