Noriaki Kasai

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Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver	1994 Lillehammer	Team large hill
World Championships
Silver	1999 Ramsau	Team large hill
Silver	2003 Val di Fiemme	Team large hill
Bronze	2003 Val di Fiemme	Individual normal hill
Bronze	2003 Val di Fiemme	Individual large hill
Bronze	2007 Sapporo	Team large hill
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Gold	1992 Harrachov	Ski-flying hill

Noriaki Kasai (葛西紀明, Kasai Noriaki^?), born June 6, 1972 in shimokawa,Hokkaidō, Japan, is a Japanese ski jumper. He won his first major championship in 1992 at the Ski-flying World Championships in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia. In 1994, he followed that up by winning a silver medal in the team large hill at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he has a total of five medals in his collection. This includes two silvers (Team large hill: 1999, 2003) and three bronzes (Individual normal hill: 2003, Individual large hill: 2003, and Team large hill: 2007).

Kasai also won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1999.

Kasai competed in five Olympics during his career, earning his best individual finish of 5th in the individual large hill at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He has fifteen additional individual victories at various jumping levels from 1993 to 2004.Also he is oldest Worldcup-winner.