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'''Noriaki Kasai''' (born [[June 6]], [[1972]] in [[Hokkaidō]], [[Japan]]) is a Japanese [[ski jumper]]. He won his first major championships in [[1992]] when he won the [[Ski-flying World Championships]] in [[Harrachov]], [[Czechoslovakia]] that year. In [[1994]], he followed that up by tacking a silver medal in the team K120 at the [[Lillehammer]] olympics. At the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]], he won a total of four medals in his collection. This includes two silver medals in the team large hill event ([[1999]], [[2003]]) and two bronze medals in 2003 (Individual normal hill and individual large hill).
'''Noriaki Kasai''' (born [[June 6]], [[1972]] in [[Hokkaidō]], [[Japan]]) is a Japanese [[ski jumper]]. He won his first major championships in [[1992]] when he won the [[Ski-flying World Championships]] in [[Harrachov]], [[Czechoslovakia]] that year. In [[1994]], he followed that up by tacking a silver medal in the team K120 at the [[Lillehammer]] olympics. At the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]], he has a total of five medals in his collection. This includes two silvers (Team large hill: [[1999]], [[2003]]) and three bronzes (Individual normal hill: 2003, Individual large hill: 2003, and Team large hill: [[2007]]).


Kasai also won the ski jumping competition at the [[Holmenkollen ski festival]] in [[1999]].
Kasai also won the ski jumping competition at the [[Holmenkollen ski festival]] in [[1999]].

Revision as of 23:54, 25 February 2007

Noriaki Kasai
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1994 Lillehammer Team large hill
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Ramsau Team large hill
Silver medal – second place 2003 Val di Fiemme Team large hill
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Val di Fiemme Individual normal hill
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Val di Fiemme Individual large hill
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sapporo Team large hill
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Harrachov Ski-flying hill

Noriaki Kasai (born June 6, 1972 in Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese ski jumper. He won his first major championships in 1992 when he won the Ski-flying World Championships in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia that year. In 1994, he followed that up by tacking a silver medal in the team K120 at the Lillehammer olympics. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he has a total of five medals in his collection. This includes two silvers (Team large hill: 1999, 2003) and three bronzes (Individual normal hill: 2003, Individual large hill: 2003, and Team large hill: 2007).

Kasai also won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1999.

Kasai competed in five Olympics during his career, earning his best individual finish of 5th in the individual large hill at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He has fifteen additional individual victories at various jumping levels from 1993 to 2004.