Japan at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Japan at the Youth Olympic Games

Flag of Japan
IOC code  JPN
NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
At the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck
Competitors 33 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Sumire Kikuchi[1]
Medals
Rank: 8		 Gold
2		 Silver
5		 Bronze
9		 Total
16

Japan competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Sara Takanashi Ski jumping Girls' Individual 14 Jan
 Gold Hikaru Ōe Snowboarding Girls' halfpipe 15 Jan
 Silver Shōma Uno Figure skating Boys' Singles 16 Jan
 Silver Kentarō Ishikawa Cross-country skiing Boys' 10km Classical 17 Jan
 Silver Seitarō Ichinohe Speed Skating Boys' 3000m 18 Jan
 Silver Rio Harada Speed Skating Girls' 3000m 18 Jan
 Silver Seitarō Ichinohe Speed Skating Boys' Mass Start 20 Jan
 Bronze Yukiya Satō Ski jumping Boys' Individual 14 Jan
 Bronze Toshihiro Kakui Speed skating Boys' 500m 14 Jan
 Bronze Gō Yamamoto Nordic combined Individual 15 Jan
 Bronze Taku Hiraoka Snowboarding Boys' halfpipe 15 Jan
 Bronze Seitarō Ichinohe Speed Skating Boys' 1500m 16 Jan
 Bronze Sumire Kikuchi Speed Skating Girls' 1500m 16 Jan
 Bronze Sumire Kikuchi Short Track Girls' 1000m 18 Jan
 Bronze Seiya Furukawa Ice Hockey Boys' Individual Skills Challenge 19 Jan
 Bronze Sumire Kikuchi Speed Skating Girls' Mass Start 20 Jan

Alpine Skiing

One coach.

Boys
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Seiya Hiroshima (廣島 聖也) Slalom 47.64 42.68 1:30.32 25
Giant slalom 59.09 55.67 1:54.76 7
Super-G 1:06.00 12
Combined 1:05.54 37.86 1:43.40 11
Girls
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Kayo Denda (傳田 佳代) Slalom DNF
Giant slalom 1:00.99 1:01.68 2:02.67 23
Super-G 1:10.77 23
Combined 1:09.29 38.95 1:48.24 18

Bobsleigh

Girls
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Maria Oshigiri (押切　麻李亜)
Shizuka Uehara (上原　志津佳)		 Two-Girls 57.55 57.60 1:55.15 8

Cross-country skiing

One coach.

Boys
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Kentarō Ishikawa (石川 謙太郎) 10km classical 29:40.2 2nd
Takuto Terabayashi (寺林 拓人) 10km classical 31:30.9 17
Girls
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Maki Ōdaira (大平 麻生) 5km classical 16:34.8 19
Kozue Takizawa (滝沢 こずえ) 5km classical 15:45.3 8
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank Total Rank
Kentarō Ishikawa (石川 謙太郎) Boys' sprint 1:45.61 7 Q 1:48.8 1 Q 1:46.2 2 Q 1:49.9 6
Takuto Terabayashi (寺林 拓人) Boys' sprint 1:51.89 32 Did not advance
Maki Ōdaira (大平 麻生) Girls' sprint 2:13.94 34 Did not advance
Kozue Takizawa (滝沢 こずえ) Girls' sprint 2:10.80 29 Q 2:05.6 6 Did not advance

Curling

One team leader.

Mixed Team

Boys
Girls

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Red Group Skip W L
Sweden Rasmus Wranå 6 1
Canada Thomas Scoffin 5 2
Japan Shingo Usui 4 3
Italy Amos Mosaner 4 3
Great Britain Duncan Menzies 3 4
Russia Mikhail Vaskov 3 4
Austria Mathias Genner 2 5
Germany Daniel Rothballer 1 6

Round Robin Results

Draw 1
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan (Usui) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4

Sweden (Wranå) 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan (Usui) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 X 5

Italy (Mosaner) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 3

Draw 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Austria (Genner) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5

Japan (Usui) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 7

Draw 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Russia (Vaskov) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 6

Japan (Usui) 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 5

Draw 5
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Japan (Usui) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 7

Great Britain (Menzies) 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 5

Draw 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan (Usui) 0 0 3 3 2 1 X X 9

Germany (Rothballer) 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2

Draw 7
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Canada (Scoffin) 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 X 9

Japan (Usui) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 4

Quarterfinals

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Japan (Usui) 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3

Switzerland (Brunner) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4

Mixed Doubles

Round of 32

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Thomas Scoffin (CAN)
 Kelsi Heath (NZL)		 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 X 9

 Mizuki Kitaguchi (JPN)
 Thomas Muirhead (GBR) 		1 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 5

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Corryn Brown (CAN)
 Martin Reichel (AUT) 		1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 6

 Shingo Usui (JPN)
 Cao Ying (CHN)		 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Robert-Kent Päll (EST)
 Emily Gray (CAN)		 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 2

 Anastasia Moskaleva (RUS)
 Tsukasa Horigome (JPN) 		1 1 3 0 1 1 1 X 8

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Frederike Manner (GER)
 Derek Oryniak (CAN)		 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1

 Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)
 Mako Tamakuma (JPN) 		3 2 3 0 5 1 X X 14

Round of 16

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Anastasia Moskaleva (RUS)
 Tsukasa Horigome (JPN) 		1 0 2 2 1 1 X X 7

 Marek Černovský (CZE)
 Rachel Hannen (GBR)		 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)
 Mako Tamakuma (JPN) 		2 0 3 1 1 0 2 X 9

 Amos Mosaner (ITA)
 Irena Brettbacher (AUT)		 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 4

Quarterfinals

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Martin Sesaker (NOR)
 Kim Eun-bi (KOR) 		0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7

 Anastasia Moskaleva (RUS)
 Tsukasa Horigome (JPN)		 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 6

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Duncan Menzies (GBR)
 Taylor Anderson (USA) 		1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4

 Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)
 Mako Tamakuma (JPN)		 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 7

Semifinals

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Martin Sesaker (NOR)
 Kim Eun-bi (KOR) 		0 5 0 2 0 2 1 3 13

 Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)
 Mako Tamakuma (JPN)		 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6

Bronze Medal Game

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
 Korey Dropkin (USA)
 Marina Verenich (RUS) 		1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 6

 Yoo Min-hyeon (KOR)
 Mako Tamakuma (JPN)		 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 5

Figure Skating

One team leader and two coaches.

Boys
Athlete(s) Event SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Shōma Uno (宇野　昌磨) Singles 51.52 6 115.63 2 167.15 2nd
Shū Nakamura (中村　優) Singles 42.34 10 111.88 3 154.22 6
Girls
Athlete(s) Event SP/OD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Risa Shōji (庄司　理紗) Singles 47.29 6 88.03 5 135.32 6
Mixed
Athletes Event Boys' Girls' Ice Dance Total
Score Rank Points Score Rank Points Score Rank Points Points Rank
Team 4
 Shoma Uno (JPN)
 Jordan Bauth (USA)
 Eugenia Tkachenka/Yuri Gulitski (BLR)		 Team Trophy 112.72 2 7 77.84 2 7 44.36 7 2 16 1st

Freestyle Skiing

One coach.

Ski Cross
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/4 finals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Rank Rank Rank
Yūki Nakagawa (中川　雄生) Boys' ski cross 1:00.27 16 Cancelled
Ski Half-Pipe
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Nanaho Kiriyama (桐山　菜々穂) Girls' ski half-pipe 49.00 8 Did not advance

Ice Hockey

One manager.

Boys
Athlete(s) Event Qualification Grand final
Points Rank Points Rank
Seiya Furukawa (古川　誠也) Individual skills 30 2 Q 19 3rd
Girls
Athlete(s) Event Qualification Grand final
Points Rank Points Rank
Akane Deguchi (出口　茜) Individual skills 20 4 Q 16 7

Nordic Combined

One coach.

Boys
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Final
Points Rank Deficit Ski Time Total Time Rank
Gō Yamamoto (山元　豪) Boys' Individual 132.5 2 0:20 26:19.9 26:39.9 3rd

Short Track

One coach.

Boys
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kei Saitō (斉藤　慧) Boys' 500 metres 43.173 2 Q 43.000 3 qB 45.6000 1
Boys' 1000 metres 1:30.502 1 Q 1:29.689 2 Q 1:30.142 4
Girls
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sumire Kikuchi (菊池　純礼) Girls' 500 metres 53.823 3 Q* 46.200 3 qB 48.337 2
Girls' 1000 metres 1:36.670 2 Q 1:35.301 2 Q 1:34.254 3rd
Mixed
Athlete Event Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank
Team D
 Elisabeth Witt (GER)
 Thomas Insuk Hong (USA)
 Sumire Kikuchi (JPN)
 Yin-Cheng Chang (TPE)		 Mixed Team Relay 4:23.141 4 qB 4:24.360 1
Team E
 Sarah Warren (USA)
 Kei Saito (JPN)
 Lin Yu-Tzu (TPE)
 Josse Antonissen (NED)		 Mixed Team Relay 4:36.208 4 qB 4:30.383 3

Skeleton

Boys
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Dan Satō (佐藤　弾) Boys' individual 59.55 59.34 1:58.89 9
Hiroki Nokura (野倉　大貴) Boys' individual 59.92 59.80 1:59.72 10
Girls
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Saki Andō (安藤 早紀) Girls' individual CAN 1:02.42 1:02.42 14

Ski jumping

Two coaches.

Boys
Athlete Event 1st Jump 2nd Jump Overall
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Yukiya Satō (佐藤　幸椰) Boys' individual 77.0m 136.6 73.0m 123.5 260.1 3rd
Girls
Athlete Event 1st Jump 2nd Jump Overall
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Sara Takanashi (高梨 沙羅) Girls' individual 76.5m 134.4 76.5m 134.9 269.3 1st
Team w/Nordic Combined
Athlete Event 1st Round 2nd Round Total Rank
Sara Takanashi
Go Yamamoto
Yukiya Satō		 Mixed Team 235.3 340.7 576.0 5

Snowboarding

One manager.

Boys
Athlete Event Qualifying Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Taku Hiraoka (平岡　卓) Boys' halfpipe 91.75 95.00 1 Q 55.75 84.25 3rd
Girls
Athlete Event Qualifying Semifinal Final
Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Hikaru Ōe (大江　光) Girls' halfpipe 82.00 78.00 2 Q 95.75 96.25 1st

Speed Skating

One manager.

Boys
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Rank
Toshihiro Kakui (角井　俊洋) Boys' 500 m 38.88 38.94 77.82 3rd
Boys' 1500 m 2:05.02 12
Boys' Mass Start 7:13.10 4
Seitarō Ichinohe (一戸　誠太郎) Boys' 1500 m 2:00.30 3rd
Boys' 3000 m 4:10.00 2nd
Boys' Mass Start 7:11.45 2nd
Girls
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Rank
Sumire Kikuchi (菊池　純礼) Girls' 1500 m 2:11.33 3rd
Girls' Mass Start 6:01.24 3rd
Rio Harada (原田　梨央) Girls' 1500 m 2:15.15 7
Girls' 3000 m 4:41.85 2nd
Girls' Mass Start 6:03.56 6

See also

References

  1. ↑ Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games NOC Flag Bearers
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