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 Naoto Baba in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Japan |
| Born | 20 July 1996 Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Skiing |
| Club | Nakano Construction SC |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons | 6 – (2018–present) |
| Indiv. starts | 57 |
| Indiv. podiums | 0 |
| Team starts | 1 |
| Team podiums | 0 |
| Overall titles | 0 – (39th in 2023) |
| Discipline titles | 0 |
| Updated on 29 March 2023 | |
Naoto Baba (馬場 直人, Baba Naoto; born 20 July 1996) is a Japanese cross-country skier who competes internationally.
He represented his country at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[1]
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]
Olympic Games
[edit]| Year | Age | 15 km individual |
30 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25 | — | 35 | 24[a] | — | 10 | — |
a Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.
World Championships
[edit]| Year | Age | 15 km individual |
30 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 22 | 28 | 24 | 21 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 24 | 19 | 25 | — | — | 9 | — |
| 2023 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 12 | — | 10 | — |
World Cup
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Distance | Sprint | U23 | Nordic Opening |
Tour de Ski |
Ski Tour 2020 |
World Cup Final | ||
| 2018 | 21 | NC | NC | NC | NC | — | — | N/a | 65 |
| 2019 | 22 | NC | NC | — | NC | — | — | N/a | — |
| 2020 | 23 | 92 | 52 | NC | N/a | 36 | — | 40 | N/a |
| 2021 | 24 | 110 | 70 | NC | N/a | 53 | — | N/a | N/a |
| 2022 | 25 | 52 | 39 | NC | N/a | N/a | 24 | N/a | N/a |
| 2023 | 26 | 39 | 31 | NC | N/a | N/a | 26 | N/a | N/a |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Naoto Baba". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2022-02-06. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
- ↑ "Athlete : BABA Naoto". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- Naoto Baba at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Naoto Baba at Olympics.com
- Naoto Baba at Olympedia
- Naoto Baba at InterSportStats
- Naoto Baba at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Naoto Baba at Milano Cortina 2026
- Naoto Baba on Instagram
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- Cross-country skiers at the 2026 Winter Olympics
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- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Cross-country skiers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan
- Winter World University Games medalists in cross-country skiing
- Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade
- Skiers from Nagano Prefecture
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
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