Ryōyū Kobayashi

Japanese ski jumper

Ryōyū Kobayashi (小林 陵侑, Kobayashi Ryōyū, born 8 November 1996 in Hachimantai) is a Japanese ski jumper. During the 2018–19 season, he won thirteen World Cup events and won all six possible titles in the World Cup season: overall title, ski flying title, Four Hills Tournament, Raw Air, Planica7, and Willingen Five.[2][3] He is the third ski jumper in the history to win all four competitions in the Four Hills Tournament.[4]

Ryōyū Kobayashi
小林 陵侑
Kobayashi in Wisła, 2018
Country Japan
Born (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 27)
Hachimantai, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Ski clubTsuchiya Home Ski Team
Personal best252 m (827 ft) National record
Planica, 24 March 2019
World Cup career
Seasons2016–present
Individual wins25
Indiv. podiums42
Team podiums5
Indiv. starts126
Team starts32
Overall titles1 (2019)
Four Hills titles2 (2019, 2022)
Ski Flying titles1 (2019)
Raw Air titles1 (2019)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing NH individual
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing LH individual
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Seefeld Team LH
Updated on 12 February 2022.

Results

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Winter Olympic Games

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Year Place NH LH Team LH Mixed NH
2018   Pyeongchang 7 10 6 N/A
2022   Beijing     4

World Championships

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Year Position Results
2017   Lahti 7e Team HS130

World Cup

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Standings

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Season Overall 4H SF RA W5 P7 T5
2015/16 42 38 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 43 39 N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 24 22 17 11 9 N/A
2018/19 1 1 1 1 1 1 N/A
2019/20 3 4 4 2 6 N/A 1
2020/21 4 6 1 7 2 N/A
2021/22 1 1 9 3 N/A N/A 9

Individual wins

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# Season Date Location Hill Type
1 2018/19 24 november 2018    Kuusamo HS142 LH
2 25 november 2018    Kuusamo HS142 LH
3 2 december 2018    Nizhny Tagil HS134 LH
4 16 december 2018    Engelberg HS140 LH
5 30 december 2018    Oberstdorf HS137 LH
6 1 january 2019    Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS142 LH
7 4 january 2019    Innsbruck HS130 LH
8 6 january 2019    Bischofshofen HS142 LH
9 12 january 2019    Val di Fiemme HS135 LH
10 2 february 2019    Oberstdorf HS235 FH
11 17 february 2019    Willingen HS145 LH
12 14 march 2019    Trondheim HS138 LH
13 24 march 2019    Planica HS240 FH
14 2019/20 15 december 2019    Klingenthal HS140 LH
15 22 december 2019    Engelberg HS140 LH
16 29 december 2019    Oberstdorf HS137 LH
17 2020/21 13 february 2021    Zakopane HS140 LH
18 19 february 2021    Râșnov HS97 NH
19 25 march 2021    Planica HS240 FH
20 2021/22 27 november 2021    Kuusamo HS142 LH
21 12 december 2021    Klingenthal HS140 LH
22 19 december 2021    Engelberg HS140 LH
23 29 december 2021    Oberstdorf HS137 LH
24 1 january 2022    Garmisch-Partenkirchen HS142 LH
25 5 january 2022    Bischofshofen HS142 LH
26 29 january 2022    Willingen HS147 LH
27 27 february 2022    Lahti HS130 LH
28 2022/23 20 january 2023    Sapporo HS137 LH
29 22 january 2023    Sapporo HS137 LH
30 26 march 2023    Lahti HS130 LH
31 2023/24 14 january 2024    Wisła HS134 LH

Individual starts

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Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Points
2015/16                                                           55
7 20 36 44 23
2016/17                                                     0
33 36 q q 41 q q 46 45 q 42 34 q 34 44 37 38 46 q 48 43 39 44 q 34
2017/18                                             187
26 q 49 q DQ 12 29 31 20 28 16 6 19 19 13 22 13 15
2018/19                                                         2085
3 1 1 3 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 5 3 14 1 9 2 3 1 5 3 1 2 2 1
2019/20                                                       1178
4 6 6 3 1 4 1 1 4 14 7 26 25 3 2 7 15 3 9 9 2 14 7 9 4
2020/21                                                   919
27 38 15 12 15 13 16 14 7 7 14 10 7 6 9 7 14 11 13 1 9 1 1 2 2
2021/22                                                         1621
2 q 1 q 7 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 4 1 4 7 1 2 6 7 10 6 5 8

Grand Prix

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Standings

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Season Overall
2016 14
2017 15
2018 7
2019 4
2021 8

Individual wins

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# Season Date Location Hill Type
1 2018 24 august 2018    Hakuba HS131 LH
2 25 august 2018    Hakuba HS131 LH
3 2019 23 august 2019    Hakuba HS131 LH
4 24 august 2019    Hakuba HS131 LH
5 2021 2 october 2021    Klingenthal HS140 LH

Individual starts

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Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
2016                     165
5 41 11 20 6 5
2017                   149
11 2 9 15
2018                   294
1 1 6 7 14
2019                 261
1 1 20 4
2021                 180
2 1
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References

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  1. "Ryoyu KOBAYASHI". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. "Ryoyu Kobayashi". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. Pete Sharland (6 January 2019). "Ryoyu Kobayashi creates history with Four Hills grand slam". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. "Ski Jumping news - Ryoyu Kobayashi creates history with Four Hills grand slam". 6 January 2019.