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Masahiro Akimoto (ski jumper)

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Country
  
Japan

Indiv. podiums
  
8

Total podiums
  
8

Individual wins
  
4

Height
  
1.75 m

Seasons
  
1980–1982 1984–1986

Role
  
Ski jumper

Full name
  
秋元 正博

Name
  
Masahiro (ski


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Born
  
3 September 1956 (age 67) Sapporo, Japan (
1956-09-03
)

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

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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.

References

Masahiro Akimoto (ski jumper) Wikipedia