Yūsuke Minato

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Yūsuke Minato
Medal record

Men's nordic combined
World Championships
Gold	2009 Liberec	4 x 5 km team

Yūsuke Minato (湊祐介, Minato Yūsuke) (born May 13, 1985) is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2002. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and earned his best individual finish of sixth in the 10 km individual normal hill event at those same championships.

Minato's best World Cup finish was 12th twice (2008, 2009). His lone victory was in the 7.5 km sprint event at Pragelato in 2007.

References

FIS profile

v t e World champions in men's team nordic combined

3 × 10 km	1982: East Germany Uwe Dotzauer Günther Schmieder Konrad Winkler 1984: Norway Tom Sandberg Hallstein Bøgseth Geir Andersen 1985: West Germany Thomas Müller Hubert Schwarz Hermann Weinbuch 1987: West Germany Hermann Weinbuch Hans-Peter Pohl Thomas Müller 1989: Norway Trond Einar Elden Trond-Arne Bredesen Bård Jørgen Elden 1991: Austria Günther Csar Klaus Ofner Klaus Sulzenbacher 1993: Japan Takanori Kono Masashi Abe Kenji Ogiwara

4 × 5 km	1995: Japan Masashi Abe Tsugiharu Ogiwara Kenji Ogiwara Takanori Kono 1997: Norway Halldor Skard Bjarte Engen Vik Knut Tore Apeland Fred Børre Lundberg 1999: Finland Hannu Manninen Tapio Nurmela Jari Mantila Samppa Lajunen 2001: Norway Kenneth Braaten Sverre Rotevatn Bjarte Engen Vik Kristian Hammer 2003: Austria Michael Gruber Wilhelm Denifl Christoph Bieler Felix Gottwald 2005: Norway Petter Tande Håvard Klemetsen Magnus Moan Kristian Hammer 2007: Finland Anssi Koivuranta Janne Ryynänen Jaakko Tallus Hannu Manninen 2009: Japan Yūsuke Minato Taihei Kato Akito Watabe Norihito Kobayashi 2011 (normal hill): Austria David Kreiner Bernhard Gruber Felix Gottwald Mario Stecher 2013 (normal hill): France François Braud Maxime Laheurte Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis

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Name	Minato, Yusuke
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Short description	Japanese Nordic combined skier
Date of birth	May 13, 1985
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