Kosuke OZAKI

Japan

Biathlon

Date of Birth: 7 Oct 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: OBANAZAWA (YAMAGATA)

Birth Country:

Japan

Residence: SAPPORO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Biathlon	Men's 20km Individual	82
	Men's 10km Sprint	44
	Men's 12.5km Pursuit	51
	Mixed Relay 4x6km (W+M) JPN Japan	18

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre	Mixed Relay 4x6km (W+M)	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre	Men's 20km Individual	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre	Men's 10km Sprint	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre	Men's 12.5km Pursuit	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Mixed Relay	2019	Oestersund, SWE
15	Men's 4x7.5km Relay	2017	Hochfilzen, AUT
18	Men's 4x7.5km Relay	2021	Pokljuka, SLO
20	Men's 4x7.5km Relay	2020	Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
20	Mixed Relay	2020	Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
20	Men's 4x7.5km Relay	2019	Oestersund, SWE
49	Men's 10km Sprint	2020	Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
56	Men's 20km Individual	2021	Pokljuka, SLO
56	Men's 12.5km Pursuit	2020	Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
57	Men's 12.5km Pursuit	2019	Oestersund, SWE
59	Men's 10km Sprint	2019	Oestersund, SWE
65	Men's 20km Individual	2020	Antholz-Anterselva, ITA
66	Men's 20km Individual	2019	Oestersund, SWE
83	Men's 10km Sprint	2021	Pokljuka, SLO
86	Men's 10km Sprint	2017	Hochfilzen, AUT

World Cup
Rank	Event	Season
46	Men's Individual	2020/21
80	Men's Total	2020/21

Hobbies:

Fishing.

Occupation:

Athlete, Soldier.

Family:

Married. Father, Toshiharu.

Languages spoken:

Japanese, English

Club name:

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force - Physical Training School

Coach:

National: Sunao Noto (JPN), Junji Nagai (JPN)

Other sports:

Cross-country skiing: Competed in FIS and Far East Cup races between 2012 and 2015.

Debut:

2016 IBU Cup in Beitostolen (Sprint - 57th, 38th)
2016 World Cup in Pokljuka (Relay - 19th)

National team:

2016

Start:

Took up biathlon in 2010.

Memorable:

Winning bronze in mass start at the 2017 Asian Winter Games: "I'm really happy to be able to win the prize this time." (m.facebook.com/obanazawa.city, 29 Mar 2017)

General Interest

SCHOOL
Attended Obanazawa City Tamano Naka School and Yamagata Prefectural Kitamurayama High School

Milestones

Debuted at the World Championships in 2017 in Hochfilzen. Best results individually as 49th in 2020 sprint, and in relays as 15th in 2017 men's and 2019 mixed relay.

First appearance at Junior World Championships was in 2012 in Kontiolahti placing 73rd in individual, 52nd in sprint, and 60th in pursuit.

For the 2016/17 season, he started competing in IBU Cup and World Cup. Became a regular in World Cup in 2019. Scored his first points in 2021 Antholz individual as 24th.

2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games bronze medallist in the mass start.

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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