Yuki Ito (ski jumper)

Yuki Ito (伊藤 有希, Itō Yūki, born 10 May 1994) is a Japanese ski jumper.

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Yuki Ito
Ito in 2013
CountryJapan
Born (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994
Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan[1]
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Ski clubTsuchiya Home Ski Team
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Individual wins5
Team wins3
Indiv. podiums22
Team podiums6
Indiv. starts168
Team starts13
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2013 Val di Fiemme Mixed NH
2015 FalunIndividual NH
2017 LahtiIndividual NH
2015 FalunMixed NH
2017 LahtiMixed NH
Updated on 13 March 2022.

Ito has won five individual World Cup events, three team events, and finished as the overall runner-up in the 2016–17 season. At the World Championships she has won five medals, including a mixed team gold.

Career

Ito's debut in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in February 2012 in Hinzenbach. At the 2013 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Ito won the gold medal with the Japanese team in the mixed event at normal hill. She won her first individual World Cup event on 14 January 2017 in Sapporo.[2]

She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, finishing seventh in the women's normal hill individual competition.[3] She also competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the same event.[3]

Ito also won the first-ever women's World Cup team competition in Hinterzarten on 16 December 2017. Her teammates included Kaori Iwabuchi, Yuka Seto and Sara Takanashi.[4]

Major tournament results

Olympics
Year Place NH Mixed NH
2014 Sochi 7 N/A
2018 Pyeongchang 9 N/A
2022 Beijing 13 4

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships
Year Place NH LH Team NH Mixed NH
2009 Liberec 17 N/A N/A N/A
2011 Oslo 15 N/A N/A N/A
2013 Val di Fiemme 20 N/A N/A
2015 Falun N/A N/A
2017 Lahti N/A N/A
2019 Seefeld 15 N/A 6 5
2021 Oberstdorf 11 13 4 5

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall ST AK L3 RA BB
2011–12 20N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2012–13 18N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2013–14 N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2014–15 5N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2015–16 8N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2016–17 N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2017–18 4N/AN/A4N/AN/A
2018–19 12N/AN/A12610
2019–20 12N/AN/AN/A15N/A
2020–21 14N/AN/AN/AN/A13
2021–22 82920N/A5N/A

Individual wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2016–1714 January 2017   SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
2 20 January 2017   ZaōYamagata HS103NH
3 21 January 2017   ZaōYamagata HS103NH
4 15 February 2017   PyeongchangAlpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS109NH
5 12 March 2017   OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH

References
  1. "Yuki ITO". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 28 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "First World Cup victory for Yuki Ito". International Ski Federation. 14 January 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. "ITO Yuki – Olympic Winter Games". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. "Japan rules in first ever Ladies' Team event". fis-ski.com. 16 December 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

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