Yuki Ito (ski jumper)

Yuki Ito
Ito in 2023
Born (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994
Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan[1]
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Ski clubTsuchiya Home Ski Team
Personal best201.5 m (661 ft)
Vikersund, 14 March 2025
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Indiv. starts239
Indiv. podiums28
Indiv. wins9
Team starts19
Team podiums6
Team wins3
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's ski jumping
World Championships
2013 Val di Fiemme Mixed team NH
2015 Falun Individual NH
2017 Lahti Individual NH
2015 Falun Mixed team NH
2017 Lahti Mixed team NH
Updated on 21 March 2025.

Yuki Ito (伊藤 有希, Itō Yūki; born 10 May 1994) is a Japanese ski jumper.

Ito has won nine individual World Cup events, three team events, and finished as the overall runner-up in the 2016–17 season. At the World Championships she has won five medals, including a mixed team gold.

Career

Ito's debut in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in February 2012 in Hinzenbach. At the 2013 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Ito won the gold medal with the Japanese team in the mixed event at normal hill. She won her first individual World Cup event on 14 January 2017 in Sapporo.[2]

She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, finishing seventh in the women's normal hill individual competition.[3] She also competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the same event.[3]

With the Japan national team, Ito won the first-ever women's World Cup team competition in Hinterzarten on 16 December 2017. Her teammates included Kaori Iwabuchi, Yuka Seto and Sara Takanashi.[4]

Major tournament results

Olympics

Year Place NH Mixed
2014 Sochi 7 N/A
2018 Pyeongchang 9 N/A
2022 Beijing 13 4

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

Year Place NH LH Team Mixed
2009 Liberec 17 N/A N/A N/A
2011 Oslo 15 N/A N/A N/A
2013 Val di Fiemme 20 N/A N/A
2015 Falun N/A N/A
2017 Lahti N/A N/A
2019 Seefeld 15 N/A 6 5
2021 Oberstdorf 11 13 4 5
2023 Planica 6 11 5 5
2025 Trondheim 9 9 5 5

World Cup

Standings

Season Position Points
2011–12 20 130
2012–13 18 210
2013–14 3 759
2014–15 5 434
2015–16 8 505
2016–17 2 1,208
2017–18 4 661
2018–19 12 571
2019–20 12 380
2020–21 14 245
2021–22 8 449
2022–23 8 766
2023–24 4 1,018
2024–25 13 509

Individual wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2016–17 14 January 2017   Sapporo Miyanomori HS100 NH
2 20 January 2017   Zaō Yamagata HS103 NH
3 21 January 2017   Zaō Yamagata HS103 NH
4 15 February 2017   Pyeongchang Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS109 NH
5 12 March 2017   Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
6 2022–23 5 February 2023   Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 LH
7 24 March 2023   Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
8 2023–24 2 December 2023   Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS98 NH
9 14 January 2024   Sapporo Okurayama HS134 LH

References

  1. ^ a b "Yuki Ito – Player Profile – Ski jumping". Eurosport. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  2. ^ "First World Cup victory for Yuki Ito". International Ski Federation. 14 January 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b "ITO Yuki – Olympic Winter Games". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Japan rules in first ever Ladies' Team event". International Ski Federation. 16 December 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

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