Noriaki Kasai

Kasai made his World Cup debut on 17 December 1988 in Sapporo, Japan, at the age of 16, reaching 31st place. A year later he performed in his first Nordic World Championships in Lahti, Finland.

He won his first and to date only major championship at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1992 in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia. He won after a second day of competition which was cancelled after strong winds and a crash of Christof Duffner. At that time he was among the world's top jumpers, known for his extraordinary style, holding his body almost flat between his skis.

In 1994, he was a member of the Japanese national team that won a silver medal in the team large hill and finished fifth in the individual large hill at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. After breaking his shoulder he missed the entire 1994/95 season.

In 1999, Kasai won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival and Nordic Tournament overall title. He collected a total of seven medals at the Nordic World Championships, including two silver (team large hill in 1999 and 2003) and five bronze medals (individual normal hill and individual large hill in 2003, team large hill in 2007 and 2009, and mixed team normal hill in 2015). At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished eighth on the large hill and 17th on the normal hill.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi he competed in a record seventh Olympics and took the silver medal in the large hill individual and the bronze in team large hill, becoming the oldest ski jumper ever to take a medal at the winter Olympics.[1]

On 29 November 2014 Kasai became the oldest World Cup winner when he shared the victory with Simon Ammann in Ruka, Finland.[2]

On 22 February 2015 Kasai won the bronze medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in mixed team event and became the oldest medalist at the Nordic World Ski Championships. He performed for a record twelfth time in the competition.

On 4 March 2016 he was on a World Cup podium in Wisła at the age of 43 years and 272 days, which is a record for the oldest contestant to mount the podium in ski jumping history.[3] On 17 March 2016 in Planica, he reached his 500th individual start in the World Cup.[4]

Kasai finished 21st in the normal hill at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[5]

Kasai was three times on the starting list but did not start, at Bischofshofen in 1997, Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1998, and Lahti in 2014.

winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q): did not start (DNS)

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	Points
1988/89																																0
	–	–	–	–	31	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1989/90																																43
	27	18	9	7	20	40	26	15	16	30	–	–	–	18	26	51	7	24	7	10	14	28	50	22	68
1990/91																																0
	47	39	53	51	61	36	47	57	q	q	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1991/92																																115
	11	13	11	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	2	6	60	13	1	7
1992/93																																172
	34	7	21	14	43	3	1	3	2	1	–	–	1	4	4	4	27
1993/94																																562
	15	5	31	12	27	14	13	3	2	1	–	–	6	5	3	17	19	45	10
1995/96																																132
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	37	14	12	9	17	–	–	52	35	–	–	21	22	17	18	28	q	–	–	–	–
1996/97																																351
	15	25	7	23	6	18	31	20	12	DNS	–	–	16	21	2	18	15	33	11	41	27	27	12	20	q
1997/98																																720
	3	7	7	17	10	4	7	6	DNS	25	30	–	–	–	–	–	37	14	3	5	17	8	16	2	30	4	1
1998/99																																1598
	5	37	5	6	3	12	13	2	3	3	1	4	3	3	5	11	6	12	1	1	–	3	5	1	4	1	4	3	1
1999/00																																436
	5	13	5	17	16	34	14	47	18	13	17	44	11	8	29	11	31	22	30	–	42	8	18	7	17	5
2000/01																																728
	48	2	18	2	1	3	44	7	11	18	4	10	4	7	4	18	6	8	44	19	18
2001/02																																219
	19	23	25	21	7	25	30	–	–	q	37	28	20	15	–	–	8	3	–	22	25	28
2002/03																																548
	12	22	11	9	19	17	20	17	21	22	13	39	–	–	–	9	10	22	10	10	12	1	5	6	16	36	7
2003/04																																631
	12	18	21	6	10	5	6	6	11	–	–	–	–	49	8	2	3	15	1	9	11	16	16
2004/05																																416
	6	6	14	9	11	5	10	25	15	15	20	10	13	34	22	–	–	–	–	9	7	18	25	29	27	31	39	31
2005/06																																249
	q	41	32	21	38	39	19	13	12	9	11	24	4	–	–	21	19	19	13	14	31	28
2006/07																																182
	50	–	–	–	–	q	3	28	42	–	–	–	–	33	15	17	15	19	36	9	12	37	28	24
2007/08																																122
	11	15	17	26	11	–	–	q	25	39	30	q	q	–	–	–	25	42	25	19	34	27	35	35	27	q	32
2008/09																																409
	47	33	q	29	6	q	19	17	16	6	19	–	–	–	–	9	12	–	3	21	–	34	5	9	6	28	7
2009/10																																344
	10	49	30	13	15	35	13	13	9	19	–	–	6	2	–	–	–	–	–	11	16	9	19
2010/11																																197
	24	16	27	29	35	29	46	22	21	22	–	–	–	11	14	27	25	5	25	DQ	18	25	20	25	q	–
2011/12																																45
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	35	29	36	56	–	–	–	–	15	33	42	q	32	29	24	24	23	28	–
2012/13																																328
	19	10	7	20	30	25	24	q	41	34	23	–	–	11	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	19	12	12	4	4
2013/14																																1062
	27	5	10	4	6	3	–	–	6	6	7	5	1	3	–	–	3	6	4	4	3	DNS	9	8	3	4	6	5
2014/15																																1137
	6	3	1	11	17	–	–	–	–	8	8	3	2	5	8	9	6	8	9	9	5	11	3	5	5	13	10	4	2	5	8
2015/16																																909
	5	30	17	–	–	3	10	5	12	7	9	–	–	4	3	3	3	7	10	7	16	14	10	7	3	12	6	7	4
2016/17																																401
	18	24	26	32	33	21	21	31	37	10	14	17	17	23	37	14	12	35	50	21	35	13	15	2	4	3
2017/18																																164
	31	q	–	–	10	42	48	46	q	18	48	5	24	–	–	q	30	18	46	10	11	22
2018/19																																88
	q	38	38	35	34	49	30	q	32	32	32	44	40	33	32	7	29	21	11	46	40	36	28	36	q	q	19	–
2019/20																																0
	q	q	q	45	33	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	q	36	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–