Masahiko Harada
{{short description|Japanese former ski jumper (born 1968)}}
{{about|the ski jumper|the boxer|Fighting Harada}}
{{Infobox skier
| name = Masahiko Harada
原田 雅彦
| image =
| nationality = {{JPN}}
| fullname = 原田 雅彦
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|5|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kamikawa, Japan
| height = 1.73 m
| personalbest = 197 m (646 ft)
Planica, 18-21 March 1999
| seasons = 1987–1988
1990–2003
| wins = 9
| teamwins = 3
| totalpodiums = 21
| teampodiums = 7
| events_in_yellow = 10
| individual_starts = 211
| team_starts = 13
| updated = 10 February 2016
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's ski jumping}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Nagano | Team LH}}
{{MedalSilver| 1994 Lillehammer | Team LH}}
{{MedalBronze| 1998 Nagano | Individual LH}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIS Nordic World Ski Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1993 Falun|Individual NH}}
{{MedalGold|1997 Trondheim|Individual LH}}
{{MedalSilver|1997 Trondheim|Individual NH}}
{{MedalSilver|1997 Trondheim|Team LH}}
{{MedalSilver|1999 Ramsau|Team LH}}
{{MedalBronze|1999 Ramsau|Individual NH}}
}}
{{nihongo|Masahiko Harada|原田 雅彦|Harada Masahiko}} (born 9 May 1968) is a Japanese former ski jumper. He is best remembered for a meltdown at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, which cost the Japanese national team a victory, and his subsequent redemption at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano; the latter of which led to him being affectionately called "Happy Harada".[http://www.olympics30.com/30winterolympians/MasahikoHaradaFromMeltdowntoMarvelous.asp "Masahiko Harada – From Meltdown to Marvelous"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710112818/http://www.olympics30.com/30winterolympians/MasahikoHaradaFromMeltdowntoMarvelous.asp |date=2018-07-10 }}. olympics30.com. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
Career
At the 1994 games, the Japanese team had a nearly insurmountable lead heading into the last jump of the large hill. Harada, the team's anchor, had jumped 122 meters in his previous attempt and needed only 105 meters in his final jump to clinch the gold for Japan. His jump was just shy of 97,5 meters and dropped Japan to second, with the gold going to the German team.{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/sipreview/skijump.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010712101917/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/sipreview/skijump.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 12, 2001 |title=1998 Nagano Olympics-Masahiko Harada |date=February 4, 1998 |publisher=Sports Illustrated |author=John Walters}}
Four years later Harada would again have his chance to contribute a gold for his team, this time in his home country. His first jump of 79.5 meters knocked his team from first to fourth and brought back memories of Lillehammer. Then, on his second attempt he delivered an Olympic-record tying 137 meter jump. His teammate Kazuyoshi Funaki would then close out the event with a 125 meter jump, clinching the first Olympic ski jumping team gold medal for Japan.
Along with the team gold, Harada also captured bronze in Nagano in the individual large hill after a 136 meter final jump that pushed him up from sixth to third.
Harada has competed in five of the Olympic Games. In addition to the Lillehammer and Nagano games, he competed in Albertville in 1992, Salt Lake City in 2002 and Turin in 2006.
He is a two-time FIS Nordic World Ski Championships winner (1993: individual normal hill, 1997: individual large hill), and also won three silvers (1997: Individual normal hill, 1997, 1999: Team large hill) and one bronze (1999: Individual normal hill) as well.
Olympic normal hill individual competition in Pragelato on 11 February 2006 was the last highly ranked official event where he participated - who won 2 Olympic medals in Nagano and 1 in Lillehammer - and it was after over 3 years break from participating in Ski jumping World Cup. Unfortunately for him, he was disqualified in the qualifying and did not compete in the final. Later he started only in FIS Cup event in Sapporo.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=JP&competitorid=23321&type=result&rec_start=0&limit=50 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026221639/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=JP&competitorid=23321&type=result&rec_start=0&limit=50 |archive-date=2015-10-26 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web
| title = Torino 2006 Official Report - Ski Jumping
| url = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/SkiJumping.pdf
| work = Torino Organizing Committee
| publisher = LA84 Foundation
|date=March 2009
| access-date = May 20, 2009
}}
On July 12, 2006, Harada was appointed Ambassador to the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, Japan by the organizing committee. The 2007 Championships ran February 22-March 4, 2007.
World Cup
= Standings =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:86%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"| Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|Overall ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|4H|Four Hills Tournament}} ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|SF|Ski flying}} ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|NT|Nordic Tournament}} ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:55px;"|{{Abbr|JP|Ski Jumping (JP) Cup}} |
| scope=row align=center|1986/87
| align=center|85 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
|---|
| scope=row align=center|1987/88
| align=center| — || align=center|80 || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1989/90
| align=center|52 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1990/91
| align=center| — || align=center|61 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1991/92
| align=center|29 || align=center| — || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1992/93
| align=center|16 || align=center|6 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1993/94
| align=center|15 || align=center|21 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1994/95
| align=center|59 || align=center|64 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|1995/96
| align=center|5 || align=center|18 || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center bgcolor=#A57164|{{bronze03}} |
| scope=row align=center|1996/97
| align=center|29 || align=center|42 || align=center| — || align=center|13 || align=center|24 |
| scope=row align=center|1997/98
| align=center|4 || align=center|10 || align=center|21 || align=center|13 || align=center bgcolor=silver|{{silver02}} |
| scope=row align=center|1998/99
| align=center|9 || align=center|8 || align=center|8 || align=center|18 || align=center|9 |
| scope=row align=center|1999/00
| align=center|11 || align=center|6 || align=center|15 || align=center|53 || align=center|11 |
| scope=row align=center|2000/01
| align=center|26 || align=center|21 || align=center|50 || align=center|53 || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|2001/02
| align=center|38 || align=center|31 || align=center|N/A || align=center|59 || align=center|N/A |
| scope=row align=center|2002/03
| align=center| — || align=center| — || align=center|N/A || align=center| — || align=center|N/A |
= Wins =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:86%; line-height:15px; text-align:left; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff;" |
| style="background:#efefef;"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:10px;"| No. ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:30px;"| Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:105px;"| Date ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:110px;"| Location ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:168px;"| Hill ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:25px;"| Size |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|1
| align=center rowspan=4|1995/96 || align=right|8 December 1995 || {{flagicon|AUT}} Villach || Villacher Alpenarena K90 || align=center|NH |
|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|2
| align=right|18 February 1996 || {{flagicon|USA}} Iron Mountain || Pine Mountain Ski Jump K120 || align=center|LH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|3
| align=right|1 March 1996 || {{flagicon|FIN}} Lahti || Salpausselkä K90 (night) || align=center|NH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|4
| align=right|3 March 1996 || {{flagicon|FIN}} Lahti || Salpausselkä K114 || align=center|LH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|5
| align=center rowspan=5|1997/98 || align=right|8 December 1997 || {{flagicon|AUT}} Villach || Villacher Alpenarena K90 || align=center|NH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|6
| align=right|12 December 1997 || {{flagicon|CZE}} Harrachov || Čerťák K90 || align=center|NH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|7
| align=right|21 December 1997 || {{flagicon|SUI}} Engelberg || Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 || align=center|LH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|8
| align=right|11 January 1998 || {{flagicon|AUT}} Ramsau || Mattenschanze K90 || align=center|NH |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|9
| align=right|13 March 1998 || {{flagicon|NOR}} Trondheim || Granåsen K120 || align=center|LH |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{FIS ski jumper|23321}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312072606/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/disciplines.html?actu_id_448=12&actu_page_448=1 FIS Announcement on Ambassador Appointment]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070324051432/http://www.sapporo2007.com/english/index.html 2007 Nordic World Skiing Championship announcement]
{{Footer Olympic Champions SJ Team LH Men}}
{{Footer World Champions SJ Individual NH Men}}
{{Footer World Champions SJ Individual LH Men}}
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