Daito Takahashi
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Daito Takahashi (born December 16, 1980) is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2000. He finished 6th in the 7.5 km sprint event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Takahashi's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was tenth twice (2003: 15 km individual, 2005: 7.5 km sprint). At the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, Takahashi was involved in a serious crash during the ski jumping part of the 7.5 km sprint (See YouTube.com link below.) that resulted in him being sent to the hospital and not competing for the rest of the championships.
He has two individual victories in his career, both earned the same weekend in Finland in 2004 (7.5 km sprint, 15 km individual).
[edit] References
- FIS-Ski: Daito Takahashi - statistics
- YouTube.com video showing Takahashi's crash (Eurosport.com) - Accessed March 10, 2007.
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