Yuki Ito (ski jumper)

Yuki Ito (伊藤 有希, Itō Yūki, born 10 May 1994) is a Japanese ski jumper. She has won five individual World Cup events, one team event, 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.

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Yuki Ito
伊藤 有希
Ito in Hinterzarten, 2013
Country Japan
Born (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994
Shimokawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Ski clubTsuchiya Home
Personal best139 m (456 ft)
Sapporo, 10 January 2011
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Individual wins5
Team wins3
Indiv. podiums21
Team podiums6
Indiv. starts146
Team starts8
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
World Championships
2013 Val di Fiemme Mixed NH
2015 FalunIndividual NH
2017 LahtiIndividual NH
2015 FalunMixed NH
2017 LahtiMixed NH
Updated on 7 February 2021.

Ski jumping career

Ito's debut in 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 event in the World Cup in Sapporo on 14 January 2017.[1]

She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, finishing seventh in the women's normal hill individual competition. She also competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the same event.[2]

She also won the first ever women's World Cup team competition in Hinterzarten on 16 December 2017. Her team mates included Kaori Iwabuchi and Sara Takanashi.[3]

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall L3 RA BB
2011/12 20N/AN/AN/A
2012/13 18N/AN/AN/A
2013/14 N/AN/AN/A
2014/15 5N/AN/AN/A
2015/16 8N/AN/AN/A
2016/17 N/AN/AN/A
2017/18 44N/AN/A
2018/19 1212610
2019/20 12N/A15N/A
2020/21 15N/A

Individual wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2016/1714 January 2017   SapporoMiyanomori HS100NH
2 20 January 2017   ZaōYamagata HS103 (night)NH
3 21 January 2017   ZaōYamagata HS103 (night)NH
4 15 February 2017   PyeongchangAlpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS109 (night)NH
5 12 March 2017   OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH

References
  1. "First World Cup victory for Yuki Ito". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. "Yuki Ito". Pyeongchang 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  3. "Japan leaps to team crown". The Japan Times. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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