Junshirō Kobayashi (小林 潤志郎, Kobayashi Junshirō, born 11 June 1991) is a Japanese ski jumper. He is the older brother of Yūka Kobayashi, Ryōyū Kobayashi and Tatsunao Kobayashi who are also ski jumpers.

Junshirō Kobayashi
Kobayashi in 2014
Country Japan
Born (1991-06-11) 11 June 1991 (age 33)
Hachimantai, Iwate, Japan
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Ski clubMegmilk Snow Brand
Ski Team
Personal best239.5 m (786 ft)
Planica, 25 March 2018
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Starts219
Podiums1
Wins1
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Seefeld Team LH
Updated on 24 March 2024.

Career

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He represented Japan at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun, where he finished 13th place on large hill and 25th place on normal hill.

He won three times in Grand Prix competition in Almaty and Hakuba. He finished in 3rd place overall in the 2017 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix season.[1][2][3]

On 19 November 2017, he claimed his first World Cup win in Wisła and became the thirteenth Japanese ski jumper with at least one World Cup win.[4]

Major Tournament results

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Olympics

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Year Place NH LH Team LH
2018   Pyeongchang 31 24

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

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Year Place NH LH Team LH Mixed NH
2015   Falun 25 13 4
2017 Not qualified
2019   Seefeld 17 17  
2021   Oberstdorf 29 32

Ski Flying World Championships

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Year Place Individual Team
2018   Oberstdorf 29

World Cup results

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Standings

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 Season  Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2011/12 52 64 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2012/13 60 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2013/14 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2014/15 44 38 31 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2015/16 61 54 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 54 54 N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 11 4 14 16 N/A 7
2018/19 19 25 23 19 16 N/A 13
2019/20 30 29 20 20 16 22 N/A
2020/21 33 18 30 N/A N/A 31
2021/22 32 17 43 30 N/A N/A 42
2022/23 63 55 39 N/A N/A 37
2023/24 34 29 32 22 N/A N/A 20

Individual wins

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No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2017/18 19 November 2017     Wisła Malinka HS134 LH

Individual starts (219)

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winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q); disqualified (DQ)
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 30 31 32 Points
2011/12                                                     40
24 q 29 27 28 22 48 38 DQ 42 16 41 32 49 q q 34
2012/13                                                       17
45 27 q 39 25 35 46 31 31 33 28 30 q
2013/14                                                         0
34 64
2014/15                                                               95
q 38 36 28 21 41 29 41 47 18 q 33 23 17 q 24 31 32 13 19 39 25
2015/16                                                           13
q 40 45 44 48 45 q 36 q 28 21
2016/17                                                     20
q 39 33 25 17 33 41 45 39 q q
2017/18                                             568
1 10 4 7 8 6 4 6 7 31 11 7 34 17 17 23 7 10
2018/19                                                         335
19 17 18 30 19 22 20 50 5 26 29 21 28 37 19 22 21 27 24 21 12 18 11 6 20 33 13 15
2019/20                                                       162
10 17 26 29 36 23 DQ 22 29 35 21 28 23 46 42 20 12 21 19 DQ 22 27 24
2020/21                                                   113
15 17 27 36 28 19 37 28 17 34 17 33 23 18 31 20 30
2021/22                                                         179
11 42 44 15 15 33 9 31 23 11 44 19 14 37 45 32 34 20 27 22 33 25 38 34 q 34 q 29
2022/23                                                                 14
19 q 39 36 q 48 32 38 50 q 34 q q 40 29 47 45 38 47 q 38 32 q
2023/24                                                                 143
47 45 21 48 25 20 25 28 29 42 30 37 26 24 42 q 40 17 10 32 26 32 21 40 30 23 35 20 22 23

References

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  1. ^ "SJunshiro Kobayashi takes his first Grand Prix win". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Surprising home win for Junshiro Kobayashi". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. ^ "SGP in Hakuba: Junshiro Kobayashi with the second victory". winterszus.pl. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Junshiro Kobayashi claims first World Cup win". eurosport.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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