Jinya Nishikata

Jinya Nishikata
Full nameJinya Nishikata
Born (1968-12-04) 4 December 1968
Nozawaonsen, Nagano, Japan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup career
Seasons1988, 1993-2001
Indiv. podiums4
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
1994 Lillehammer Team large hill
World Championships
1995 Thunder Bay Team large hill
Updated on October 7, 2011.

Jinya Nishikata (西方 仁也, Nishikata Jin'ya) (born December 4, 1968) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

He competed from 1988 to 2001. He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and followed that up with a bronze medal in the team large hill competition at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Nishikata finished in the Top 3 once in each of the four Cup World Cup seasons between 1993 and 1996.