YAMAMOTO Kohei

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Cross-country
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	21
2012	London, GBR	27
2008	Beijing, CHN	46

World Championships

Year	Location	Cross-country	XCO Team Relay X
2019	Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, CAN	47	16
2018	Lenzerheide, SUI	50	19
2017	Cairns, QLD, AUS	42	16
2016	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE	41	16
2015	Vallnord, AND	45	21
2014	Hafjell, NOR	31	24
2013	Pietermaritzburg, RSA	15	-
2012	Saalfelden, AUT	29	15
2011	Champery, SUI	23	19
2010	Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, CAN	28	-
2009	Canberra, ACT, AUS	46	19
2008	Commezzadura, ITA	54	16
2007	Fort William, GBR	-	13

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Cross-country	XCO Team Relay X
2020	Chiang Rai, THA	1	1
2019	Kfardebian, LIB	2	2
2018	Cebu, PHI	1	-

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Cross-country	-	1 x 100th, 1 x 102nd
2019	Cross-country	65th	1 x 39th, 1 x 46th, 1 x 59th
2019	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 29th, 1 x 35th, 1 x 36th
2018	Cross-country	71st	1 x 43rd, 1 x 46th, 1 x 47th
2017	Cross-country	-	1 x 61st, 1 x 62nd, 1 x 73rd

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
29	2019	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Snowshoe, WV, USA
35	2019	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Lenzerheide, SUI
36	2019	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Val di Sole, ITA
39	2019	Cross-country	Snowshoe, WV, USA
43	2018	Cross-country	La Bresse, FRA
46	2019	Cross-country	Val di Sole, ITA
46	2018	Cross-country	Vallnord, AND
47	2018	Cross-country	Val di Sole, ITA
59	2019	Cross-country	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
61	2017	Cross-country	Vallnord, AND

Legend
IP - In Progress, XCO - Cross-country, X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Kohey (yamamotokohei.com, 03 Mar 2021)

Athlete, Business Owner

International Nature and Outdoor Activity College, Niigata, JPN

Wife Keiko, daughters Rinka [2018] and Momoka [2021]

English, French, Japanese

Dreamseeker MTB Racing Team [Japan] since 2018

Raita Suzuki [national], JPN

His older brother Kazuhiro Yamamoto is a professional rider who has competed in mountain bike and cyclo cross at international level. His wife Keiko Tanaka competed in triathlon at international level and won the U23 category at the 2006 Asian Championships in Jiayuguan, People's Republic of China. (Kazuhiro Yamamoto Instagram profile, 30 Jan 2021; yamamotokohei.com, 03 Mar 2021; cyclesports.jp, 23 Dec 2019; cyclingnews.com, 25 Feb 2015; tokachi.co.jp, 24 May 2013; mtbcrosscountry.com, 11 Oct 2012)

He fractured his sternum and dislocated his collarbone after falling off his bike at the 2014 World Cup event in Cairns, QLD, Australia, but he was still able to complete the race. (cycloch.net, 15 Apr 2014)

He began mountain biking at age 10. (yamamotokohei.com, 31 Dec 2012)

His followed one his brother's friends into the sport. (ntv.co.jp, 28 Oct 2020; yamamotokohei.com, 17 Mar 2010)

To finish in the top eight at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympicchannel.com, 17 Mar 2021)

Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games. (cycloch.net, 05 Jun 2020)

In 2014 he received the Best Athlete Award at the annual Japan Sports Awards, organised by the Yomiuri Shinbun newspaper. (cycloch.net, 18 Jan 2014)