Yuna Kasai (葛西 優奈, Kasai Yūna; born February 4, 2004) is a Japanese Nordic combined skier and ski jumper. At the 2025 World Championships, she won gold in the mass start. At the 2021 Nordic Combined World Cup, she won bronze in both mass start and individual Nordic combined.
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| Born | 4 February 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Waseda University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2021– | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (14th in 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Life
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Kasai was born on February 4, 2004, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.[1] She has a younger twin sister, Haruka Kasai.[2] She joined the Sapporo Jump Shōnen Club.[3] In March 2018, at the age of 14, she participated in the 96th Japan Ski Championship held in Nayoro, and finished fourth in Nordic combined/5 km, missing the bronze medal by 38 seconds.[3] At the 97th Japan Ski Championship in 2019, she won her first national medal in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, after finishing second behind Ayane Miyazaki.[4]
After graduating from Sapporo Nishino Middle School,[1] she entered Tokai University Sapporo High School.[1][5] At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, she finished sixth in individual ski jumping.[6] At the 2021 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships held in Lahti, she finished fourth in individual Nordic combined. The same year at the Nordic Combined World Cup, she won bronze in mass start Nordic combined and also bronze in the individual category in Otepää.[7]
In 2022, at the Nordic Combined World Cup, she placed fourth in both the individual and mass start category in Val di Fiemme.[7]
Statistics
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References
edit- 1 2 3 "JAPAN SKI TEAM メンバー | 公益財団法人全日本スキー連盟". SKI ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ↑ 複合女子双子の葛西優奈＆春香姉妹「２人卒業式」に出席 五輪目指し東海大札幌高から早大進学. Nikkan Sports. 28 March 2022. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- 1 2 "第９６回 全⽇本スキー選⼿権⼤会" (PDF). Weltcup B. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ↑ "第９７回 全⽇本スキー選⼿権⼤会" (PDF). Weltcup B. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ↑ "葛西 優奈 (ジャンプ) - ローザンヌユースオリンピック2020 - JOC". 日本オリンピック委員会（JOC）Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ↑ Suzuki, Hana (January 1, 2020). "冬季ユ-スオリンヒック-スキ-シャンフ個人-女子の久保田真知子か5位-葛西優奈は6位-男子の工藤漱太は失格". Olympics. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- 1 2 "KASAI Yuna - Athlete Information". FIS Ski. Retrieved 2022-03-29.