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Ryoyu Kobayashi

1996 - Today

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Ryōyū Kobayashi (小林 陵侑, Kobayashi Ryōyū; born 8 November 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper. As a ski jumper, he has won 36 World Cup individual competitions, the World Cup overall title twice, Four Hills Tournament three times, and is an individual Olympics gold medalist. During his victorious 2018–19 World Cup season, Kobayashi scored 13 individual wins and won all six possible titles in a single season: the World Cup overall title, the Ski Flying World Cup overall, the Four Hills Tournament, the Raw Air tournament, the Planica7 tournament, and Willingen Five tournament. He is the third ski jumper in history to win the 'Grand Slam' of all four events in the 4Hills Tournament, the gold medal at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing on the normal hill and the silver on the large hill. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Ryoyu Kobayashi is the 269th most popular skier (down from 227th in 2024), the 2,349th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,841st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Japanese Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Ryoyu Kobayashi ranks 270 out of 817. Before him are Petra Kronberger, Marco Odermatt, Blanka Paulů, Thomas Müller, Jure Košir, Patrick Ortlieb, and Erik Johnsen. After him are Gabriela Svobodová, Stefan Kraft, Tor Arne Hetland, Pietro Piller Cottrer, and Hilkka Riihivuori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Ryoyu Kobayashi ranks 124. Before him are Guglielmo Vicario, Dylan Minnette, Andreas Pereira, Nadiem Amiri, Kang Daniel, and Gonçalo Guedes. After him are David Dobrik, Chungha, Waldemar Anton, Momo Hirai, Violett Beane, and Myles Turner.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ryoyu Kobayashi ranks 2,354 out of 6,245. Before him are Masaaki Yanagishita (1960), Mamoru Samuragochi (1963), Jushin Liger (1964), Atsushi Matsuo (1990), Kenichi Matsuyama (1985), Shoji Jo (1975), Gen Hoshino (1981), Kyohei Yumisaki (1992), Masakazu Suzuki (1955), Taiten Sato (1983), and Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (1957). After him are Kenji Kitahara (1976).

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Among SKIERS In Japan

Among skiers born in Japan, Ryoyu Kobayashi ranks 8. Before him are Noriaki Kasai (1972), Chiharu Igaya (1931), Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975), Seiji Aochi (1942), Masahiko Harada (1968), and Takanobu Okabe (1970). After him are Hirokazu Yagi (1959), Hiroya Saitō (1970), Sara Takanashi (1996), Hideharu Miyahira (1973), Akito Watabe (1988), and Takanori Kono (1969).

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