Yukio Kasaya (笠谷 幸生, Kasaya Yukio, August 17, 1943 – April 23, 2024) was a Japanese ski jumper. At the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo he became the first Japanese...

Kasaya is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Leonida Kasaya (born 1993), Kenyan volleyball player Yukio Kasaya (born 1943), Japanese...

1933) 21 April – Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming, pianist (b. 1932) 23 April – Yukio Kasaya, ski jumper (b. 1943) 26 April – Yumi Katsura, wedding fashion designer...

1889–1988), Japanese soldier Yukio Kasaya (笠谷 幸生, born 1943), Japanese ski jumper Yukio Matsuda (松田 征男, born 1942), Japanese rower Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫, 1925–1970)...

author, cancer. Elena Karpushenko, 62, Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach. Yukio Kasaya, 80, Japanese ski jumper, Olympic champion (1972). Samuel Kummer, 56...

three Japanese athletes, led by Yukio Kasaya, swept the ski jumping 70 m (current K-90 normal hill) event for gold (Kasaya), silver (Akitsugu Konno), and...

when Japanese athletes won all three medals in the 70 Meter Jumps with Yukio Kasaya getting the first gold for Japan in Winter Olympics. In the 1990s, Noriaki...

Ingolf Mork Zbyněk Hubač Ingolf Mork Jiří Raška 1971–72 Yukio Kasaya Yukio Kasaya Yukio Kasaya Bjørn Wirkola Ingolf Mork 1972–73 Rainer Schmidt Rainer...

after Kazuyoshi Funaki in the individual large hill event in 1998, and Yukio Kasaya in the individual normal hill event in 1972. He also succeeded in the...

Belousov Garij Napalkov Rudolf Höhnl 14 March 1971   HSF Ingolf Mork Yukio Kasaya Walter Steiner 12 March 1972   HSF Ingolf Mork Hans Schmid Akitsugu Konno...

weeks later. This decision ended up taking the tournee victory from Yukio Kasaya, who won all three events he participated in, and had a lead of 50.4...

Germans had won medals as part of a unified German team in earlier Games). Yukio Kasaya, winner of the normal hill event, was the first ever Winter Olympic gold...

Other Yoichi luminaries include ski jumping Olympic gold medalists Yukio Kasaya and Kazuyoshi Funaki. They were born in Yoichi and took up ski jumping...

Speed skating Men's individual Men's 500m 1972 Sapporo  Japan (JPN) Yukio Kasaya Ski jumping Normal hill individual  Poland (POL) Wojciech Fortuna Ski...

reporter and television host August 17 Robert De Niro, American actor Yukio Kasaya, Japanese ski jumper August 18 Martin Mull, American actor and comedian...

Kolombangara. Born: Robert De Niro, American film actor, in New York City Yukio Kasaya, Japanese ski jumper, and 1972 Olympic gold medalist, in Yoichi, Hokkaido...

Reinhold Bachler  Austria Baldur Preiml  Austria 1972 Sapporo details Yukio Kasaya  Japan Akitsugu Konno  Japan Seiji Aochi  Japan 1976 Innsbruck details...

Sapporo, Yukio Kasaya, Akitsugu Konno, and Seiji Aochi won the ski jumping normal hill (70 m) gold, silver, and bronze medal, respectively. Kasaya's gold...

Yukio Kasaya  Japan Akitsugu Konno  Japan Seiji Aochi  Japan...

The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army p. 7 ISBN 0-394-56935-0 Kasaya Kazuhiko (June 12, 2019). "Bushidō: An Ethical and Spiritual Foundation...

Metres Feet 7 January 1971   Yukio Kasaya 112.5 369 20 March 1971   Akitsugo Konno 114.5 376 13 January 1974   Yukio Kasaya 115.0 377 16 January 1977  ...

normal hill event, becoming national heroes. This achievement also made Yukio Kasaya the first gold medalist for Japan at the Winter Olympic Games. He was...

0 m 121.0 m 328.5 20 26 Wojciech Fortuna 114.0 m 117.0 m 328.0 21 43 Yukio Kasaya 133.0 m 119.0 m 327.5 22 39 Peter Wilson 123.0 m 111.0 m 326.0 23 1 Bogdan...

Event Gold Silver Bronze Normal hill individual details Yukio Kasaya  Japan Akitsugu Konno  Japan Seiji Aochi  Japan Large hill individual details Wojciech...

Leo De Crignis Japan 6 Masakatsu Asari, Hiroshi Itagaki, Koji Kakuta, Yukio Kasaya, Takafumi Kawabata, Hisayoshi Sawada  Norway 6 Odd Grette, Knut Kongsgård...

Mario Ceccon, Bruno Patti Japan 5 Masakatsu Asari, Takashi Fujisawa, Yukio Kasaya, Nobukazu Saitō, Kinuo Watanabe  Norway 5 Lars Grini, Ingolf Mork, Frithjof...

which was also Japan's first gold at the Winter Olympics was won by Yukio Kasaya at their home, Sapporo 1972. Midori Ito also won Japan's first medal...

according to Jorsett's account, were all more than 12 metres behind, Yukio Kasaya, who won on the normal hill, landed on 90 metres, and Ingolf Mork, the...

around the stadium by eight former Japanese Olympians: Chiharu Igaya, Yukio Kasaya, Akitsugu Konno, Yoshihiro Kitazawa, Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa, Yuko...

Medal Athlete Points Gold  Gariy Napalkov (URS) 240.6 Silver  Yukio Kasaya (JPN) 237.7 Bronze  Lars Grini (NOR) 234.6...