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Noriaki Kasai

1972 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Noriaki Kasai is the 18th most popular skier (down from 16th in 2019), the 964th most popular biography from Japan (down from 886th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Noriaki Kasai ranks 18 out of 817. Before him are Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Jiří Raška, Marc Girardelli, Sonja Edström, Gustav Thöni, and Yukio Kasaya. After him are Hermann Maier, Hanni Wenzel, Juha Mieto, Bjørn Wirkola, Karl Schranz, and Toralf Engan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Noriaki Kasai ranks 89. Before him are Alain Berset, Toto Wolff, Gabriel Macht, R-Truth, The Great Khali, and Sandra Kim. After him are Željko Joksimović, Takashi Umezawa, Manfred Weber, Brandon Teena, Hermann Maier, and Chiara Mastroianni.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Noriaki Kasai ranks 964 out of 6,245. Before him are Haruomi Hosono (1947), Yukio Kasaya (1943), Shigeyoshi Inoue (1889), Jien (1155), Keisuke Honda (1986), and Akio Toyoda (1956). After him are Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Takeshi Urata (1947), Giant Baba (1938), Genichi Taguchi (1924), Keiko Abe (1937), and Takashi Umezawa (1972).

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Among SKIERS In Japan

Among skiers born in Japan, Noriaki Kasai ranks 2. Before him are Yukio Kasaya (1943). After him are Chiharu Igaya (1931), Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975), Seiji Aochi (1942), Masahiko Harada (1968), Takanobu Okabe (1970), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Hirokazu Yagi (1959), Hiroya Saitō (1970), Sara Takanashi (1996), and Akito Watabe (1988).

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