Hiroya Saitō

Hiroya Saito
斉藤浩哉
Country  Japan
Full name 斉藤浩哉
Born (1970-09-01) 1 September 1970
Yoichi, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Personal best 188.5 m (618 ft)
Planica, 21-23 March 1997
World Cup career
Seasons 19922000
2002
Individual wins 2
Team wins 1
Indiv. podiums 16
Team podiums 3
Indiv. starts 147
Team starts 7
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Hiroya Saito (斉藤浩哉, Saitō Hiroya) (born 1 September 1970) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

Career

He competed from 1991 to 2002. He won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in the Team large hill event. Saito is a three-time FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalist with two silvers (1995: Individual normal hill and 1997: Team large hill) and one bronze (1995: Team large hill).

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H SF NT JP
1991/92 N/A N/A
1992/93 N/A N/A
1993/94 42 20 N/A N/A
1994/95 27 76 29 N/A N/A
1995/96 8 4 24 N/A 7
1996/97 5 5 14 19 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
1997/98 5 13 10 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6
1998/99 23 23 21
1999/00 20 33 19 31 22
2001/02 60 N/A N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1995/96 17 December 1995 France Chamonix Le Mont K95 NH
2 1996/97 2 February 1997 Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze K120 LH
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