Takanobu Okabe

(born 26 October 1970) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

Career

His debut World Cup performance was on 16 December 1989 in Sapporo. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the team large hill event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1994 and a gold in 1998.

Okabe had his biggest successes at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning five medals. This included a gold in the individual normal hill (1995), a silver in the team large hill (1997), and three bronzes in the team large hill (1995, 2007, 2009).

Okabe has five individual World Cup victories, three of which came on flying hills. At the time of his latest win in Kuopio on March 10, 2009 he was, at the age of 38 years and 135 days, the oldest ski jumper to ever win a World Cup competition. This record has since been beaten by his compatriot Noriaki Kasai.

On 12 March 2014, the International Ski Federation announced his retirement.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1989/90	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1990/91	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
1992/93	24	—	—	N/A	N/A
1993/94	7	13	11	N/A	N/A
1994/95	5	19	Template:Silver02	N/A	N/A
1995/96	39	—	—	N/A	35
1996/97	4	4	Template:Silver02	25	6
1997/98	16	33	6	21	18
1998/99	38	30	—	—	37
1999/00	33	—	31	37	33
2000/01	49	72	—	—	N/A
2001/02	59	—	N/A	—	N/A
2002/03	—	—	N/A	—	N/A
2004/05	49	—	N/A	40	N/A
2005/06	12	6	N/A	14	N/A
2006/07	52	49	N/A	22	N/A
2007/08	63	—	N/A	—	N/A
2008/09	28	—	—	24	N/A
2009/10	82	—	—	63	N/A
2011/12	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
2012/13	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
2013/14	—	—	—	N/A	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1996/97	7 December 1996	Template:Flagicon Kuusamo	Rukatunturi K120 (night)	LH
2		8 February 1997	Template:Flagicon Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm K185	FH
3		22 March 1997	Template:Flagicon Planica	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	FH
4	1997/98	1 March 1998	Template:Flagicon Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH
5	2008/09	10 March 2009	Template:Flagicon Kuopio	Puijo HS127 (night)	LH

External links

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