Takanobu Okabe

Takanobu Okabe (岡部 孝信, Okabe Takanobu) (born 26 October 1970) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

Takanobu Okabe 岡部 孝信
Country	Japan
Full name	岡部 孝信
Born	(1970-10-26) 26 October 1970 (age 54) Shimokawa, Japan
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Personal best	217.5 m (714 ft) Planica, 17 March 2006
World Cup career
Seasons	1990-1991 1993-2003 2005-2010 2012-2014
Indiv. starts	215
Indiv. podiums	23
Indiv. wins	5
Team starts	15
Team podiums	6
Team wins	2
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Team LH 1994 Lillehammer Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 Thunder Bay Individual NH 1997 Trondheim Team LH 1995 Thunder Bay Team LH 2007 Sapporo Team LH 2009 Liberec Team LH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

His debut World Cup performance was on 16 December 1989 in Sapporo. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the team large hill event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1994 and a gold in 1998.

Okabe had his biggest successes at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning five medals. This included a gold in the individual normal hill (1995), a silver in the team large hill (1997), and three bronzes in the team large hill (1995, 2007, 2009).

Okabe has five individual World Cup victories, three of which came on flying hills. At the time of his latest win in Kuopio on March 10, 2009 he was, at the age of 38 years and 135 days,^[1] the oldest ski jumper to ever win a World Cup competition. This record has since been beaten by his compatriot Noriaki Kasai.

On 12 March 2014, the International Ski Federation announced his retirement.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1989/90	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
1990/91	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
1992/93	24	—	—	N/A	N/A
1993/94	7	13	11	N/A	N/A
1994/95	5	19		N/A	N/A
1995/96	39	—	—	N/A	35
1996/97	4	4		25	6
1997/98	16	33	6	21	18
1998/99	38	30	—	—	37
1999/00	33	—	31	37	33
2000/01	49	72	—	—	N/A
2001/02	59	—	N/A	—	N/A
2002/03	—	—	N/A	—	N/A
2004/05	49	—	N/A	40	N/A
2005/06	12	6	N/A	14	N/A
2006/07	52	49	N/A	22	N/A
2007/08	63	—	N/A	—	N/A
2008/09	28	—	—	24	N/A
2009/10	82	—	—	63	N/A
2011/12	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
2012/13	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
2013/14	—	—	—	N/A	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1996/97	7 December 1996	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi K120 (night)	LH
2		8 February 1997	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm K185	FH
3		22 March 1997	Planica	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	FH
4	1997/98	1 March 1998	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH
5	2008/09	10 March 2009	Kuopio	Puijo HS127 (night)	LH