Noriaki_Kasai

Noriaki Kasai

Noriaki Kasai

Japanese ski jumper

Noriaki Kasai (葛西 紀明, Kasai Noriaki, born 6 June 1972) is a Japanese ski jumper. His career achievements include a gold medal at the 1992 Ski Flying World Championships, winning the 1999 Nordic Tournament, individual silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two individual bronze medals at the 2003 Ski Jumping World Championships.

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During his career, Kasai has broken numerous ski jumping records. In 2016, he was honoured with two Guinness World Records certificates for the most individual World Cup starts, not only in ski jumping, but in all World Cup disciplines organized by the International Ski Federation. At World Cup level, Kasai competed for a total of 33 seasons between 1988–89 and 2023–24.

Career

1988: World Cup debut

Kasai made his World Cup debut on 17 December 1988 in Sapporo, Japan, at the age of 16, reaching 31st place. A year later he performed in his first Nordic World Championships in Lahti, Finland.

1992: World champion

He won his first and to date only major championship at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1992 in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia. He won after a second day of competition which was cancelled after strong winds and a crash of Christof Duffner. At that time he was among the world's top jumpers, known for his extraordinary style, holding his body almost flat between his skis.

1994: Olympic team medal

In 1994, he was a member of the Japanese national team that won a silver medal in the team large hill and finished fifth in the individual large hill at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. After breaking his shoulder he missed the entire 1994–95 season.

1999: Nordic Tournament

In 1999, Kasai won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival and Nordic Tournament overall title. He collected a total of seven medals at the Nordic World Championships, including two silver (team large hill in 1999 and 2003) and five bronze medals (individual normal hill and individual large hill in 2003, team large hill in 2007 and 2009, and mixed team normal hill in 2015). At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished eighth on the large hill and 17th on the normal hill.

2014: Oldest Olympic medalist

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi he competed in a record seventh Olympics and took the silver medal in the large hill individual and the bronze in team large hill, becoming the oldest ski jumper ever to take a medal at the winter Olympics.[2]

On 29 November 2014, Kasai became the oldest World Cup winner when he shared the victory with Simon Ammann in Ruka, Finland.[3]

On 22 February 2015, Kasai won the bronze medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in mixed team event and became the oldest medalist at the Nordic World Ski Championships. He performed for a record twelfth time in the competition.

2016: 500th World Cup start

On 4 March 2016, Kasai was on a World Cup podium in Wisła at the age of 43 years and 272 days, which is a record for the oldest contestant to mount the podium in ski jumping history.[4] On 17 March 2016, he made his 500th individual start in the World Cup.[5]

2018 Olympics

Kasai finished 21st in the normal hill event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[6]

Records

During his career, Kasai broke numerous ski jumping records and age milestones. He is the oldest athlete to ever perform in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup and holds the record for the most appearances in the competition, with a total of 578 individual starts in 33 seasons between 1988–89 and 2023–24.[7][8] Kasai also holds a record number of appearances in ski jumping at the Winter Olympics (21 starts), FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (42 starts), and FIS Ski Flying World Championships (13 starts).[9][10][11] In 2016, he was awarded with two Guinness World Records certificates for "the most appearances in FIS Nordic World Ski Championships by an individual ski jumper" and "the most individual starts in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup competitions".[12] In November 2014, Kasai became the oldest individual World Cup event winner, aged 42 years and 5 months.[3][13] He is also the oldest competitor to make a World Cup podium, aged 44 years and 9 months.[14]

Kasai is the first athlete in history to participate at eight Winter Olympics (between 1992 and 2018).[15] At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he became the oldest Olympic medalist in ski jumping after winning a silver medal aged 41 years and 254 days.[2]

Personal life

On 30 January 2016 his wife gave birth to their daughter named Rino.[16][17]

Major tournament results

Olympics

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FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

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Ski Flying World Championships

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World Cup

Standings

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Individual wins

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Individual starts

Kasai was three times on the starting list but did not start, at Bischofshofen in 1997, Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1998, and Lahti in 2014.

winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q): did not start (DNS)
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Points
1988–89 Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Lake Placid Lake Placid Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Liberec Harrachov Oberhof Oberhof Chamonix Oslo Örnsköldsvik Harrachov Planica Planica 0
– – – – 31 26 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
1989–90 Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Lake Placid Lake Placid Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Harrachov Liberec Zakopane St.Moritz Gstaad Engelberg Predazzo Predazzo Lahti Lahti Örnsköldsvik Solleftea Raufoss Planica Planica 43
27 18 9 7 20 40 26 15 16 30 – – – 18 26 51 7 24 7 10 14 28 50 22 68
1990–91 Lake Placid Lake Placid Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Oberhof Tauplitz Tauplitz Lahti Lahti Bollnaes Falun Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica Strbske Pleso 0
47 39 53 51 61 36 47 57 q q 18 – – – – – – – – – – –
1991–92 Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Predazzo St.Moritz Engelberg Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Lahti Örnsköldsvik Trondheim Trondheim Oslo Harrachov Planica 115
11 13 11 6 – – – – – – – – – 3 6 2 6 60 13 1 7
1992–93 Falun Falun Ruhpolding Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Predazzo Tauplitz Tauplitz Lahti Lahti Lillehammer Oslo Planica 172
34 7 21 14 43 3 1 3 2 1 – – 1 4 4 4 27
1993–94 Planica Planica Predazzo Courchevel Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Murau Liberec Liberec Sapporo Sapporo Lahti Örnsköldsvik Planica Thunder Bay Thunder Bay 562
15 5 31 12 27 14 13 3 2 1 – – 6 5 3 17 19 45 10
1995–96 Lillehammer Lillehammer Villach Planica Predazzo Chamonix Chamonix Oberhof Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Engelberg Engelberg Sapporo Sapporo Zakopane Zakopane Tauplitz Tauplitz Iron Mountain Iron Mountain Kuopio Lahti Lahti Harrachov Falun Oslo 132
– – – – – – – 37 14 12 9 17 – – 52 35 – – 21 22 17 18 28 q – – – –
1996–97 Lillehammer Lillehammer Kuusamo Kuusamo Harrachov Harrachov Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Engelberg Engelberg Sapporo Sapporo Hakuba Willingen Willingen Tauplitz Tauplitz Lahti Kuopio Falun Oslo Planica Planica 351
15 25 7 23 6 18 31 20 12 DNS – – 16 21 2 18 15 33 11 41 27 27 12 20 q
1997–98 Lillehammer Lillehammer Predazzo Villach Harrachov Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Ramsau Zakopane Zakopane Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Sapporo Vikersund Vikersund Kuopio Lahti Lahti Falun Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 720
3 7 7 17 10 4 7 6 DNS 25 30 – – – – – 37 14 3 5 17 8 16 2 30 4 1
1998–99 Lillehammer Lillehammer Chamonix Chamonix Predazzo Oberhof Harrachov Harrachov Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Engelberg Engelberg Zakopane Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Harrachov Kuopio Lahti Trondheim Falun Oslo Planica Planica Planica 1,598
5 37 5 6 3 12 13 2 3 3 1 4 3 3 5 11 6 12 1 1 – 3 5 1 4 1 4 3 1
1999–00 Kuopio Kuopio Predazzo Predazzo Villach Zakopane Zakopane Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Engelberg Engelberg Sapporo Sapporo Hakuba Willingen Willingen Tauplitz Iron Mountain Iron Mountain Lahti Lahti Trondheim Oslo Planica 436
5 13 5 17 16 34 14 47 18 13 17 44 11 8 29 11 31 22 30 – 42 8 18 7 17 5
2000–01 Kuopio Kuopio Kuopio Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Harrachov Harrachov Park City Hakuba Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Falun Trondheim Oslo Planica 728
48 2 18 2 1 3 44 7 11 18 4 10 4 7 4 18 6 8 44 19 18
2001–02 Kuopio Kuopio Neustadt Neustadt Villach Engelberg Engelberg Predazzo Predazzo Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Willingen Zakopane Zakopane Hakuba Sapporo Lahti Falun Trondheim Oslo 219
19 23 25 21 7 25 30 – – q 37 28 20 15 – – 8 3 – 22 25 28
2002–03 Kuusamo Kuusamo Trondheim Trondheim Neustadt Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Liberec Zakopane Zakopane Hakuba Sapporo Sapporo Tauplitz Tauplitz Willingen Willingen Oslo Lahti Lahti Planica Planica 548
12 22 11 9 19 17 20 17 21 22 13 39 – – – 9 10 22 10 10 12 1 5 6 16 36 7
2003–04 Kuusamo Kuusamo Trondheim Neustadt Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Liberec Liberec Zakopane Zakopane Hakuba Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Willingen Park City Lahti Kuopio Lillehammer Oslo 631
12 18 21 6 10 5 6 6 11 – – – – 49 8 2 3 15 1 9 11 16 16
2004–05 Kuusamo Kuusamo Trondheim Trondheim Harrachov Harrachov Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Willingen Tauplitz Tauplitz Neustadt Neustadt Zakopane Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Pragelato Lahti Kuopio Lillehammer Oslo Planica Planica 416
6 6 14 9 11 5 10 25 15 15 20 10 13 34 22 – – – – 9 7 18 25 29 27 31 39 31
2005–06 Kuusamo Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Harrachov Harrachov Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Sapporo Sapporo Zakopane Zakopane Willingen Lahti Kuopio Lillehammer Oslo Planica Planica 249
q 41 32 21 38 39 19 13 12 9 11 24 4 – – 21 19 19 13 14 31 28
2006–07 Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Vikersund Zakopane Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Klingenthal Willingen Lahti Kuopio Oslo Oslo Planica Planica Planica 182
50 – – – – q 3 28 42 – – – – 33 15 17 15 19 36 9 12 37 28 24
2007–08 Kuusamo Trondheim Trondheim Villach Villach Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Predazzo Predazzo Harrachov Zakopane Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Liberec Liberec Willingen Kuopio Kuopio Lillehammer Oslo Planica Planica 122
11 15 17 26 11 – – q 25 39 30 q q – – – 25 42 25 19 34 27 35 35 27 q 32
2008–09 Kuusamo Trondheim Trondheim Pragelato Pragelato Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Tauplitz Zakopane Zakopane Whistler Whistler Sapporo Willingen Klingenthal Oberstdorf Lahti Kuopio Lillehammer Vikersund Planica Planica 409
47 33 q 29 6 q 19 17 16 6 19 – – – – 9 12 – 3 21 – 34 5 9 6 28 7
2009–10 Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Sapporo Sapporo Zakopane Zakopane Oberstdorf Klingenthal Willingen Lahti Kuopio Lillehammer Oslo 344
10 49 30 13 15 35 13 13 9 19 – – 6 2 – – – – – 11 16 9 19
2010–11 Kuusamo Kuopio Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Harrachov Harrachov Sapporo Sapporo Zakopane Zakopane Zakopane Willingen Klingenthal Oberstdorf Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Planica Planica 197
24 16 27 29 35 29 46 22 21 22 – – – 11 14 27 25 5 25 DQ 18 25 20 25 q –
2011–12 Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Harrachov Harrachov Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Zakopane Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Predazzo Predazzo Willingen Oberstdorf Lahti Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 45
– – – – – – – 35 29 36 56 – – – – 15 33 42 q 32 29 24 24 23 28 –
2012–13 Lillehammer Lillehammer Kuusamo Krasnaja Polana Krasnaja Polana Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Vikersund Vikersund Harrachov Harrachov Klingenthal Oberstdorf Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 328
19 10 7 20 30 25 24 q 41 34 23 – – 11 19 – – – – – – 9 19 12 12 4 4
2013–14 Klingenthal Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Falun Lahti Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 1,062
27 5 10 4 6 3 – – 6 6 7 5 1 3 – – 3 6 4 4 3 DNS 9 8 3 4 6 5
2014–15 Klingenthal Kuusamo Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Oslo Planica Planica 1,137
6 3 1 11 17 – – – – 8 8 3 2 5 8 9 6 8 9 9 5 11 3 5 5 13 10 4 2 5 8
2015–16 Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Willingen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Oslo Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Lahti Kuopio Almaty Almaty Wisła Titisee-Neustadt Planica Planica Planica 909
5 30 17 – – 3 10 5 12 7 9 – – 4 3 3 3 7 10 7 16 14 10 7 3 12 6 7 4
2016–17 Kuusamo Kuusamo Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Wisła Zakopane Willingen Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Sapporo Sapporo Pyeongchang Pyeongchang Oslo Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 401
18 24 26 32 33 21 21 31 37 10 14 17 17 23 37 14 12 35 50 21 35 13 15 2 4 3
2017–18 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lahti Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 164
31 q – – 10 42 48 46 q 18 48 5 24 – – q 30 18 46 10 11 22
2018–19 Wisła Kuusamo Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Willingen Willingen Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 88
q 38 38 35 34 49 30 q 32 32 32 44 40 33 32 7 29 21 11 46 40 36 28 36 q q 19 –
2019–20 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Tauplitz Tauplitz Râșnov Râșnov Lahti Lahti Oslo Lillehammer 0
q q q 45 33 – – – – – – – – – – – q 36 – – – – – – – – –
2022–23 Wisła Wisła Kuusamo Kuusamo Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Sapporo Tauplitz Tauplitz Willingen Willingen Lake Placid Lake Placid Râșnov Oslo Oslo Lillehammer Lillehammer Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Planica Planica 0
– – – – – – – – – – – – – q q – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2023–24 Kuusamo Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lake Placid Lake Placid Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Lahti Oslo Oslo Trondheim Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Planica Planica 10
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 30 43 – – 38 28 47 q 49 39 27 – 29 –

See also

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