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 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Personal best 188.5 m (618 ft)
Planica, Mar 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 SF JP 4H NT
1991/92 N/A N/A
1992/93 N/A N/A
1993/94 42 N/A 20 N/A
1994/95 27 29 N/A 76 N/A
1995/96 8 24 7 4 N/A
1996/97 5 14 3rd 5 19
1997/98 5 10 6 13 3rd
1998/99 23 21 23
1999/00 20 19 22 33 31
2001/02 60 N/A N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Place 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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