Yuna Kasai

Yuna Kasai (葛西 優奈, Kasai Yūna; born February 4, 2004) is a Japanese Nordic combined skier and ski jumper. At the 2021 Nordic Combined World Cup, she won bronze in both mass start and individual Nordic combined.

Yuna Kasai
Kasai in Eisenerz in February 2020
CountryJapan
Born (2004-02-04) 4 February 2004
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Ski clubTokai University Sapporo High School
World Cup career
Seasons2021–
Indiv. podiums2
Overall titles0 – (14th in 2021)
Discipline titles0 –
Medal record
Women's Nordic combined
Representing  Japan
World Cup
2021 OtepääIndividual
2021 OtepääMass start
Japan Championship
2019 HakubaIndividual

Life
Kasai ski jumping at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Kasai was born on February 4, 2004, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.[1] She joined the Sapporo Jump Shōnen Club.[2]

In March 2018, at the age of 14, she participated in the 96th Japan Ski Championship held in Nayoro, and finished fourth in Nordic combined/5 km, missing the bronze medal by 38 seconds.[2]

At the 97th Japan Ski Championship in 2019, she won her first national medal in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, after finishing second behind Ayane Miyazaki.[3]

After graduating from Sapporo Nishino Middle School,[1] she entered Tokai University Sapporo High School.[1][4]

At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, she finished sixth in individual ski jumping.[5]

At the 2021 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships held in Lahti, she finished fourth in individual Nordic combined. The same year at the Nordic Combined World Cup, she won bronze in mass start Nordic combined and also bronze in the individual category in Otepää.[6]

In 2022, at the Nordic Combined World Cup, she placed fourth in both the individual and mass start category in Val di Fiemme.[6]

Statistics

Season standings
Season Placement Points
2020/21 14th 18

Season standings
Season Placement Points
2019/20 28th 58
2020/21 25th 63

References
  1. "JAPAN SKI TEAM メンバー | 公益財団法人全日本スキー連盟". SKI ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  2. "第９６回 全⽇本スキー選⼿権⼤会" (PDF). Weltcup B. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  3. "第９７回 全⽇本スキー選⼿権⼤会" (PDF). Weltcup B. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  4. "葛西 優奈 (ジャンプ) - ローザンヌユースオリンピック2020 - JOC". 日本オリンピック委員会（JOC）Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  5. Suzuki, Hana (January 1, 2020). "冬季ユ-スオリンヒック-スキ-シャンフ個人-女子の久保田真知子か5位-葛西優奈は6位-男子の工藤漱太は失格". Olympics. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  6. "KASAI Yuna - Athlete Information". FIS Ski. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
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