Yoshito WATABE

Japan

Nordic Combined

Date of Birth: 4 Oct 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.71/5'7''

Place of birth: HAKUBA

Birth Country:

Japan

Residence: NAGANO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Nordic Combined	Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km	13
	Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km	25
	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km JPN Japan	3

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Trial Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Cross-Country	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Trial Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km, Cross-Country	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Ski Jumping Trial Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Ski Jumping Competition Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km, Cross-Country	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men's Team	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
5	Team	2014	Sochi, RUS
12	Men's Normal Hill / 10 km, Individual	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
15	Normal Hill / 10 km, Individual	2014	Sochi, RUS
20	Men's Large Hill / 10 km, Individual	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
35	Large Hill / 10 km, Individual	2014	Sochi, RUS

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
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	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
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
7	Gundersen NH HS100/10.0 K Men	2015	Falun, SWE	26:53.3
12	Gundersen LH HS134/10.0 K Men	2013	Predazzo, ITA	28:37.4
15	Gundersen LH HS130/10.0 K Men	2017	Lahti, FIN	27:57.5
16	Gundersen Normal Hill HS106/10.0 Km Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	24:36.6
16	Gundersen LH HS130/10,0 Km Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT	25:14.7
16	Gundersen NH HS106/10.0 K Men	2013	Predazzo, ITA	30:26.9
18	Gundersen LH HS134/10,0 K Men	2015	Falun, SWE	23:34.0
19	Gundersen NH HS109/10,0 Km Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT	26:30.4
23	Gundersen Large Hill HS137/10,0 Km Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	27:12.6
44	Gundersen NH HS100/10.0 K Men	2017	Lahti, FIN	30:02.5

World Cup Rankings
Season	Overall
2021/2022	22
2020/2021	22
2019/2020	29
2018/2019	22

World Cup - Best Achievements
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 10th		1 x 13th		1 x 3rd
2020/2021		1 x 13th		1 x 9th				1 x 7th
2019/2020	1 x 37th	1 x 23rd	1 x 19th	3 x 18th			1 x 3rd
2018/2019		1 x 12th	1 x 18th	1 x 7th			1 x 2nd		1 x 11th
2017/2018	1 x 12th	1 x 11th	1 x 5th	1 x 8th		1 x 5th	1 x 5th		1 x 6th
2016/2017	1 x 14th	1 x 12th	1 x 17th	2 x 8th		1 x 5th
2015/2016	1 x 26th	1 x 17th	1 x 16th	1 x 8th		1 x 4th			1 x 7th
2014/2015		1 x 18th	1 x 9th	1 x 5th		1 x 4th
2013/2014		1 x 13th	1 x 28th	1 x 15th			1 x 3rd		1 x 17th
2012/2013		2 x 11th		1 x 3rd	1 x 28th	1 x 6th			1 x 10th
2011/2012		1 x 8th		1 x 14th	1 x 23rd				1 x 15th
2010/2011		1 x 29th		1 x 30th		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
10	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Otepää, EST	24:09.5
13	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Val di Fiemme, ITA	26:41.2
13	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Ramsau, AUT	24:56.9
13	LH/10.0km	2021/2022	Klingenthal, GER	26:04.3
15	LH/5.0km	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN	13:49.8
16	LH/10.0km	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN	26:25.3
16	NH/7.5km	2021/2022	Seefeld, AUT	20:47.5
17	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Val di Fiemme, ITA	26:53.8

Hobbies:

"Enjoy life." (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Married to Ayumi (24 May 2020). Father, Osamu Watabe. Mother, Kayoko Watabe. Brother, Akito.

Languages spoken:

Japanese, English

Club name:

Kitano Construction Corp. Ski Club

Coach:

Team: Takanori Kono (JPN), Takashi Kitamura (JPN)
Personal: Kento Sakuyama (JPN), Tomoharu Yokokawa (JPN)

Sporting relatives:

Brother Akito Watabe (Nordic combined): Two-time Olympic silver medallist (2014 and 2018 normal hill/10km), five-time World Championship medallist (one gold, one silver, three bronze). Six years older, one of the most successful Nordic combined athletes.

Sister-in-law Yurie Watabe (Freestyle skiing): 2018 Olympian (half-pipe).

Debut:

2009 World Cup in Val di Fiemme (Large hill/10km - 44th)

National team:

2009

Start:

Started with his older brother Akito.

Ambition:

"I am still figuring out what I want to do after my sports career. Sport goal: become champion." (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Training:

"Eat, move, sleep." (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Memorable:

"I have not decided yet." (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Hero:

Bird. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Influence:

All athletes. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

General Interest

BROTHER
The 2017 team sprint World Championship medal he won was with his older brother Akito.

COACH
Team coach Takanori Kono, is the only other Japanese Nordic combined athlete to win an individual Olympic medal (1994 silver). Was a member of the two-time Olympic gold medal team (1992, 1994). Two-time World team champion (1993, 1995). Torchbearer within the Olympic Stadium at the Opening Ceremony of the Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games.

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Bronze medallist in the team event (large hill/4x5km) in Beijing 2022, after just missing the podium in his last two Olympic appearances, with a fifth place in Sochi 2014 and fourth in PyeongChang 2018. The team with Hideaki Nagai, Ryota Yamamoto and his brother Akito, was ranked fourth after the ski jumping and finished just 0.3 second behind silver medallist Germany.

He finished 13th in the normal hill/10km and 25th in large hill/10km in the individual Beijing 2022 events.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
In five participations he finished fourth five times with the team, in 2019 twice (team, team sprint). Together, with the one-fourth place in PyeongChang he has six fourth places for the team in major events. In 2017, he earned his first and only World medal - bronze - with the team sprint.

Best individual result was in 2013 finishing 12th in the large hill/10km.

In three participations in Junior World Championships (2008-10) his best result was another fourth place with the team in 2010.

WORLD CUP
Best individual and only podium finish to date was in 2013 in Oslo (large hill/10km), he has three top-three results with the team, but no World Cup victory so far.

SEASON 2021/22
Best season result was 10th in Otepaeae (normal hill/10km). He is currently ranked 20th in the overall World Cup.

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/watabeeee
https://www.instagram.com/wtbyst/
https://twitter.com/wtbyst

Legend

:: Bronze
:: Gold Medal Event

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