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Yukio Kasaya

1943 - Today

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Yukio Kasaya (笠谷 幸生, Kasaya Yukio, born August 17, 1943) is a Japanese former 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. Previously he placed second at the 1970 World Championships and won the first three jumping events at the 1971/72 Four Hills Tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yukio Kasaya has received more than 29,287 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Yukio Kasaya is the 34th most popular skier (up from 58th in 2019), the 1,031st most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,139th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Skier.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Yukio Kasaya ranks 34 out of 541. Before him are Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Sonja Edström, Tormod Knutsen, Bernhard Russi, Christl Cranz, and Torbjørn Falkanger. After him are Heidi Biebl, Josef Bradl, Laila Schou Nilsen, Bojan Križaj, Helmut Recknagel, and Gunnar Eriksson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Yukio Kasaya ranks 342. Before him are Peter Straub, Milan Máčala, Ted Neeley, Kenzo Yokoyama, John Lennox, and Janet Margolin. After him are Patricia Churchland, František Veselý, Juan Mujica, Bobby Keys, Joël Robert, and Tadao Onishi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yukio Kasaya ranks 1,031 out of 6,048. Before him are Kenzo Yokoyama (1943), Uemura Shōen (1875), Yoshitomo Nara (1959), Hiro Mashima (1977), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), and Kinue Hitomi (1907). After him are Gotō Shōjirō (1838), Yoshiki Tanaka (1952), Shinobu Ishihara (1879), Keizo Imai (1950), Tōru Furuya (1953), and Ryozo Suzuki (1939).

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Among SKIERS In Japan

Among skiers born in Japan, Yukio Kasaya ranks 2. Before him are Noriaki Kasai (1972). After him are Chiharu Igaya (1931), Kazuyoshi Funaki (1975), Masahiko Harada (1968), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Takanobu Okabe (1970), Daiki Ito (1985), Sara Takanashi (1996), Tae Satoya (1976), Hiroya Saitō (1970), and Akito Watabe (1988).

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