Yukio Kasaya

Japanese ski jumper

Yukio Kasaya (笠谷 幸生, Kasaya Yukio, born August 17, 1943) is a Japanese athlete. He is best known as a ski jumper and as the winner of an Olympic gold medal.[1]

Yukio Kasaya
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Sapporo Individual normal hill
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1970 Vysoké Tatry Individual normal hill
In this Japanese name, the family name is Kasaya.

In the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Kasaya earned Japan's first Olympic Winter Games gold medal in the 70m ski jump.[2]

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  1. SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), Yukio Kasaya Archived 2009-12-23 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-26.
  2. Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), "JOC History at a Glance"; retrieved 2012-7-26.