Naoki NAKAMURA

Japan

Ski Jumping

Date of Birth: 19 Sep 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Place of birth: RUMOI

Birth Country:

Japan

Residence: SAPPORO

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Ski Jumping	Men's Normal Hill Individual	38
	Men's Large Hill Individual	29
	Men's Team JPN Japan	5

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Normal Hill Individual Trial Round for Qualification	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Normal Hill Individual Qualification Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Normal Hill Individual Trial Round for Competition	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Normal Hill Individual 1st Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Large Hill Individual Trial Round for Qualification	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Large Hill Individual Qualification Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Large Hill Individual Trial Round for Competition	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Large Hill Individual 1st Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Large Hill Individual Final Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Team Trial Round for Competition	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Team 1st Round	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Men's Team Final Round	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	Large Hill Team	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	1017.5

Four Hill Tournament
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
20	Large Hill	2022	Oberstdorf, GER	248.1
20	Large Hill	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	259.0
21	Large Hill	2022	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	249.0
26	Large Hill	2019	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	226.2
28	Large Hill	2020	Innsbruck, AUT	199.3
29	Large Hill	2019	Oberstdorf, GER	208.8
31	Large Hill	2022	Bischofshofen, AUT	211.7
31	Large Hill	2020	Oberstdorf, GER	124.2
31	Large Hill	2019	Innsbruck, AUT	102.1
32	Large Hill	2021	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	108.5
34	Large Hill	2021	Bischofshofen, AUT	108.9
34	Large Hill	2019	Bischofshofen, AUT	101.9
36	Large Hill	2020	Bischofshofen, AUT	112.5
36	Large Hill	2020	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	114.7

World Cup Rankings Overview
Season	Overall
2021/2022	25
2020/2021	34
2019/2020	43
2018/2019	39

Best Performance per Season in World Cup Events from 2018/2019
Season	Normal Hill	Large Hill	Flying Hill	Large Hill Team	Flying Hill Team
2021/2022		1 x 4th		1 x 3rd
2020/2021	1 x 26th	1 x 16th	1 x 16th		1 x 2nd
2019/2020	1 x 34th	1 x 13th	1 x 35th	1 x 6th
2018/2019		1 x 14th	1 x 28th		1 x 5th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
3	Large Hill Team	2021/2022	Zakopane, POL	1034.1
4	Large Hill	2021/2022	Nizhny Tagil, RUS	230.2
5	Large Hill Team	2021/2022	Willingen, GER	724.0
5	Large Hill Team	2021/2022	Wisla, POL	787.3
14	Large Hill	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN	258.5
15	Large Hill	2021/2022	Klingenthal, GER	246.6
18	Large Hill	2021/2022	Willingen, GER	188.1
19	Large Hill	2021/2022	Nizhny Tagil, RUS	196.5
20	Large Hill	2021/2022	Klingenthal, GER	219.1
20	Large Hill	2021/2022	Wisla, POL	229.4

Nickname:

Naoking

Hobbies:

Playing games, watching YouTube videos.

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Father, Kazuki. Mother, Mayumi. Brother, Masaki. Sister Anju.

Languages spoken:

Japanese, English

Club name:

Tokai University Sapporo Ski Club

Coach:

Team: Hideharu Miyahira (JPN)
Personal: Hideharu Miyahira (JPN)
Ski: Fischer

Sporting relatives:

Brother Masaki Nakamura (Ski jumping): Competed in FIS events in 2021.

Sister Anju Nakamura (Ski jumping): Competed in FIS events from 2017-19.

Debut:

2015 Continental Cup in Sapporo (Normal hill - 24th)
2016 World Cup in Sapporo (Large hill - 38th)

National team:

2015

Ambition:

Season 2021/22 goal: To win a gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Career goal: To continue ski jumping for another 10 years. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Training:

Roller skating

Memorable:

Winning two gold medals at the 2017 Winter Universiade (normal hill, team). (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Hero:

Ski jumper Simon Ammann (SUI), four-time Olympic champion winning two in 2002, and two in 2010 - the only ski jumper to have achieved the gold medal double-double at the Olympic Winter Games. Two-time World champion (2007 Sapporo, 2010 Planica), and winner of the 2009/10 overall World Cup. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Influence:

Baseball player Ichiro Suzuki (JPN), AKA “Ichiro”. Played for 28 seasons, nine seasons in Japan with Orix Blue Wave, later in the Major League Baseball (USA), 14 seasons with Seattle Mariners, also with New York Yankees and Miami Marlins. Had 10 consecutive 200-hit seasons, the longest streak ever. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

General Interest

CEO at "Flying Laboratory, LLC". (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Milestones

Competed at the 2020 Ski-Flying World Championships (fifth in team).

2016 Junior World Championships team bronze medallist.

Has competed only twice in all four legs of the Four Hills Tournament, with his best being 32nd overall in 2018/19. Also in 2021/22 he only competed in three legs and finished overall 28th.

Started the 2021/22 World Cup season with his best career result, fourth in the season opener in Nizhny Tagil, which also remained his best season and career result. He finished top-20 in eight events, his second best result was 14th in Ruka.

First and only podium is second in the team event in 2021 (Planica).

Two-time gold medallist at the 2017 Universiade in Almaty (individual, team).

Social Media

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/naokingflylabo
https://www.instagram.com/naoking_flylabo/
https://twitter.com/naoking_flylabo
Team Website: https://www.flyinglaboratory.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzY68vpFLUfToZgtYdTyDA

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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