Ruka HIRANO

Japan

Snowboard

Date of Birth: 12 Mar 2002

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Place of birth: OSAKA

Birth Country:

Japan

Residence: OSAKA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Snowboard	Men's Snowboard Halfpipe	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Genting Snow Park H & S Stadium	Men's Snowboard Halfpipe Qualification	Finished
	Genting Snow Park H & S Stadium	Men's Snowboard Halfpipe Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Halfpipe	2020	Lausanne, SUI

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
12	Halfpipe Men	2021	Aspen, USA	75.75
13	Halfpipe Men	2019	Park City, USA	59.75

World Cup Rankings
Season	Halfpipe	Overall Park&Pipe
2021/2022	2	2
2020/2021	9	23
2019/2020	3	4
2018/2019	2	4

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Halfpipe
2021/2022	1 x 1st
2020/2021	1 x 3rd
2019/2020	1 x 1st
2018/2019	2 x 2nd

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
1	Halfpipe	2021/2022	Copper Mountain, USA	89.25
2	Halfpipe	2021/2022	Mammoth Mountain, USA	93.40
10	Halfpipe	2021/2022	Laax, SUI	40.50

Hobbies:

Football.

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

Japanese

Club name:

Taisei Gakuin University Ski Club

Debut:

2018 Junior World Championships in Cardrona (Halfpipe - 2nd)
2018 World Cup in Copper Mountain (Halfpipe - 15th)

Injuries:

12 March 2021: Fractured clavicle on his birthday at the Aspen 2021 World Championships.

Start:

Started snowboarding at seven years old.

Memorable:

Winning gold at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.

Hero:

Football player Kevin De Bruyne (BEL), plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Belgium national team. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Influence:

Parents. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"Train harder than everyone else, do tricks nobody else does and win gold." (olympics.com, 21 Jan 2020)
"Be safe and secure." (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Milestones

2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games halfpipe champion ahead of silver medallist teammate Kaishu Hirano (no relation), and Canadian Liam Brearley. "Kaishu inspires me. It's complicated competing against each other, but he is fantastic." (insidethegames.biz, 21 Jan 2020)

2019 Junior halfpipe world champion and 2018 silver medallist.

First World Cup podium finish was second in 2019 in Calgary, with his first victory coming at the same venue in Calgary in 2020 besting the runner-up, Australia’s Scotty James.

In October 2021, he landed a triple cork during a training session in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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