Ban Motohiko

Motohiko Ban
Full name	伴 素 彦
nation	Japan
birthday	January 1, 1905
place of birth	Kyoto
job	Agronomist
date of death	September 3, 1998
Career
society	University of Hokkaido

Ban Motohiko ( Japanese. 伴 素 彦 ; born January 1, 1905 in Kyōto Prefecture ; † September 3, 1998 ) was a Japanese ski jumper .

Life

Motohiko Ban’s parents moved to Otaru on the island of Hokkaido soon after he was born , because his father had been appointed director of the local business school. Ban graduated from the Agricultural Faculty of Hokkaido Imperial University and got a job with Nippon Flour Milling Co. Ltd in 1929 . In his spare time he turned to skiing, but especially to ski jumping. He won the All-Japan Ski Championships in 1926 and 1929.

Ban was the first Japanese ski jumper who also competed internationally. At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, he was the only Japanese participant in ski jumping from the normal hill to achieve a remarkable 38th place.

At an advanced age and long after the Second World War, in 1972, Motohiko Ban became President of the All-Japan Student Ski Association . From 1975-1986 he was chairman of the All-Japan Ski Federation . In 1980 he headed the Lake Placid Japanese Olympic team . For his lifelong commitment to the development of Japanese winter sports, the IOC awarded him the Olympic silver medal in 1984 . another 29 personalities were also honored in this way. He witnessed the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano as a guest of honor.

Web links

• Ban Motohiko in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} biography on sports-refences.com , accessed on November 21, 2017.
2. ↑ Ellen Galford: XXIII Olympiad: Los Angeles 1984 , Calgary 1988. From books.google.de, accessed on November 21, 2017.

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Ban is the family name, Motohiko the first name.