Hideaki NAGAI

Japan

Nordic Combined

Date of Birth: 5 Sep 1983

Age: 38

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.70/5'6''

Place of birth: HACHIMANTAI

Birth Country:

Japan

Residence: OHGAKI

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
	Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km	31
	Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km JPN Japan	3

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
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

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
5	Gundersen LH HS134/10.0 K Men	2013	Predazzo, ITA	28:05.1
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
17	Gundersen LH HS130/10,0 Km Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT	25:24.9
18	Gundersen Normal Hill HS106/10.0 Km Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	24:45.4
18	Gundersen NH HS100/10.0 K Men	2015	Falun, SWE	28:02.3
18	Gundersen NH HS106/10.0 K Men	2013	Predazzo, ITA	30:37.0
20	Gundersen NH HS109/10,0 Km Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT	26:34.5
20	Gundersen NH HS100/10.0 K Men	2017	Lahti, FIN	27:53.5
21	Gundersen Large Hill HS137/10,0 Km Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	27:02.1
29	Gundersen LH HS130/10.0 K Men	2017	Lahti, FIN	30:17.3

World Cup Rankings
Season	Overall
2021/2022	24
2020/2021	31
2019/2020	34
2018/2019	29

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 19th		1 x 21st
2020/2021	1 x 27th	1 x 22nd	1 x 18th	1 x 18th				1 x 10th
2019/2020		1 x 21st	1 x 32nd	1 x 15th			1 x 3rd	1 x 16th
2018/2019		1 x 20th		1 x 11th			1 x 2nd		1 x 5th
2017/2018		1 x 27th	1 x 39th	1 x 13th			1 x 5th		1 x 11th
2016/2017	1 x 21st	1 x 18th	1 x 19th	1 x 6th		1 x 5th
2015/2016	1 x 27th	1 x 9th	1 x 29th	1 x 7th		1 x 4th			1 x 7th
2014/2015		1 x 35th	1 x 45th	1 x 13th		1 x 7th			1 x 9th
2013/2014	1 x 23rd	1 x 9th	1 x 25th	1 x 9th			1 x 3rd	1 x 7th	1 x 12th
2012/2013		1 x 8th		2 x 9th		1 x 6th	1 x 6th		1 x 10th
2011/2012		1 x 25th		1 x 18th	1 x 31st

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
18	NH/12.5km	2021/2022	Seefeld, AUT	31:59.4
19	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Val di Fiemme, ITA	27:28.5
20	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Ramsau, AUT	26:35.7
21	Mass Start NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Otepää, EST	23:38.3
21	LH/10.0km	2021/2022	Klingenthal, GER	27:04.9
22	LH/10.0km	2021/2022	Klingenthal, GER	27:46.6
24	LH/10.0km	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN	27:20.0
24	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Val di Fiemme, ITA	27:51.9
24	NH/10.0km	2021/2022	Otepää, EST	25:31.7
25	LH/5.0km	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN	14:56.1

Hobbies:

Cycling. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Will be a high school teacher and a coach after his sports career. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Family:

Married to Aya Nagai (22 Aug 2011). One son, Hidenao. One daughter, Yumi.
Father, Shoichi Nagai. Mother, Ayako Nagai. Two brothers, Yoichi and Takehiro.

Languages spoken:

Japanese, English

Club name:

Gifu Hino Motors Ski Team

Coach:

Team: Takanori Kohno (JPN), Takashi Kitamura (JPN)
Personal: Satoshi Mori (JPN)

Debut:

2012 World Cup in Val die Fiemme (Large hill/10km - 31st)

National team:

2012

Ambition:

Goal for season 2021/22: "I hope for a career-high."
Career goal: "The final race will be finished with a smile." (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Memorable:

Season 2012/13, World Championships 2013, fifth place in the large hill Gundersen race. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Hero:

Entrepreneur Kazuo Inamori (JPN), founder of two major Japanese companies, adviser of several other companies. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Influence:

Former Nordic combined skier Kenji Ogiwara (JPN), born 1969, two-time Olympic gold medallist in the team event (in Albertville 1992 and Lillehammer 1994), won five medals in World Championships, two team gold (1993, 1995), two individual gold (1993, 1997) and one individual bronze (1999). In November 2021 he was voted for Mayor of Nagano. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Ritual:

Starts to tie the shoe laces with the left boot. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Bronze medallist in the team event (large hill/4x5km) in Beijing 2022, with team members Akito and Yoshito Wasabe, and Ryota Yamamoto.
He finished 31st in large hill/10km and was not selected for the normal hill/10km event.

At 38 years, 165 days, he became the oldest medallist in the Nordic combined men’s team event, and the oldest medallist in any Nordic combined Olympic event.

Competed in Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018, finished fifth (2014) and fourth (2018) with the team. Individually his best result was 12th in 2018 (Large hill/10km).

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Participated in six editions of World Championships. After his debut in 2007 (eigth with the team) it wasn't until 2013 that he got another chance. From then on he competed in all editions (2013 - 2021). His best individual result is a fifth place in 2013. With the team he finished fourth three times (2017, 2019, 2021).

WORLD CUP
Even though he was competing on a national level since 1996, he only debuted in the World Cup in 2012. He qualified by winning national championships and then via scoring points in the Continental Cup. He already scored World Cup points in his second start in the World Cup in Feb 2012.
He has nine individual top-10 finishes, his best result a sixth place in Sapporo in 2017. Three podiums with the team, but no World Cup victory so far.

SEASON 2021/22
Three top-20 results, his best was in the last Seefeld World Cup just before the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, when he finished 18th. He is currently ranked 24th in the overall World Cup.

Legend

:: Bronze
:: Gold Medal Event

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