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Ryōyū Kobayashi

Ryōyū Kobayashi (小林 陵侑, Kobayashi Ryōyū, born 8 November 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper.

Ryōyū Kobayashi
小林 陵侑
Kobayashi in Wisła (2018)
CountryJapan
Born (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 28)
Hachimantai, Iwate, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Ski clubTeam Roy
Personal best252 m (827 ft) National record
Planica, 24 March 2019
World Cup career
Seasons2016–present
Starts203
Podiums66
Wins32
Overall titles2 (2019, 2022)
Four Hills titles3 (2019, 2022, 2024)
Ski Flying titles1 (2019)
Raw Air titles1 (2019)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Individual LH
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Planica Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Seefeld Team LH
Updated on 21 March 2024.

As a ski jumper, he has won 31 World Cup individual competitions, the World Cup overall title twice, Four Hills Tournament three times, and individual olympics gold medalist.

During his victorious 2018–19 World Cup season, Kobayashi scored 13 individual wins and won all six possible titles in a single season: the World Cup overall title, the Ski Flying World Cup overall, the Four Hills Tournament, the Raw Air tournament, the Planica7 tournament, and Willingen Five tournament.[2][3]

He is the third ski jumper in history to win the 'Grand Slam' of all four events in the 4Hills Tournament, the gold medal at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing on the normal hill and the silver on the large hill.[4][5][6]

With 252 metres (827 ft), the third longest jump in history, he is the current Japanese record holder. In a nonofficial event near Akureyri on Iceland, in April 2024 he achieved a distance of 291 m after being around 10 seconds in the air and landing smoothly.[7] It was an unofficial world record. However, it is not being counted as an ski flying world record by FIS.[8]

Personal life

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He was born on 8 November 1996 in Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.[9] He began skiing at the age of five but began ski jumping in the first grade inspired by his older brother and Japanese ski jumper Junshiro Kobayashi.[9] He made his first ski jumping steps usually practiced at Tayama Ski Jumping Hill in Hachimantai and Hanawa Jumping Hill in Kazuno, Akita.[10] In 2015, he joined Japanese ski jumping team Tsuchiya Home Ski Team.[9] Short after end of 2022/2023 season, he announced that he left the team after 8 years and he's planning to create his own club 'Team Roy’.[11]

He has two older siblings, Junshirō Kobayashi and Yūka Kobayashi, and a younger brother, Tatsunao Kobayashi; they all are ski jumpers. He attended Morioka Central High School, graduating in 2015.[9]

On his own YouTube channel he shares vlogs from competitions, private life, free time and training.[12]

Career

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At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Kobayashi competed in the men's normal hill, placing 7th, as well as the men's large hill, placing 10th. He has also competed in the team event with teammates Taku Takeuchi, Noriaki Kasai, and Daiki Ito, finishing in 6th place.[2]

Kobayashi won his first Olympic gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in the men's normal hill event. He became the third Japanese athlete to win a gold medal in the individual ski jumping events at the Olympics, after Kazuyoshi Funaki in the individual large hill event in 1998, and Yukio Kasaya in the individual normal hill event in 1972. He also succeeded in the other one tournament, in the men's large hill, placing 2nd.

Major tournament results

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Winter Olympics

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Year Place Individual Team
Normal Large Men Mixed
2018   Pyeongchang 7 10 6 N/A
2022   Beijing     5 4

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

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Year Place Individual Team
Normal Large Men Mixed
2017   Lahti — — 7 —
2019   Seefeld 14 4   5
2021   Oberstdorf 12 34 4 5
2023   Planica 30   7 5

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

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Year Place Individual Team
2018   Oberstdorf 16 —
2020   Planica 19 5
2022   Vikersund 13 6

World Cup

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Standings

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Tayama Jumping Hill in Hachimantai, where he made his first ski jumps
 Season  Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2015/16 42 — 38 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 — 43 — 39 N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 24 22 17 11 — N/A 9
2018/19           N/A  
2019/20   4 4   6   N/A
2020/21 4 6   Cnx 7 N/A  
2021/22     9   N/A N/A 9
2022/23 5 18 8 4 N/A N/A 9
2023/24     6 12 N/A N/A 5

Individual wins

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No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2018/19 24 November 2018     Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 LH
2 25 November 2018     Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 LH
3 2 December 2018     Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 LH
4 16 December 2018     Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 LH
5 30 December 2018     Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
6 1 January 2019     Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze HS142 LH
7 4 January 2019     Innsbruck Bergiselschanze HS130 LH
8 6 January 2019     Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS142 LH
9 12 January 2019     Val di Fiemme Trampolino dal Ben HS135 LH
10 2 February 2019     Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235 FH
11 17 February 2019     Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 LH
12 14 March 2019     Trondheim Granåsen HS138 (night) LH
13 24 March 2019     Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 FH
14 2019/20 15 December 2019     Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 LH
15 22 December 2019     Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 LH
16 29 December 2019     Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
17 2020/21 13 February 2021     Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS140 LH
18 19 February 2021     Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunării HS97 NH
19 25 March 2021     Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 FH
20 2021/22 27 November 2021     Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 LH
21 12 December 2021     Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 LH
22 19 December 2021     Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 LH
23 29 December 2021     Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
24 1 January 2022     Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze HS142 LH
25 5 January 2022     Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS142 LH
26 29 January 2022     Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 LH
27 27 February 2022     Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
28 2022/23 20 January 2023     Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
29 22 January 2023     Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
30 26 March 2023     Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
31 2023/24 14 January 2024     Wisła Malinka HS134 LH
32 12 March 2024     Trondheim Granåsen HS105 NH

Individual starts (203)

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winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q); disqualified (DQ)
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Points
2015/16                                                           55
– – – – – – – – – – – – 7 20 36 – – – – – – – – – – 44 – 23 –
2016/17                                                     0
33 36 q q 41 q q 46 45 q 42 34 q 34 44 37 38 46 q 48 43 39 44 q 34 –
2017/18                                             187
26 q – – 49 q DQ 12 29 31 20 28 16 – – 6 19 19 13 22 13 15
2018/19                                                         2085
3 1 1 3 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 5 3 14 1 9 2 3 1 5 3 1 2 2 1
2019/20                                                       1178
4 6 6 3 1 4 1 1 4 14 7 26 25 3 2 7 15 3 9 9 2 – – 14 7 9 4
2020/21                                                   919
27 38 15 12 15 13 16 14 7 7 14 10 7 6 9 7 14 11 13 1 9 1 1 2 2
2021/22                                                         1621
2 q 1 q – 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 4 1 4 7 1 2 6 7 10 6 5 8
2022/23                                                                 1065
7 30 31 23 10 12 10 31 15 19 32 17 – 1 3 1 14 13 6 2 2 5 – 6 14 8 5 4 12 1 12 8
2023/24                                                                 1673
6 13 12 5 3 7 12 10 2 2 2 2 1 5 2 2 2 5 2 2 7 3 3 5 38 2 1 14 9 11 9 20

References

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  1. ^ "Ryoyu KOBAYASHI". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Ryoyu Kobayashi". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. ^ Pete Sharland (6 January 2019). "Ryoyu Kobayashi creates history with Four Hills grand slam". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Ski Jumping news - Ryoyu Kobayashi creates history with Four Hills grand slam". 6 January 2019.
  5. ^ Mysiak, 10office pl-Paweł Stawowczyk, Andrzej. "ZIO Pekin: Kobayashi mistrzem olimpijskim, Fettner i Kubacki z medalami!". Skoki narciarskie - wszystko o skokach narciarskich (in Polish). Retrieved 6 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Medals update: Marius Lindvik wins gold in Beijing 2022 ski jumping large hill". Olympics. 12 February 2022.
  7. ^ Woodyatt, Amy (25 April 2024). "Ryōyū Kobayashi flies 291 meters through the air in landmark ski jump, but his effort wasn't 'in line with FIS regulations'". CNN. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  8. ^ S.A, Telewizja Polska (24 April 2024). "Oficjalnie: Ryoyu Kobayashi wcale nie jest rekordzistą świata!". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d "小林 陵侑 | チーム土屋について 【TEAM TSUCHIYA】". www.tsuchiya.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  10. ^ ""花輪育ち"小林選手に「よくやった」 秋田の選手の励みに｜秋田魁新報電子版".
  11. ^ "Skijumping.pl: "Chcę ożywić japońskie skoki" - Kobayashi zakłada własny team". www.skijumping.pl. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  12. ^ "小林陵侑 Ryoyu Kobayashi - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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