Masahiro Akimoto (ski jumper)
| Masahiro Akimoto 秋元 正博 | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Japan |
| Full name | 秋元 正博 |
| Born | 3 September 1956 Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons | 1980–1982 1984–1986 |
| Individual wins | 4 |
| Indiv. podiums | 8 |
| Indiv. starts | 46 |
| Updated on 10 February 2016. | |
Masahiro Akimoto (秋元 正博, Akimoto Masahiro) (born 3 September 1956) is a Japanese former ski jumper.
Career[]
He competed from 1980 to 1986. He finished fourth in the individual large hill event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Akimoto's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the team large hill events at Seefeld, Austria in 1985. He earned a total of four World Cup wins from 1980 to 1985.
World Cup[]
Standings[]
| Season | Overall | 4H |
|---|---|---|
| 1979/80 | 5 | 31 |
| 1980/81 | 40 | 11 |
| 1981/82 | 25 | 32 |
| 1983/84 | 24 | — |
| 1984/85 | 8 | — |
| 1985/86 | 23 | 24 |
Wins[]
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1979/80 | 13 January 1980 | Sapporo |
Ōkurayama K110 | LH |
| 2 | 24 March 1980 |  Štrbské Pleso |
MS 1970 A K110 | LH | |
| 3 | 1983/84 | 21 January 1984 | Sapporo |
Miyanomori K90 | NH |
| 4 | 1984/85 | 10 February 1985 | Sapporo |
Ōkurayama K110 | LH |
External links[]
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- Ski jumpers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Japanese male ski jumpers
- Living people
- 1956 births
- Olympic ski jumpers of Japan
- Sportspeople from Sapporo
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