Masahiro Akimoto
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was a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese ski jumper.

He competed from 1980 to 1986. He finished fourth in the individual large hill event at the 1980 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...

 in Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid, New York
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. Akimoto's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women. Championship events include nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined...

 was sixth in the team large hill events at Seefeld
Seefeld, Tirol
Seefeld in Tirol is a municipality of the Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol, located about northwest of Innsbruck. With more than one million overnight stays each year, it is one of the most popular Tyrolean tourist destinations especially for skiing in winter, but also for...

, Austria
Austria
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 in 1985
1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1985 took place January 16-27, 1985 in Seefeld, Austria . This was the fourth time the Innsbruck area hosted these championships, having done so in 1933, the 1964 Winter Olympics, and the 1976 Winter Olympics...

. He earned a total of four World Cup victories from 1980 to 1985.

Victories

Season Date Location
1979-80  January 13, 1980   Sapporo
March 24, 1980   Strbske Pleso
Štrbské pleso
Štrbské pleso is a picturesque mountain lake of glacial origin and a top tourist destination in the High Tatras, Slovakia. It is the second largest glacial lake on the Slovak side of the High Tatras, after Hincovo pleso...

1983-84 January 21, 1984   Sapporo
1984-85 February 10, 1985   Sapporo

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