Kaori IWABUCHI

28 Apr 1993
28
Female
UEDA CITY
 
Japan
NAGANO
 
Japan

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SJP Ski Jumping Women's Normal Hill Individual 18

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
12Normal Hill Individual2018PyeongChang, KOR
World Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
6Normal Hill Team2019Seefeld, AUT806.1
11Normal Hill2017Lahti, FIN221.5
29Large Hill2021Oberstdorf, GER154.8
36Normal Hill2015Falun, SWE82.0
World Cup Rankings Overview
SeasonOverall
2021/202217
2020/202131
2019/202034
2018/201927
Best Performance per Season in World Cup Events from 2018/2019
SeasonNormal HillLarge HillNormal Hill TeamLarge Hill Team
2021/20221 x 13th1 x 6th1 x 5th
2020/20211 x 21st1 x 15th1 x 4th
2019/20201 x 20th1 x 20th
2018/20191 x 15th2 x 19th1 x 3rd
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocationResult
5Large Hill Team2021/2022Willingen, GER724.0
6Large Hill2021/2022Klingenthal, GER207.7
10Large Hill2021/2022Willingen, GER74.6
12Large Hill2021/2022Lillehammer, NOR199.2
13Normal Hill2021/2022Nizhny Tagil, RUS182.2
15Large Hill2021/2022Willingen, GER28.6
17Normal Hill2021/2022Lillehammer, NOR214.3
26Normal Hill2021/2022Nizhny Tagil, RUS158.0
27Normal Hill2021/2022Ljubno, SLO204.4
28Normal Hill2021/2022Ramsau, AUT181.8
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Watching sumo wrestling. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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Athlete

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Health Studies, Sport Studies - Matsumoto University, Japan (Info 2018)

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Father, Mother. Two sisters.

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Japanese, English

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Kiitano Construction Corp. Ski Club

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Team: Tomoharu Yokokawa (JPN)
Personal: Tomoharu Yokokawa (JPN)
Ski: Fluege.de

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2009 Continental Cup in Zao (Normal hill - 21st)
2011 World Cup in Lillehammer (Normal hill - 22nd)

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2012: Injured the anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL)] in both knees while training in Italy. After three operations and 18 months of recovery, she returned to competition. (kitano-ski.com)

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2009

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Switched to ski jumping from alpine skiing in her sixth year of primary school. (kitano-ski.com)

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To win a medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. After her career she wants to be a mother. (kitano-ski.com; Athlete, Jul 2021)

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Is in a training group with Nozomi Marayuma and brothers Akito and Yoshito Watabe (Nordic combined). (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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Loves her family. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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Teammates Nozomi Maruyama, Akito and Yoshito Watabe (brothers, both Nordic combined athletes). (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Made her Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018 (12th).

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
In four World Championship appearances (2015-21), she finished sixth with the team in 2019 (individually, her best is 11th in 2017).

2012 Junior World Championships team gold medallist (with Yuki Ito, Yurina Yamada, Sara Takanashi).

WORLD CUP
Started competing in the first World Cup when it was established for women in 2011/12. After a break for all of 2012/13, she was back competing for the next seven seasons.

Individually, she has ten World Cup top-10 finishes, her best being sixth in 2016 (Lahti). With the team, she has two World Cup victories (2017 in Hinterzarten, 2018 in Zao). The 2017 team victory was the first time a women's team event was held at a World Cup, and the first time a Japanese women's team finished on the podium.

Best overall ranking was 16th in 2017/18.

SEASON 2021/22:
15th overall in the Summer Grand Prix 2021. Six top-20 results in the winter season, two of them top-10, including her sixth place in Klingenthal which ties her career best so far. Currently ranked 17th in the overall World Cup.

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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