Masahiko Harada

Japanese former ski jumper (born 1968)

This article is about the ski jumper. For the boxer, see Fighting Harada.

Masahiko Harada
原田 雅彦

Country|  Japan
Full name| 原田 雅彦
Born|  (1968-05-09) 9 May 1968 (age 56)
Kamikawa, Japan
Height| 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Personal best| 197 m (646 ft)
Planica, 18-21 March 1999
World Cup career
Seasons| 1987–1988
1990–2003
Indiv. starts| 211
Indiv. podiums| 21
Indiv. wins| 9
Team starts| 13
Team podiums| 7
Team wins| 3

Medal record

Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
|  1998 Nagano | Team LH
|  1994 Lillehammer | Team LH
|  1998 Nagano | Individual LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
| 1993 Falun | Individual NH
| 1997 Trondheim | Individual LH
| 1997 Trondheim | Individual NH
| 1997 Trondheim | Team LH
| 1999 Ramsau | Team LH
| 1999 Ramsau | Individual NH

Updated on 10 February 2016.

Masahiko Harada (原田 雅彦, Harada Masahiko) (born 9 May 1968) is a Japanese former ski jumper. He is best remembered for a meltdown at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, which cost the Japanese national team a victory, and his subsequent redemption at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano; the latter of which led to him being affectionately called "Happy Harada".[1]

## Career

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At the 1994 games, the Japanese team had a nearly insurmountable lead heading into the last jump of the large hill. Harada, the team's anchor, had jumped 122 meters in his previous attempt and needed only 105 meters in his final jump to clinch the gold for Japan. His jump was just shy of 97,5 meters and dropped Japan to second, with the gold going to the German team.[2]

Four years later Harada would again have his chance to contribute a gold for his team, this time in his home country. His first jump of 79.5 meters knocked his team from first to fourth and brought back memories of Lillehammer. Then, on his second attempt he delivered an Olympic-record tying 137 meter jump. His teammate Kazuyoshi Funaki would then close out the event with a 125 meter jump, clinching the first Olympic ski jumping team gold medal for Japan.

Along with the team gold, Harada also captured bronze in Nagano in the individual large hill after a 136 meter final jump that pushed up him from sixth to third.

Harada has competed in five of the Olympic Games. In addition to the Lillehammer and Nagano games, he competed in Albertville in 1992, Salt Lake City in 2002 and Turin in 2006.

He is a two-time FIS Nordic World Ski Championships winner (1993: individual normal hill, 1997: individual large hill), and also won three silvers (1997: Individual normal hill, 1997, 1999: Team large hill) and one bronze (1999: Individual normal hill) as well.

Olympic normal hill individual competition in Pragelato on 11 February 2006 was the last highly ranked official event where he participated - who won 2 Olympic medals in Nagano and 1 in Lillehammer \- and it was after over 3 years break from participating in Ski jumping World Cup. Unfortunately for him, he was disqualified in the qualifying and did not compete in the final. Later he started only in FIS Cup event in Sapporo.[3][4]

On July 12, 2006, Harada was appointed Ambassador to the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, Japan by the organizing committee. The 2007 Championships ran February 22-March 4, 2007.

## World Cup

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### Standings

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Season | Overall  | 4H | SF | NT | JP

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1986/87 | 85 | — | N/A | N/A | N/A
1987/88 | — | 80 | N/A | N/A | N/A
1989/90 | 52 | — | N/A | N/A | N/A
1990/91 | — | 61 | — | N/A | N/A
1991/92 | 29 | — | — | N/A | N/A
1992/93 | 16 | 6 | — | N/A | N/A
1993/94 | 15 | 21 | — | N/A | N/A
1994/95 | 59 | 64 | — | N/A | N/A
1995/96 | 5 | 18 | — | N/A |
1996/97 | 29 | 42 | — | 13 | 24
1997/98 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 13 |
1998/99 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 9
1999/00 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 53 | 11
2000/01 | 26 | 21 | 50 | 53 | N/A
2001/02 | 38 | 31 | N/A | 59 | N/A
2002/03 | — | — | N/A | — | N/A

### Wins

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No.  | Season  | Date  | Location  | Hill  | Size

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1  | 1995/96 | 8 December 1995  |  Villach | Villacher Alpenarena K90 | NH
2  | 18 February 1996  |  Iron Mountain | Pine Mountain Ski Jump K120 | LH
3  | 1 March 1996  |  Lahti | Salpausselkä K90 (night) | NH
4  | 3 March 1996  |  Lahti | Salpausselkä K114 | LH
5  | 1997/98 | 8 December 1997  |  Villach | Villacher Alpenarena K90 | NH
6  | 12 December 1997  |  Harrachov | Čerťák K90 | NH
7  | 21 December 1997  |  Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 | LH
8  | 11 January 1998  |  Ramsau | Mattenschanze K90 | NH
9  | 13 March 1998  |  Trondheim | Granåsen K120 | LH

## References

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1. ^ "Masahiko Harada – From Meltdown to Marvelous" Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine. olympics30.com. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
2. ^ John Walters (February 4, 1998). "1998 Nagano Olympics-Masahiko Harada". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on July 12, 2001.
3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2010-01-01.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. ^ "Torino 2006 Official Report - Ski Jumping" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2009.

## External links

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* Masahiko Harada at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
* FIS Announcement on Ambassador Appointment
* 2007 Nordic World Skiing Championship announcement

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Olympic champions in men's ski jumping team large hill

* 1988:  Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Matti Nykänen, Tuomo Ylipulli, Jari Puikkonen (FIN)
* 1992:  Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Mika Laitinen, Risto Laakkonen, Toni Nieminen (FIN)
* 1994:  Hansjörg Jäkle, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, Jens Weißflog (GER)
* 1998:  Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
* 2002:  Sven Hannawald, Stephan Hocke, Michael Uhrmann, Martin Schmitt (GER)
* 2006:  Andreas Widhölzl, Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch, Thomas Morgenstern (AUT)
* 2010:  Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
* 2014:  Severin Freund, Marinus Kraus, Andreas Wank, Andreas Wellinger (GER)
* 2018:  Daniel-André Tande, Andreas Stjernen, Johann André Forfang, Robert Johansson (NOR)
* 2022:  Stefan Kraft, Daniel Huber, Jan Hörl, Manuel Fettner (AUT)

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World champions in ski jumping individual normal hill

* 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR)
* 1966: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
* 1970: Gariy Napalkov (URS)
* 1974: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
* 1978: Matthias Buse (GDR)
* 1982: Armin Kogler (AUT)
* 1985: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
* 1987: Jiří Parma (TCH)
* 1989: Jens Weißflog (GDR)
* 1991: Heinz Kuttin (AUT)
* 1993: Masahiko Harada (JPN)
* 1995: Takanobu Okabe (JPN)
* 1997: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
* 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
* 2001: Adam Małysz (POL)
* 2003: Adam Małysz (POL)
* 2005: Rok Benkovič (SLO)
* 2007: Adam Małysz (POL)
* 2009: Wolfgang Loitzl (AUT)
* 2011: Thomas Morgenstern (AUT)
* 2013: Anders Bardal (NOR)
* 2015: Rune Velta (NOR)
* 2017: Stefan Kraft (AUT)
* 2019: Dawid Kubacki (POL)
* 2021: Piotr Żyła (POL)
* 2023: Piotr Żyła (POL)

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World champions in ski jumping individual large hill

* 1925: Wilhelm Dick (TCH)
* 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams (NOR)
* 1927: Tore Edman (SWE)
* 1929: Sigmund Ruud (NOR)
* 1930: Gunnar Andersen (NOR)
* 1931: Birger Ruud (NOR)
* 1933: Marcel Reymond (SUI)
* 1934: Kristian Johansson (NOR)
* 1935: Birger Ruud (NOR)
* 1937: Birger Ruud (NOR)
* 1938: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR)
* 1939: Josef Bradl (GER)
* 1940–45: Not held (World War II)
* 1950: Hans Bjørnstad (NOR)
* 1954: Matti Pietikäinen (FIN)
* 1958: Juhani Kärkinen (FIN)
* 1962: Helmut Recknagel (GDR)
* 1966: Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
* 1970: Gariy Napalkov (URS)
* 1974: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
* 1978: Tapio Räisänen (FIN)
* 1982: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
* 1985: Per Bergerud (NOR)
* 1987: Andreas Felder (AUT)
* 1989: Jari Puikkonen (FIN)
* 1991: Franci Petek (YUG)
* 1993: Espen Bredesen (NOR)
* 1995: Tommy Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
* 1997: Masahiko Harada (JPN)
* 1999: Martin Schmitt (GER)
* 2001: Martin Schmitt (GER)
* 2003: Adam Małysz (POL)
* 2005: Janne Ahonen (FIN)
* 2007: Simon Ammann (SUI)
* 2009: Andreas Küttel (SUI)
* 2011: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
* 2013: Kamil Stoch (POL)
* 2015: Severin Freund (GER)
* 2017: Stefan Kraft (AUT)
* 2019: Markus Eisenbichler (GER)
* 2021: Stefan Kraft (AUT)
* 2023: Timi Zajc (SLO)

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