Hiroki Yamada

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameHiroki•Yamada
Used nameHiroki•Yamada
Original name山田•大起
Born19 May 1982 in Iiyama, Nagano (JPN)
Measurements172 cm / 53 kg
AffiliationsKitano Construction Corporation
NOC Japan

Biography

Japanese ski jumper Hiroka Yamada made his World Cup début at Sapporo in 2000, finishing 46th in the large hill, but missed the rest of the 2000/01 season due to injury. In a World Cup career that spanned from 2000-11, Yamada had 48 individual starts, and enjoyed just one podium finish of second, in the large hill team event. Four times in World Cup competition, he finished amongst the top-10, with his best results being two fourth places at Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Hakuba, both within three weeks of each other in 2002. A native of Nagano, Yamada was a member of the fifth-place Japanese team at the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games, and individually finished 33rd on the normal hill.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
2002 Winter Olympics Ski Jumping (Skiing) JPN Hiroki Yamada
Normal Hill, Individual, Men (Olympic) 33
Large Hill, Team, Men (Olympic) Japan 5