Search results
Yukio Kasaya (笠谷 幸生, Kasaya Yukio?, Hokkaido, Imperio de Japón; 17 de agosto de 1943 – Sapporo, Japón; 23 de abril de 2024) [1] fue un esquiador olímpico japonés especialista en salto de esquí.. Carrera. En los Juegos Olímpicos de Sapporo 1972 se convirtió en el primer atleta de Japón que ganó una medalla de oro y el segundo japonés después de Chiharu Igaya en ganar una ...
Hace 6 días · Yukio Kasaya, who made history by winning Asia's first-ever Winter Olympic gold medal in 1972, died from heart disease on Tuesday morning at a hospital in Sapporo. He was 80 years old.
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 athlete to win a gold medal and the second Japanese (after Chiharu Igaya) to win any medal at the Winter olympics.
Hace 6 días · Yukio Kasaya celebrated his greatest successes as a ski jumper in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The story that will always be remembered with the name Kasaya is the 1971/72 Four Hills Tournament. Kasaya won the first three competitions in Innsbruck, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Oberstdorf (in that order at the time) and had not only the overall tour victory but also the first "Tournament Grand ...
Hace 6 días · 16:40 JST, April 26, 2024. Yukio Kasaya, who won Japan’s first gold medal at a Winter Olympics when he soared to victory in the 70-meter ski jump at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games, died Tuesday...
Yukio Kasaya. Biographical information. Biography. Japan had competed at the Winter Olympic Games since 1928 but only one competitor, alpine skier Chiharu Igaya, had ever returned home as the proud possessor of an Olympic medal.
Hace 6 días · SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- Former ski jumper Yukio Kasaya, who in 1972 became the first Japanese ever to win a Winter Olympic gold medal, has died at the age of 80. Kasaya died of ischemic heart...
