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Japanese ski jumper (born 1970)
Takanobu Okabe
岡部 孝信
Country Japan
Full name岡部 孝信
Born (1970-10-26) 26 October 1970 (age 54)
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
Indiv. starts215
Indiv. podiums23
Indiv. wins5
Team starts15
Team podiums6
Team wins2
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 place 1995 Thunder Bay Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 1997 Trondheim Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Thunder Bay Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Liberec Team LH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

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

Career

His debut World Cup performance was on 16 December 1989 in Sapporo. 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, 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/A N/A N/A
1990/91 — — — N/A N/A
1992/93 24 — — N/A N/A
1993/94 7 13 11 N/A N/A
1994/95 5 19 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A N/A
1995/96 39 — — N/A 35
1996/97 4 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 25 6
1997/98 16 33 6 21 18
1998/99 38 30 — — 37
1999/00 33 — 31 37 33
2000/01 49 72 — — N/A
2001/02 59 — N/A — N/A
2002/03 — — N/A — N/A
2004/05 49 — N/A 40 N/A
2005/06 12 6 N/A 14 N/A
2006/07 52 49 N/A 22 N/A
2007/08 63 — N/A — N/A
2008/09 28 — — 24 N/A
2009/10 82 — — 63 N/A
2011/12 — — — N/A N/A
2012/13 — — — N/A N/A
2013/14 — — — N/A N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1996/97 7 December 1996   Finland Kuusamo Rukatunturi K120 (night) LH
2 8 February 1997   Austria Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf Kulm K185 FH
3 22 March 1997   Slovenia Planica Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 FH
4 1997/98 1 March 1998   Norway Vikersund Vikersundbakken K175 FH
5 2008/09 10 March 2009   Finland Kuopio Puijo HS127 (night) LH

References

  1. "RECORD: Kasai becomes oldest ski jumper to win WC meet". infostradalive.com. January 11, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-12.

External links

Olympic champions in men's ski jumping team large hill
World champions in ski jumping individual normal hill
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