Akito WATABE
JapanEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
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 Nordic Combined |
Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km | 7 | |
| Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km | 3 |
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| Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km | 3 |
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Schedule
| Start Time | Location | Event | Status |
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| Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre |
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| Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre |
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| Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre |
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| Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre |
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| Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre |
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| Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre |
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| Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre |
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| Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre |
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| Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre |
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Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| Olympic Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 2 | Men's Normal Hill / 10 km, Individual | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 2 | Normal Hill / 10 km, Individual | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| 4 | Men's Team | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 5 | Men's Large Hill / 10 km, Individual | 2018 | PyeongChang, KOR |
| 5 | Team | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| 6 | Large Hill / 10 km, Individual | 2014 | Sochi, RUS |
| 6 | Team | 2010 | Vancouver, CAN |
| 9 | Large Hill / 10 km, Individual | 2010 | Vancouver, CAN |
| 19 | Sprint | 2006 | Torino, ITA |
| 21 | Normal Hill / 10 km, Individual | 2010 | Vancouver, CAN |
| World Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| 1 | Team HS134/4x5 Km Men | 2009 | Liberec, CZE | 48:32.3 |
| 2 | Gundersen LH HS130/10.0 K Men | 2017 | Lahti, FIN | 26:46.4 |
| 3 | Gundersen Large Hill HS137/10,0 Km Men | 2021 | Oberstdorf, GER | 23:56.9 |
| 3 | Gundersen NH HS109/10,0 Km Men | 2019 | Seefeld, AUT | 25:05.9 |
| 3 | Team Sprint HS130/2x7.5 K Men | 2017 | Lahti, FIN | 29:12.0 |
| 4 | Team HS106/4x5 Km Men | 2021 | Oberstdorf, GER | 46:11.1 |
| 4 | Team Sprint HS137/2x7.5 Km Men | 2021 | Oberstdorf, GER | 30:38.9 |
| 4 | Team Sprint HS130/2x7.5 Km Men | 2019 | Seefeld, AUT | 29:25.9 |
| 4 | Team HS109/4x5 Km Men | 2019 | Seefeld, AUT | 50:44.2 |
| 4 | Team HS100/4x5 Km Men | 2017 | Lahti, FIN | 48:19.3 |
| 4 | Gundersen LH HS134/10.0 K Men | 2013 | Predazzo, ITA | 28:01.2 |
| 4 | Team Sprint HS134/2x7.5 K Men | 2013 | Predazzo, ITA | 36:22.4 |
| 4 | Team HS106/4x5 Km Men | 2013 | Predazzo, ITA | 57:39.7 |
| 5 | Gundersen Normal Hill HS106/10.0 Km Men | 2021 | Oberstdorf, GER | 23:10.2 |
| 5 | Gundersen NH HS100/10.0 K Men | 2017 | Lahti, FIN | 26:51.9 |
| 5 | Team HS134/4x5 Km Men | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 48:43.7 |
| 5 | Gundersen NH HS106/10.0 K Men | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 25:44.7 |
| 6 | Gundersen LH HS130/10,0 Km Men | 2019 | Seefeld, AUT | 24:05.0 |
| 6 | Gundersen NH HS100/10.0 K Men | 2015 | Falun, SWE | 26:51.1 |
| 6 | Team Sprint HS134/2x7.5 K Men | 2015 | Falun, SWE | 39:57.3 |
| 6 | Team HS100/4x5 Km Men | 2015 | Falun, SWE | 45:32.2 |
| 6 | Team HS106/4x5 Km Men | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 50:10.8 |
| 7 | Gundersen LH HS134/10,0 K Men | 2015 | Falun, SWE | 23:16.1 |
| 9 | Gundersen NH HS106/10.0 K Men | 2013 | Predazzo, ITA | 29:49.2 |
| 13 | Gundersen LH HS134/10.0 K Men | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 26:50.4 |
| 33 | Gundersen NH HS100/10.0 K Men | 2009 | Liberec, CZE | 28:20.3 |
| World Cup Rankings | |
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| Season | Overall |
| 2021/2022 | 10 |
| 2020/2021 | 3 |
| 2019/2020 | 9 |
| 2018/2019 | 2 |
| 2017/2018 | 1 |
| 2016/2017 | 3 |
| 2015/2016 | 2 |
| 2014/2015 | 2 |
| 2013/2014 | 3 |
| 2012/2013 | 3 |
| 2011/2012 | 2 |
| World Cup - Best Achievements | |||||||||
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| Season | NH/15.0km | NH/10.0km | NH/5.0km | LH/10.0km | PR LH/10.0km | Team NH/4x5km | Team LH/4x5km | TSP NH/2x7.5km | TSP LH/2x7.5km |
| 2021/2022 | 1 x 6th | 1 x 5th | 1 x 3rd | ||||||
| 2020/2021 | 1 x 3rd | 1 x 2nd | 1 x 2nd | 1 x 1st | 1 x 7th | 1 x 3rd | |||
| 2019/2020 | 1 x 8th | 1 x 7th | 1 x 6th | 1 x 1st | 1 x 3rd | 1 x 9th | 1 x 7th | ||
| 2018/2019 | 1 x 2nd | 1 x 20th | 2 x 2nd | 1 x 2nd | |||||
| 2017/2018 | 2 x 1st | 2 x 1st | 1 x 1st | 3 x 1st | 1 x 5th | 1 x 5th | 1 x 6th | ||
| 2016/2017 | 1 x 9th | 1 x 3rd | 1 x 5th | 2 x 1st | 1 x 5th | ||||
| 2015/2016 | 1 x 10th | 2 x 2nd | 1 x 2nd | 5 x 2nd | 1 x 4th | ||||
| 2014/2015 | 1 x 3rd | 1 x 2nd | 1 x 14th | 1 x 1st | 1 x 4th | 1 x 9th | |||
| 2013/2014 | 1 x 8th | 1 x 1st | 1 x 7th | 1 x 2nd | 1 x 3rd | 1 x 7th | |||
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 2nd | 4 x 2nd | 1 x 7th | 1 x 6th | |||||
| 2011/2012 | 2 x 1st | 2 x 1st | 1 x 5th | ||||||
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 5th | 2 x 7th | 1 x 6th | ||||||
| Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Season | Location | Result |
| 3 | Team NH/4x5km | 2021/2022 | Lillehammer, NOR | 54:19.4 |
| 4 | Team NH/4x5km | 2021/2022 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 41:26.7 |
| 5 | LH/10.0km | 2021/2022 | Klingenthal, GER | 25:35.5 |
| 6 | NH/10.0km | 2021/2022 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 26:27.3 |
| 7 | NH/10.0km | 2021/2022 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 26:26.2 |
| 7 | LH/10.0km | 2021/2022 | Lillehammer, NOR | 26:40.7 |
| 7 | NH/10.0km | 2021/2022 | Ramsau, AUT | 24:41.5 |
| 7 | Mass Start NH/10.0km | 2021/2022 | Otepää, EST | 23:32.9 |
| 9 | LH/10.0km | 2021/2022 | Ruka, FIN | 26:16.5 |
| 9 | NH/7.5km | 2021/2022 | Seefeld, AUT | 20:18.2 |
Telemark skiing, surfing.
Athlete
Sport Science at Waseda University (Tokyo, JPN)
Wife, Yurie Watabe (married May 2014). One son (born November 2020). Father, Osamu. Mother, Kayoko. Brother, Yoshito.
Japanese, English
Kitano Construction Corp. Ski Club (JPN)
Team: Takanori Kohno (JPN), Takashi Kitamura (JPN)
Personal: Kento Sakuyama (JPN), Tomoharu Yokokawa (JPN)
Brother Yoshito Watabe (Nordic Combined): Three-time Olympian, competing at Sochi 2014 (normal hill/10km - 15th; large hill/10km - 25th; team - fifth) and PyeongChang 2018 (normal hill/10km - 12th; large hill/10km - 20th; team - fourth), and Beijing 2022. 2017 World Championships bronze medallist in team sprint.
Wife Yurie Watabe (Snowboard): Finished 22nd in the half-pipe at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Competed at two World Championships (2017, 2019). Has one World Cup podium (second in Secret Garden).
2006 World Cup in Sapporo (Large hill/10km - 19th)
February 2018: Fractured a rib after missing a landing during ski jumping training for the Nagano World Cup. Still competed in all three events at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. (kyodonews.net, 23 Feb 2018)
December 2017: Fractured rib on a downhill section of a training area, hitting an ice block with his chest a few days before winning the World Cup season opener in Ruka. (WTBAKT Twitter, 17 Dec 2017)
2006: Broken wrist in a ski jumping crash in Kuusamo, Finland. (nbcolympics.com)
2006
At age 12, broke his wrist ski jumping, so he started cross-country skiing during his two-month recovery period. He and his brother Yoshito soon started competing in Nordic combined. (nbcolympics.com)
Goal for 2021/22: Win an Olympic gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Career goal: Break the Japanese record for the number of World Cup victories. He currently stands at 19 World Cup victories, tied with Kenji Ogiwara, for the most ever. (Athlete, 27 Sep 2021)
His World Cup overall victory in the 2017/18 season. (Athlete, Sep 2021)
Nordic combined skier Jason Lamy Chappuis (FRA/USA), 2010 Olympic champion, five-time World champion, three-time overall World Cup winner. Retired from Nordic combined in 2018 and became a commercial airline pilot. (Athlete, Sep 2021)
Ski jumper Janne Ahonen (FIN), two-time Olympic silver medallist (2002, 2006), two-time individual World champion (1997 normal hill, 2005, large hill), three-time World team champion (1995, 1997, 2003), five-time winner of the Four Hills Tournament (1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008). 36 World Cup wins, two-time winner of the overall World Cup (2003/04, 2004/05). (Athlete, Sep 2021)
“I don't think about the future. I don't look back on the past. Now, I put all my energy into what I should do.” (first-track.co.jp)
Ski Association of Japan Best Athlete of the Year (2017, 2018)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan Olympic Winter Games Excellent Citation Award (2014)
Japan Olympic Committee Sports Award (2013)
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