Hiroya Saitō

Hiroya Saito
斉藤浩哉
Hiroya Saito; 斉藤浩哉
Country	Japan
Full name	斉藤浩哉
Born	1 September 1970 (age 53); Yoichi, Hokkaidō, Japan
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Personal best	188.5 m (618 ft); Planica, 21-23 March 1997
World Cup career
Seasons	1992–2000; 2002
Starts	147
Podiums	16
Wins	2
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
	Updated on 10 February 2016.

Hiroya Saito (斉藤浩哉, Saitō Hiroya) (born 1 September 1970) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

Career

He competed from 1991 to 2002. He won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in the Team large hill event. Saito is a three-time FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalist with two silvers (1995: Individual normal hill and 1997: Team large hill) and one bronze (1995: Team large hill).

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1991/92	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
1992/93	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
1993/94	42	20	—	N/A	N/A
1994/95	27	76	29	N/A	N/A
1995/96	8	4	24	N/A	7
1996/97	5	5	14	19
1997/98	5	13	10		6
1998/99	23	23	—	—	21
1999/00	20	33	19	31	22
2001/02	60	—	N/A	—	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1995/96	17 December 1995	Chamonix	Le Mont K95	NH
2	1996/97	2 February 1997	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K120	LH

External links

Hiroya Saitō at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Hiroya Saitō at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)