Takanobu Okabe
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's ski jumping | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1998 Nagano | Team large hill | |
| Silver | 1994 Lillehammer | Team large hill | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1995 Thunder Bay | Individual normal hill | |
| Silver | 1997 Trondheim | Team large hill | |
| Bronze | 1995 Thunder Bay | Team large hill | |
| Bronze | 2007 Sapporo | Team large hill | |
Takanobu Okabe (born October 26, 1970) is a Japanese ski jumper who has competed from 1990.
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 four medals. This included a gold in the individual normal hill (1995), a silver in the team large hill (1997), and two bronzes in the team large hill (1995, 2007).
He also won twice in 1997 in ski flying.
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1988 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Matti Nykänen, Tuomo Ylipulli, & Jari Puikkonen
1992 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Mika Laitinen, Risto Laakkonen, & Toni Nieminen
1994 Germany Hansjörg Jäkle, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, & Jens Weissflog
1998 Japan Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, & Kazuyoshi Funaki
2002 Germany Sven Hannawald, Stephan Hocke, Michael Uhrmann, & Martin Schmitt
2006 Austria Andreas Widhölzl, Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch, & Thomas Morgenstern
1962: Toralf Engan * 1966: Bjørn Wirkola * 1970: Gariy Napalkov * 1974: Hans-Georg Aschenbach * 1978: Matthias Buse * 1982: Armin Kogler * 1985: Jens Weissflog * 1987: Jiří Parma * 1989: Jens Weissflog * 1991: Heinz Kuttin * 1993: Masahiko Harada * 1995: Takanobu Okabe * 1997: Janne Ahonen * 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki * 2001: Adam Małysz * 2003: Adam Małysz * 2005: Rok Benkovič * 2007: Adam Małysz
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