Masahiro Akimoto (ski jumper)

Masahiro Akimoto
秋元 正博
Personal information
Full name秋元 正博
Born (1956-09-03) 3 September 1956
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportSkiing
World Cup career
Seasons19801982
19841986
1988
Indiv. starts46
Indiv. podiums8
Indiv. wins4
Updated on 9 December 2022

Masahiro Akimoto (秋元 正博, Akimoto Masahiro) (born 3 September 1956) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

Career

He competed from 1980 to 1986. He finished fourth in the individual large hill event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Akimoto's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the team large hill events at Seefeld, Austria in 1985. He earned a total of four World Cup wins from 1980 to 1985.

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H
1979/80 5 31
1980/81 40 11
1981/82 25 32
1983/84 24
1984/85 8
1985/86 23 24
1988/89

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1979/80 13 January 1980   Sapporo Ōkurayama K110 LH
2 24 March 1980   Štrbské Pleso MS 1970 A K110 LH
3 1983/84 21 January 1984   Sapporo Miyanomori K90 NH
4 1984/85 10 February 1985   Sapporo Ōkurayama K110 LH