Kaori Iwabuchi
Kaori Iwabuchi 岩渕 香里 | |
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Country | Japan |
Born | Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, Japan | 28 April 1993
Ski club | Kitano Construction Corp. |
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 2012–present |
Team wins | 2 |
Team podiums | 2 |
Indiv. starts | 87 |
Team starts | 2 |
Updated on 2 July 2018. |
Kaori Iwabuchi (岩渕 香里, Iwabuchi Kaori, born 28 April 1993) is a Japanese ski jumper.[1] She has competed at World Cup level since the 2011/12 season, with her best individual result being sixth place in Lahti on 19 February 2016.
Representing the Japanese national team, she won a gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2012 Junior World Championships in Erzurum. She also won the first ever women's World Cup team competition in Hinterzarten on 16 December 2017, with her team-mates Yuki Ito, Yūka Setō, and Sara Takanashi.[2]
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kaori Iwabuchi. |
- ^ Kaori Iwabuchi at the International Ski Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Japan leaps to team crown". The Japan Times. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture
- Japanese female ski jumpers
- Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ski jumpers of Japan
- Japanese ski jumping biography stubs