Akito Watabe (渡部 暁斗, Watabe Akito; born 26 May 1988) is a Japanese retired nordic combined skier. He won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.
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| Born | 26 May 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Kitano Construction Corp.Ski Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2005–2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 303 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 1 (2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editCompeting in six Winter Olympics, Watabe won four olympic medals: two silvers and two bronzes.
During the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Akito Watabe took home the silver medal in the Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen NH / 10 km, Cross-Country event.[1]
In the 2018 Olympics, Watabe won the silver medal in the normal hill/10 km Nordic combined competition.
In the 2022 Olympics, Akito Watabe won two bronze medals in the large hill/10 km and Team large hill Nordic combined competition.
He has the record of most starts in the history of the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, 303.
Personal life
editHis wife, Yurie Watabe, is a Japanese freestyle skier, who specialises in halfpipe.[2] Akito's younger brother, Yoshito also competes in Nordic Combined World Cup.
World Cup wins
edit| Season | Date | Location | Hill |
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| 2011–12 | 5 February 2012 |  Val di Fiemme |
HS134/10 km |
| 18 February 2012 |  Klingenthal |
HS140/10 km | |
| 26 February 2012 |  Liberec |
HS134/10 km | |
| 9 March 2012 |  Oslo |
HS106/10 km | |
| 2013–14 | 15 March 2014 |  Falun |
HS134/10 km |
| 2014–15 | 6 March 2015 |  Lahti |
HS130/10 km |
| 14 March 2015 | Oslo |
HS104/15 km | |
| 2016–17 | 11 February 2017 |  Sapporo |
HS134/10 km |
| 11 March 2017 | Oslo |
HS104/10 km | |
| 2017–18 | 25 November 2017 | Ruka |
HS142/10 km |
| 26 January 2018 |  Seefeld |
HS109/5 km | |
| 27 January 2018 | Seefeld |
HS109/10 km | |
| 28 January 2018 | Seefeld |
HS109/15 km | |
| 3 February 2018 | Hakuba |
HS134/10 km | |
| 10 March 2018 | Oslo |
HS104/10 km | |
| 24 March 2018 | Schonach |
HS106/10 km | |
| 25 March 2018 | Schonach |
HS106/15 km | |
| 2019–20 | 1 March 2020 | Lahti |
HS130/10 km |
| 2020–21 | 24 January 2021 | Lahti |
HS130/10 km |
References
edit- ↑ Suskin, Jeremy Akito Watabe Brings Home First Olympic Medal in 20 Years for Nordic Skiing Event Archived 2018-10-29 at the Wayback Machine 2 December 2014
- ↑ "Who is Akito Watabe?". nbcolympics.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
External links
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- Akito Watabe at FIS (Nordic combined)
- Akito Watabe at Olympics.com
- Akito Watabe at Olympedia
- Akito Watabe at InterSportStats
- Akito Watabe at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Akito Watabe at Milano Cortina 2026
- Akito Watabe on Instagram
