Hideharu Miyahira

Hideharu Miyahira (宮平 秀治, Miyahira Hideharu) (born 21 December 1973) is a Japanese former ski jumper.

Hideharu Miyahira
宮平 秀治
Country Japan
Full name宮平 秀治
Born (1973-12-23) 23 December 1973
Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Personal best213.5 m (700 ft)
Planica, 20–23 March 2003
World Cup career
Seasons1994–2006
Individual wins1
Team wins1
Indiv. podiums10
Team podiums7
Indiv. starts181
Team starts16
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Silver medal – second place1999 RamsauIndividual NH
Silver medal – second place1999 RamsauTeam LH
Silver medal – second place2003 Val di FiemmeTeam LH
Bronze medal – third place1999 RamsauIndividual LH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

Miyahira won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silver (individual and team large hills in 1999, team large hill in 2003) and one bronze (individual normal hill in 1999).

He competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 5th in the team large hill and 24th in the individual large hill. He also competed at the Ski Flying World Championships, with best finishes of 5th in the team competition in 2004 and 10th in the individual competition in 2000.

He is one of so far only seven jumpers in history who managed to achieve perfect marks from all five judges (20 points maximum) for his second jump at the World Cup competition in Willingen in 2003.

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall 4H SF NT JP
1993/94 ———N/AN/A
1994/95 ———N/AN/A
1995/96 ———N/A—
1996/97 405224—47
1997/98 36—224488
1998/99 53rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)68
1999/00 107122910
2000/01 16222131N/A
2001/02 1816N/A23N/A
2002/03 1111N/A10N/A
2003/04 31—N/A20N/A
2004/05 3539N/A49N/A
2005/06 60—N/A—N/A

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1998/9920 March 1999  Slovenia PlanicaVelikanka bratov Gorišek K185FH
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