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Masahiro Akimoto Personal information Full name Masahiro Akimoto Born 3 September 1956
Yoichi, HokkaidoHeight 1,75 m World Cup Seasons 1980 - 1986 Wins 4 Additional podiums 4 Total podiums 8 Updated on October 7, 2011. Masahiro Akimoto (秋元 正博 Akimoto Masahiro ) (b. September 3, 1956 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō) was a Japanese ski jumper.
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 victories from 1980 to 1985.
World Cup
Victories
Season Date Location 1979-80 January 13, 1980 Sapporo March 24, 1980 Strbske Pleso 1983-84 January 21, 1984 Sapporo 1984-85 February 10, 1985 Sapporo External links
Categories:- Ski jumpers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Japanese ski jumpers
- Living people
- 1956 births
- Olympic ski jumpers of Japan
- Sportspeople from Sapporo
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