Ryōyū Kobayashi
Ryōyū Kobayashi (小林 陵侑, Kobayashi Ryōyū, born 8 November 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary athletes in ski jumping, having won during the 2018–19 season thirteen World Cup events and all six possible titles in the World Cup season: overall title, ski flying title, Four Hills Tournament, Raw Air, Planica7, and Willingen Five.[2][3] He is the third ski jumper in the history to win all four competitions in the Four Hills Tournament.[4] He won a gold medal at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing on the normal hill.[5]
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 November 1996 Hachimantai, Iwate, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | Tsuchiya Home Ski Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 252 m (827 ft)  Planica, 24 March 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 137 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 2 (2019, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Four Hills titles | 2 (2019, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski Flying titles | 1 (2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raw Air titles | 1 (2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major Tournament results
Winter Olympics
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| 2018 |  Pyeongchang |
7 | 10 | 6 | N/A |
| 2022 |  Beijing |
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World Cup
Standings
| Season | Overall | 4H | SF | RA | W6 | T5 | P7 |
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| 2015/16 | 42 | — | 38 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2016/17 | — | 43 | — | 39 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017/18 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 11 | — | N/A | 9 |
| 2018/19 | | | | | | N/A | |
| 2019/20 |  | 4 | 4 | | 6 | | N/A |
| 2020/21 | 4 | 6 | | Cnx | 7 | N/A | |
| 2021/22 | | | 9 | | N/A | N/A | 9 |
Individual wins
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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| 1 | 2018/19 | 24 November 2018 |  Ruka | Rukatunturi HS142 (night) | LH |
| 2 | 25 November 2018 | Ruka | Rukatunturi HS142 (night) | LH | |
| 3 | 2 December 2018 |  Nizhny Tagil | Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) | LH | |
| 4 | 16 December 2018 |  Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 | LH | |
| 5 | 30 December 2018 |  Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) | LH | |
| 6 | 1 January 2019 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Große Olympiaschanze HS142 | LH | |
| 7 | 4 January 2019 |  Innsbruck | Bergiselschanze HS130 | LH | |
| 8 | 6 January 2019 | Bischofshofen | Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS142 (night) | LH | |
| 9 | 12 January 2019 |  Val di Fiemme | Trampolino dal Ben HS135 (night) | LH | |
| 10 | 2 February 2019 | Oberstdorf | Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235 (night) | FH | |
| 11 | 17 February 2019 | Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 | LH | |
| 12 | 14 March 2019 |  Trondheim | Granåsen HS138 (night) | LH | |
| 13 | 24 March 2019 |  Planica | Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 | FH | |
| 14 | 2019/20 | 15 December 2019 | Klingenthal | Vogtland Arena HS140 (night) | LH |
| 15 | 22 December 2019 | Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 | LH | |
| 16 | 29 December 2019 | Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) | LH | |
| 17 | 2020/21 | 13 February 2021 |  Zakopane | Wielka Krokiew HS140 | LH |
| 18 | 19 February 2021 |  Râșnov | Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 | NH | |
| 19 | 25 March 2021 | Planica | Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 | FH | |
| 20 | 2021/22 | 27 November 2021 | Ruka | Rukatunturi HS142 (night) | LH |
| 21 | 12 December 2021 | Klingenthal | Vogtland Arena HS140 (night) | LH | |
| 22 | 19 December 2021 | Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 | LH | |
| 23 | 29 December 2021 | Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) | LH | |
| 24 | 1 January 2022 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Große Olympiaschanze HS142 | LH | |
| 25 | 5 January 2022 | Bischofshofen | Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS142 (night) | LH | |
| 26 | 29 January 2022 | Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 | LH | |
| 27 | 27 February 2022 | Lahti | Salpausselkä HS130 (night) | LH |
Individual starts (137)
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Winter Olympics
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kobayashi competed in the men's normal hill, placing 7th, as well as the men's large hill, placing 10th. He has also competed in the team event with teammates Taku Takeuchi, Noriaki Kasai, and Daiki Ito, finishing in 6th place.[2]
Kobayashi won his first Olympic gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in the men's normal hill event. He became the third Japanese athlete to win a gold medal in the individual ski jumping events at the Olympics, after Kazuyoshi Funaki in the individual large hill event in 1998, and Yukio Kasaya in the individual normal hill event in 1972.
Personal life
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Ryōyū Kobayashi was born on 8 November 1996 in Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.[6] He began skiing at the age of five but began ski jumping in the first grade inspired by his older brother and Japanese ski jumper Junshiro Kobayashi.[6] He usually practiced at Tayama Ski Jumping Hill in Hachimantai and Hanawa Jumping Hill in Kazuno, Akita.[7] In 2015, he joined Japanese ski jumping team Tsuchiya Home Ski Team.[6]
He has two older siblings, Junshirō Kobayashi and Yūka Kobayashi, and a younger brother, Tatsunao Kobayashi; they all are ski jumpers. He attended Morioka Central High School and graduated in 2015.[6]
References
- "Ryoyu KOBAYASHI". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Ryoyu Kobayashi". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- Pete Sharland (6 January 2019). "Ryoyu Kobayashi creates history with Four Hills grand slam". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- "Ski Jumping news - Ryoyu Kobayashi creates history with Four Hills grand slam". 6 January 2019.
- Mysiak, 10office pl-Paweł Stawowczyk, Andrzej. "ZIO Pekin: Kobayashi mistrzem olimpijskim, Fettner i Kubacki z medalami!". Skoki narciarskie - wszystko o skokach narciarskich (in Polish). Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- "小林 陵侑 | チーム土屋について 【TEAM TSUCHIYA】". www.tsuchiya.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- https://www.sakigake.jp/news/article/20220207AK0001/
External links
- Ryoyu Kobayashi at the International Ski Federation
- Ryoyu Kobayashi at Olympics.com
- Ryoyu Kobayashi at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Ryoyu Kobayashi at Olympic.org (archived)
- Ryoyu Kobayashi at Olympedia
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