Noriaki Kasai

Japanese ski jumper

Noriaki Kasai

Kasai in Bischofshofen, 2017

Country| Japan
Born|  (1972-06-06) 6 June 1972 (age 51)
Shimokawa, Hokkaido, Japan[1]
Height| 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1]
Ski club| Tsuchiya Home Ski Team
Personal best| 241.5 m (792 ft)
Vikersund, 19 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons|

* 1988–89 to 1993–94
1995–96 to 2019–20
2022–23 to present

Starts| 573
Podiums| 63
Wins| 17
Nordic titles| 1 (1999)

Medal record

Men's ski jumping
| Event  | 1st | 2nd | 3rd

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Olympic Games | 0  | 2  | 1
Ski Jumping World Championships | 0  | 2  | 5
Ski Flying World Championships | 1  | 0  | 0
Total | 1 | 4 | 6
Olympic Games
|  1994 Lillehammer | Team LH
|  2014 Sochi | Individual LH
|  2014 Sochi | Team LH
World Championships
|  1999 Ramsau | Team LH
|  2003 Val di Fiemme | Team LH
|  2003 Val di Fiemme | Individual NH
|  2003 Val di Fiemme | Individual LH
|  2007 Sapporo | Team LH
|  2009 Liberec | Team LH
|  2015 Falun | Mixed team NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
|  1992 Harrachov | Individual

Updated on 3 March 2024.

Noriaki Kasai (葛西 紀明, Kasai Noriaki, born 6 June 1972) is a Japanese ski jumper. His career achievements include a gold medal at the 1992 Ski Flying World Championships, winning the 1999 Nordic Tournament, individual silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two individual bronze medals at the 2003 Ski Jumping World Championships.

During his career, Kasai has broken numerous ski jumping records. In 2016, he was honoured with two Guinness World Records certificates for the most individual World Cup starts, not only in ski jumping, but in all World Cup disciplines organized by the International Ski Federation. At World Cup level, Kasai competed for a total of 33 seasons between 1988–89 and 2023–24.

## Career[edit]

### 1988: World Cup debut[edit]

Kasai made his World Cup debut on 17 December 1988 in Sapporo, Japan, at the age of 16, reaching 31st place. A year later he performed in his first Nordic World Championships in Lahti, Finland.

### 1992: World champion[edit]

He won his first and to date only major championship at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1992 in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia. He won after a second day of competition which was cancelled after strong winds and a crash of Christof Duffner. At that time he was among the world's top jumpers, known for his extraordinary style, holding his body almost flat between his skis.

### 1994: Olympic team medal[edit]

In 1994, he was a member of the Japanese national team that won a silver medal in the team large hill and finished fifth in the individual large hill at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. After breaking his shoulder he missed the entire 1994–95 season.

### 1999: Nordic Tournament[edit]

In 1999, Kasai won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival and Nordic Tournament overall title. He collected a total of seven medals at the Nordic World Championships, including two silver (team large hill in 1999 and 2003) and five bronze medals (individual normal hill and individual large hill in 2003, team large hill in 2007 and 2009, and mixed team normal hill in 2015). At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished eighth on the large hill and 17th on the normal hill.

### 2014: Oldest Olympic medalist[edit]

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi he competed in a record seventh Olympics and took the silver medal in the large hill individual and the bronze in team large hill, becoming the oldest ski jumper ever to take a medal at the winter Olympics.[2]

On 29 November 2014, Kasai became the oldest World Cup winner when he shared the victory with Simon Ammann in Ruka, Finland.[3]

On 22 February 2015, Kasai won the bronze medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in mixed team event and became the oldest medalist at the Nordic World Ski Championships. He performed for a record twelfth time in the competition.

### 2016: 500th World Cup start[edit]

On 4 March 2016, Kasai was on a World Cup podium in Wisła at the age of 43 years and 272 days, which is a record for the oldest contestant to mount the podium in ski jumping history.[4] On 17 March 2016, he made his 500th individual start in the World Cup.[5]

### 2018 Olympics[edit]

Kasai finished 21st in the normal hill event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[6]

## Records[edit]

During his career, Kasai broke numerous ski jumping records and age milestones. He is the oldest athlete to ever perform in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup and holds the record for the most appearances in the competition, with a total of 573 individual starts in 33 seasons between 1988–89 and 2023–24.[7][8] Kasai also holds a record number of appearances in ski jumping at the Winter Olympics (21 starts), FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (42 starts), and FIS Ski Flying World Championships (13 starts).[9][10][11] In 2016, he was awarded with two Guinness World Records certificates for "the most appearances in FIS Nordic World Ski Championships by an individual ski jumper" and "the most individual starts in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup competitions".[12] In November 2014, Kasai became the oldest individual World Cup event winner, aged 42 years and 5 months.[3][13] He is also the oldest competitor to make a World Cup podium, aged 44 years and 9 months.[14]

Kasai is the first athlete in history to participate at eight Winter Olympics (between 1992 and 2018).[15] At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he became the oldest Olympic medalist in ski jumping after winning a silver medal aged 41 years and 254 days.[2]

## Personal life[edit]

On 30 January 2016 his wife gave birth to their daughter named Rino.[16][17]

## Major tournament results[edit]

### Olympics[edit]

Year  | Place  | NH | LH | Team LH

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1992 |  Albertville | 31  | 26  | 4
1994 |  Lillehammer | 5  | 14  |
1998 |  Nagano | 7  | —  | —
2002 |  Salt Lake City | 49  | 41  | —
2006 |  Turin | 20  | 12  | 6
2010 |  Vancouver | 17  | 8  | 5
2014 |  Sochi | 8  |  |
2018 |  Pyeongchang | 21  | 33  | 6

### FIS World Nordic Ski Championships[edit]

Year  | Place  | NH | LH | Team NH  | Team LH  | Mixed NH

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1989 |  Lahti | 54  | 57  | N/A  | 15  | N/A
1991 |  Val di Fiemme | —  | 36  | 11
1993 |  Falun | 10  | 7  | 5
1995 |  Thunder Bay | did not qualify
1997 |  Trondheim
1999 |  Ramsau | 5  | 10  | N/A  |  | N/A
2001 |  Lahti | 8  | 19  | 4  | 4
2003 |  Val di Fiemme |  |  | N/A  |
2005 |  Oberstdorf | 21  | 36  | 9  | 10
2007 |  Sapporo | 34  | 24  | N/A  |
2009 |  Liberec | 30  | 32  | N/A  |
2011 |  Oslo | 26  | 24  | 5  | 6
2013 |  Val di Fiemme | 35  | 22  | N/A  | 5  | —
2015 |  Falun | 35  | 11  | 4  |
2017 |  Lahti | 28  | 32  | 7  | —

### Ski Flying World Championships[edit]

Year  | Place  | Individual  | Team

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1990 |  Vikersund | 23  | N/A
1992 |  Harrachov |
1994 |  Planica | 19
1996 |  Bad Mitterndorf | 24
1998 |  Oberstdorf | —
2000 |  Vikersund | 5
2002 |  Harrachov | —
2004 |  Planica | 24  | 5
2006 |  Bad Mitterndorf | —  | —
2008 |  Oberstdorf | 35  | 7
2010 |  Planica | 12  | —
2012 |  Vikersund | —  | —
2014 |  Harrachov | 4  | —
2016 |  Bad Mitterndorf | 5  | —
2018 |  Oberstdorf | 25  | —

## World Cup[edit]

### Standings[edit]

Season | Overall  | 4H | SF | RA | NT[18] | JP

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1988–89 | — | — | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A
1989–90 | 24 | 19 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A
1990–91 | — | 73 | — | N/A | N/A | N/A
1991–92 | 9 | — | 7 | N/A | N/A | N/A
1992–93 |  |  | — | N/A | N/A | N/A
1993–94 | 6 | 4 | 19 | N/A | N/A | N/A
1995–96 | 36 | 10 | 26 | N/A | N/A | 36
1996–97 | 17 | 24 | 23 | N/A | 11 | 15
1997–98 | 10 | 24 | 13 | N/A | 4 | 10
1998–99 |  |  |  | N/A |  | 4
1999–00 | 15 | 20 | 10 | N/A | 9 | 14
2000–01 | 4 | 12 | 8 | N/A | 23 | N/A
2001–02 | 23 | 31 | N/A | N/A | 28 | N/A
2002–03 | 13 | 23 | N/A | N/A | 6 | N/A
2003–04 | 8 | 8 | N/A | N/A | 10 | N/A
2004–05 | 16 | 11 | N/A | N/A | 26 | N/A
2005–06 | 21 | 9 | N/A | N/A | 15 | N/A
2006–07 | 26 | 34 | N/A | N/A | 20 | N/A
2007–08 | 34 | 34 | N/A | N/A | 31 | N/A
2008–09 | 15 | 13 | 20 | N/A | 13 | N/A
2009–10 | 17 | 11 | — | N/A | 8 | N/A
2010–11 | 25 | 31 | 31 | N/A | N/A | N/A
2011–12 | 51 | 33 | 45 | N/A | N/A | N/A
2012–13 | 24 | 42 | 17 | N/A | N/A | N/A
2013–14 | 5 | 5 |  | N/A | N/A | N/A
2014–15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A
2015–16 | 8 | 7 | 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A
2016–17 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 8 | N/A | N/A
2017–18 | 26 | 40 | 9 | 24 | N/A | N/A
2018–19 | 37 | 42 | 26 | 42 | N/A | N/A
2019–20 | — | — | — | — | N/A | N/A
2022–23 | — | — | — | — | N/A | N/A

### Individual wins[edit]

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

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1  | 1991–92 | 22 March 1992  |  Harrachov | Čerťák K180 | FH
2  | 1992–93 | 1 January 1993  |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Große Olympiaschanze K107 | LH
3  | 23 January 1993  |  Predazzo | Trampolino dal Ben K120 | LH
4  | 6 March 1993  |  Lahti | Salpausselkä K90 | NH
5  | 1993–94 | 9 January 1994  |  Murau | Hans-Walland Großschanze K120 | LH
6  | 1997–98 | 22 March 1998  |  Planica | Bloudkova velikanka K120 | LH
7  | 1998–99 | 3 January 1999  |  Innsbruck | Bergiselschanze K120 | LH
8  | 29 January 1999  |  Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze K120 | LH
9  | 31 January 1999  |  Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze K120 | LH
10  | 9 March 1999  |  Trondheim | Granåsen K120 | LH
11  | 14 March 1999  |  Oslo | Holmenkollbakken K115 | LH
12  | 21 March 1999  |  Planica | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | FH
13  | 2000–01 | 1 January 2001  |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Große Olympiaschanze K115 | LH
14  | 2002–03 | 9 February 2003  |  Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze K120 | LH
15  | 2003–04 | 28 February 2004  |  Park City | Utah Olympic Park K120 | LH
16  | 2013–14 | 11 January 2014  |  Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf | Kulm HS200 | FH
17  | 2014–15 | 29 November 2014  |  Kuusamo | Rukatunturi HS142 | LH

### Individual starts[edit]

Kasai was three times on the starting list but did not start, at Bischofshofen in 1997, Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1998, and Lahti in 2014.

winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q): did not start (DNS)  Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | Points

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1988–89 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
–  | –  | –  | –  | 31  | 26  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1989–90 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 43
27  | 18  | 9  | 7  | 20  | 40  | 26  | 15  | 16  | 30  | –  | –  | –  | 18  | 26  | 51  | 7  | 24  | 7  | 10  | 14  | 28  | 50  | 22  | 68  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1990–91 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
47  | 39  | 53  | 51  | 61  | 36  | 47  | 57  | q  | q  | 18  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1991–92 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 115
11  | 13  | 11  | 6  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 3  | 6  | 2  | 6  | 60  | 13  | 1  | 7  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1992–93 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 172
34  | 7  | 21  | 14  | 43  | 3  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 1  | –  | –  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 4  | 27  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1993–94 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 562
15  | 5  | 31  | 12  | 27  | 14  | 13  | 3  | 2  | 1  | –  | –  | 6  | 5  | 3  | 17  | 19  | 45  | 10  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1995–96 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 132
–  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 37  | 14  | 12  | 9  | 17  | –  | –  | 52  | 35  | –  | –  | 21  | 22  | 17  | 18  | 28  | q  | –  | –  | –  | –  |  |  |
1996–97 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 351
15  | 25  | 7  | 23  | 6  | 18  | 31  | 20  | 12  | DNS  | –  | –  | 16  | 21  | 2  | 18  | 15  | 33  | 11  | 41  | 27  | 27  | 12  | 20  | q  |  |  |  |  |  |
1997–98 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 720
3  | 7  | 7  | 17  | 10  | 4  | 7  | 6  | DNS  | 25  | 30  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 37  | 14  | 3  | 5  | 17  | 8  | 16  | 2  | 30  | 4  | 1  |  |  |  |
1998–99 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,598
5  | 37  | 5  | 6  | 3  | 12  | 13  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 5  | 11  | 6  | 12  | 1  | 1  | –  | 3  | 5  | 1  | 4  | 1  | 4  | 3  | 1  |  |
1999–00 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 436
5  | 13  | 5  | 17  | 16  | 34  | 14  | 47  | 18  | 13  | 17  | 44  | 11  | 8  | 29  | 11  | 31  | 22  | 30  | –  | 42  | 8  | 18  | 7  | 17  | 5  |  |  |  |  |
2000–01 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 728
48  | 2  | 18  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 44  | 7  | 11  | 18  | 4  | 10  | 4  | 7  | 4  | 18  | 6  | 8  | 44  | 19  | 18  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2001–02 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 219
19  | 23  | 25  | 21  | 7  | 25  | 30  | –  | –  | q  | 37  | 28  | 20  | 15  | –  | –  | 8  | 3  | –  | 22  | 25  | 28  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2002–03 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 548
12  | 22  | 11  | 9  | 19  | 17  | 20  | 17  | 21  | 22  | 13  | 39  | –  | –  | –  | 9  | 10  | 22  | 10  | 10  | 12  | 1  | 5  | 6  | 16  | 36  | 7  |  |  |  |  |
2003–04 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 631
12  | 18  | 21  | 6  | 10  | 5  | 6  | 6  | 11  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 49  | 8  | 2  | 3  | 15  | 1  | 9  | 11  | 16  | 16  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2004–05 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 416
6  | 6  | 14  | 9  | 11  | 5  | 10  | 25  | 15  | 15  | 20  | 10  | 13  | 34  | 22  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 9  | 7  | 18  | 25  | 29  | 27  | 31  | 39  | 31  |  |  |
2005–06 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 249
q  | 41  | 32  | 21  | 38  | 39  | 19  | 13  | 12  | 9  | 11  | 24  | 4  | –  | –  | 21  | 19  | 19  | 13  | 14  | 31  | 28  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2006–07 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 182
50  | –  | –  | –  | –  | q  | 3  | 28  | 42  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 33  | 15  | 17  | 15  | 19  | 36  | 9  | 12  | 37  | 28  | 24  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2007–08 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 122
11  | 15  | 17  | 26  | 11  | –  | –  | q  | 25  | 39  | 30  | q  | q  | –  | –  | –  | 25  | 42  | 25  | 19  | 34  | 27  | 35  | 35  | 27  | q  | 32  |  |  |  |
2008–09 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 409
47  | 33  | q  | 29  | 6  | q  | 19  | 17  | 16  | 6  | 19  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 9  | 12  | –  | 3  | 21  | –  | 34  | 5  | 9  | 6  | 28  | 7  |  |  |  |
2009–10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 344
10  | 49  | 30  | 13  | 15  | 35  | 13  | 13  | 9  | 19  | –  | –  | 6  | 2  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 11  | 16  | 9  | 19  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2010–11 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 197
24  | 16  | 27  | 29  | 35  | 29  | 46  | 22  | 21  | 22  | –  | –  | –  | 11  | 14  | 27  | 25  | 5  | 25  | DQ  | 18  | 25  | 20  | 25  | q  | –  |  |  |  |  |
2011–12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45
–  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 35  | 29  | 36  | 56  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 15  | 33  | 42  | q  | 32  | 29  | 24  | 24  | 23  | 28  | –  |  |  |  |  |
2012–13 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 328
19  | 10  | 7  | 20  | 30  | 25  | 24  | q  | 41  | 34  | 23  | –  | –  | 11  | 19  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 9  | 19  | 12  | 12  | 4  | 4  |  |  |  |
2013–14 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1062
27  | 5  | 10  | 4  | 6  | 3  | –  | –  | 6  | 6  | 7  | 5  | 1  | 3  | –  | –  | 3  | 6  | 4  | 4  | 3  | DNS  | 9  | 8  | 3  | 4  | 6  | 5  |  |  |
2014–15 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,137
6  | 3  | 1  | 11  | 17  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 8  | 8  | 3  | 2  | 5  | 8  | 9  | 6  | 8  | 9  | 9  | 5  | 11  | 3  | 5  | 5  | 13  | 10  | 4  | 2  | 5  | 8
2015–16 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 909
5  | 30  | 17  | –  | –  | 3  | 10  | 5  | 12  | 7  | 9  | –  | –  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 7  | 10  | 7  | 16  | 14  | 10  | 7  | 3  | 12  | 6  | 7  | 4  |  |
2016–17 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 401
18  | 24  | 26  | 32  | 33  | 21  | 21  | 31  | 37  | 10  | 14  | 17  | 17  | 23  | 37  | 14  | 12  | 35  | 50  | 21  | 35  | 13  | 15  | 2  | 4  | 3  |  |  |  |  |
2017–18 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 164
31  | q  | –  | –  | 10  | 42  | 48  | 46  | q  | 18  | 48  | 5  | 24  | –  | –  | q  | 30  | 18  | 46  | 10  | 11  | 22  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2018–19 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 88
q  | 38  | 38  | 35  | 34  | 49  | 30  | q  | 32  | 32  | 32  | 44  | 40  | 33  | 32  | 7  | 29  | 21  | 11  | 46  | 40  | 36  | 28  | 36  | q  | q  | 19  | –  |  |  |
2019–20 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
q  | q  | q  | 45  | 33  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | q  | 36  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  |  |  |  |
2022–23 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0
–  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | q  | q  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –
2023–24 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
–  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | –  | 30  | 43  | –  | –  | 38  | 28  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## See also[edit]

* List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

## References[edit]

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2. ^ a b "Soczi 2014: Noriaki Kasai wyskakał srebro dla chorej siostry". PolskieRadio.pl (in Polish). 16 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
3. ^ a b R. K. (10 March 2016). "500? Lepo, toda 6 je moja srečna številka. Grem na 600!" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
4. ^ "SKI FLYING INDIVIDUAL – PLANICA, 17–20 MARCH 2016" (PDF). fis-ski.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
5. ^ "Kasai places sixth in 500th World Cup event". The Japan Times. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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8. ^ "KASAI Noriaki – All appearances". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
9. ^ "KASAI Noriaki – Olympic Winter Games". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
10. ^ "KASAI Noriaki – World Ski Championships". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
11. ^ "KASAI Noriaki – FIS Ski Flying World Championships". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
12. ^ Rachel Swatman (31 January 2016). "Japanese athlete Noriaki Kasai accepts record certificates at FIS Ski Jumping World Cup". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
13. ^ "SKI JUMPING/ Kasai rewrites record book for oldest winner". The Asahi Shimbun. 1 December 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014.
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18. ^ "Skoki narciarskie – Turniej Skandynawski (Archiwum wyników)". Skokinarciarskie.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 March 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Noriaki Kasai at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
* Noriaki Kasai at Olympics.com
* Noriaki Kasai at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Olympic Games

Preceded by

Ayumi Ogasawara

|  Flagbearer for  Japan
2018 Pyeongchang
(with Sara Takanashi) | Succeeded by

Akito Watabe
Arisa Go

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World champions in ski flying

Individual|

* 1972: Walter Steiner (SUI)
* 1973: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR)
* 1975: Karel Kodejška (TCH)
* 1977: Walter Steiner (SUI)
* 1979: Armin Kogler (AUT)
* 1981: Jari Puikkonen (FIN)
* 1983: Klaus Ostwald (GDR)
* 1985: Matti Nykänen (FIN)
* 1986: Andreas Felder (AUT)
* 1988: Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl (NOR)
* 1990: Dieter Thoma (FRG)
* 1992: Noriaki Kasai (JPN)
* 1994: Jaroslav Sakala (CZE)
* 1996: Andreas Goldberger (AUT)
* 1998: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
* 2000: Sven Hannawald (GER)
* 2002: Sven Hannawald (GER)
* 2004: Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR)
* 2006: Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR)
* 2008: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
* 2010: Simon Ammann (SUI)
* 2012: Robert Kranjec (SLO)
* 2014: Severin Freund (GER)
* 2016: Peter Prevc (SLO)
* 2018: Daniel-André Tande (NOR)
* 2020: Karl Geiger (GER)
* 2022: Marius Lindvik (NOR)
* 2024: Stefan Kraft (AUT)

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Holmenkollen Medal

Until 1900|

* 1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR)
* 1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR)
* 1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)

1900–1950|

* 1901: Aksel Refstad (NOR)
* 1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR)
* 1904: Harald Smith (NOR)
* 1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR)
* 1907: Per Bakken
* 1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR)
* 1909: Thorvald Hansen
* 1910: Lauritz Bergendahl
* 1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR)
* 1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR)
* 1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR)
* 1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR)
* 1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR)
* 1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR)
* 1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR)
* 1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR)
* 1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
* 1925: Einar Landvik (NOR)
* 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams
* 1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR)
* 1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR)
* 1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR)
* 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)
* 1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR)
* 1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR)
* 1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR)
* 1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR)
* 1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR)
* 1947: Elling Rønes (NOR)
* 1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR)
* 1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR)
* 1950: Olav Økern (NOR)

1951–2000|

* 1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR)
* 1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE)
* 1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR)
* 1954: Martin Stokken (NOR)
* 1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR)
* 1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR)
* 1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN)
* 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR)
* 1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR)
* 1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR)
* 1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR)
* 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR)
* 1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR)
* 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR)
* 1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR)
* 1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
* 1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
* 1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR)
* 1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR)
* 1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR)
* 1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR)
* 1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG)
* 1974: Juha Mieto (FIN)
* 1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR)
* 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
* 1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI)
* 1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS)
* 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE)
* 1981: Johan Sætre (NOR)
* 1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR)
* 1984: Lars Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT)
* 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE)
* 1986: Brit Pettersen (NOR)
* 1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG)
* 1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
* 1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER)
* 1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS)
* 1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR)
* 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR)
* 1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
* 1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
* 1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
* 1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)
* 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)

Since 2001|

* 2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
* 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER)
* 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)
* 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST)
* 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI)
* 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
* 2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN)
* 2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
* 2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT)
* 2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR)
* 2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL)
* 2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN), Tarjei Bø (NOR)
* 2017: Marie Dorin Habert (FRA), Sara Takanashi (JPN)
* 2018: Charlotte Kalla (SWE), Princess Astrid (NOR), Hannu Manninen (FIN), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)
* 2021: Maren Lundby (NOR), Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), Dario Cologna (SWI), Johannes Rydzek (GER)
* 2022: Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR), Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR), Jørgen Graabak  (NOR)
* 2023: Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR), Stefan Kraft (AUT)

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