Yuki Ito (ski jumper)

Yuki Ito
Yuki Ito
	Ito in 2023
Born	10 May 1994 (age 30); Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Ski club	Tsuchiya Home Ski Team
Personal best	200.5 m (658 ft) ; Vikersund, 19 March 2023
World Cup career
Seasons	2012–present
Starts	218
Podiums	28
Wins	9
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
Representing Japan
World Championships
	Updated on 21 March 2024.

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]

Ito also 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 NH
2014	Sochi	7	N/A
2018	Pyeongchang	9	N/A
2022	Beijing	13	4

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

Year	Place	NH	LH	Team NH	Mixed NH
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

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

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	2022–23	24 March 2023	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130	LH
8	2023–24	2 December 2023	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS98	NH
9	2023–24	14 January 2024	Sapporo	Okurayama HS134	LH

References

^ ^a ^b "Yuki Ito – Player Profile – Ski jumping". Eurosport. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "ITO Yuki – Olympic Winter Games". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ "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.

External links

Media related to Yuki Ito at Wikimedia Commons

Yuki Ito at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Yuki Ito at Olympedia
Yuki Ito at Olympics.com
Yuki Ito at Olympic.org (archived)

[eurosport-1] "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.

[fisski-3] "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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