Hiroya Saitō

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Hiroya Saito
斉藤浩哉
Hiroya Saito 2000-03-19.jpg
Country Japan
Full name斉藤浩哉
Born (1970-09-01) 1 September 1970 (age 51)
Yoichi, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Personal best188.5 m (618 ft)
Planica, 21-23 March 1997
World Cup career
Seasons19922000
2002
Individual wins2
Team wins1
Indiv. podiums16
Team podiums3
Indiv. starts147
Team starts7
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Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Thunder Bay Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 1997 Trondheim Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Thunder Bay Team LH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Hiroya Saito (斉藤浩哉, Saitō Hiroya) (born 1 September 1970) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

Career[]

He competed from 1991 to 2002. He won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in the Team large hill event. Saito is a three-time FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalist with two silvers (1995: Individual normal hill and 1997: Team large hill) and one bronze (1995: Team large hill).

World Cup[]

Standings[]

Season Overall 4H SF NT JP
1991/92 N/A N/A
1992/93 N/A N/A
1993/94 42 20 N/A N/A
1994/95 27 76 29 N/A N/A
1995/96 8 4 24 N/A 7
1996/97 5 5 14 19 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1997/98 5 13 10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6
1998/99 23 23 21
1999/00 20 33 19 31 22
2001/02 60 N/A N/A

Wins[]

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1995/96 17 December 1995   France Chamonix Le Mont K95 NH
2 1996/97 2 February 1997   Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze K120 LH

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