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Masahiko Harada

1968 - Today

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masahiko Harada is the 197th most popular skier (down from 168th in 2019), the 1,921st most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,615th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Masahiko Harada ranks 197 out of 817Before him are Stein Eriksen, Perrine Pelen, Inger Helene Nybråten, Giorgio Di Centa, Andreas Felder, and Marco Albarello. After him are Michèle Jacot, Paul Frommelt, Petra Majdič, Yelena Vyalbe, Rok Petrovič, and Lise-Marie Morerod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Masahiko Harada ranks 394Before him are Oleh Luzhny, Nadia Farès, Francois Botha, Clovis Cornillac, Wu'erkaixi, and Adílson Batista. After him are Uwe Rösler, Jorge Salinas, Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, Tomas Svensson, Tsunku, and Patricia Tarabini.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masahiko Harada ranks 1,921 out of 6,245Before him are Takehiro Kato (1974), Christopher Zeeman (1925), Hidehiko Yoshida (1969), Hirohito Nakamura (1974), Takashi Sambonsuge (1978), and Brian Tee (1977). After him are Hiromi Uehara (1979), Shiro Hashizume (1928), Yuji Oe (1986), Seigo Narazaki (1976), Jun Fukuyama (1978), and Aya Miyama (1985).

Among SKIERS In Japan

Among skiers born in Japan, Masahiko Harada ranks 6Before him are Yukio Kasaya (1943), Noriaki Kasai (1972), Chiharu Igaya (1931), Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975), and Seiji Aochi (1942). After him are Takanobu Okabe (1970), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Hirokazu Yagi (1959), Hiroya Saitō (1970), Sara Takanashi (1996), and Akito Watabe (1988).