Hiroya Saitō

Hiroya Saito
斉藤浩哉

Personal information
Full name	斉藤浩哉
Nationality	Japan
Born	(1970-09-01) 1 September 1970 Yoichi, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Sport	Skiing
World Cup career
Seasons	1992–2000 2002
Indiv. starts	147
Indiv. podiums	16
Indiv. wins	2
Team starts	7
Team podiums	3
Team wins	1
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	188.5 m (618 ft) Planica, 21-23 March 1997
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 Thunder Bay Individual NH 1997 Trondheim Team LH 1995 Thunder Bay Team LH
Updated on 10 February 2016

Hiroya Saito (斉藤浩哉, Saitō Hiroya) (born 1 September 1970) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

Career

He competed from 1991 to 2002. He won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in the Team large hill event. Saito is a three-time FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalist with two silvers (1995: Individual normal hill and 1997: Team large hill) and one bronze (1995: Team large hill).

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1991/92	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
1992/93	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
1993/94	42	20	—	N/A	N/A
1994/95	27	76	29	N/A	N/A
1995/96	8	4	24	N/A	7
1996/97	5	5	14	19
1997/98	5	13	10		6
1998/99	23	23	—	—	21
1999/00	20	33	19	31	22
2001/02	60	—	N/A	—	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1995/96	17 December 1995	Chamonix	Le Mont K95	NH
2	1996/97	2 February 1997	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K120	LH

External links

• Hiroya Saitō at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Hiroya Saitō at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)