Takafumi Kawabata

Takafumi Kawabata
nation	Japan
birthday	June 26, 1954
size	168 cm
Weight	62 kg
Career
society	Taku Gin
National squad	since 1972
status	resigned
End of career	1980
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	December 27, 1979
Overall World Cup	29th ( 1979/80 )

Takafumi Kawabata ( Japanese 川端 隆普 実 , Kawabata Takafumi ; born June 26, 1954 ) is a former Japanese ski jumper .

Career

Kawabata made his international debut at the Four Hills Tournament 1972/73 . However, since this was consistently unsuccessful, he withdrew again from the international jumping area for over six years and only started at the national level. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1978 in Lahti , she reached 40th place on the normal hill and 41st place on the large hill. On December 27, 1979 he made his debut in the newly created Ski Jumping World Cup . Already in the first competition in Cortina d'Ampezzo, he reached 7th place and was among the top ten. The rest of the season was also successful for him. In his last World Cup competition in his home town of Sapporo , he achieved fourth place, the best result of his career. At the end of the season he was in 29th place in the overall World Cup ranking.

Kawabata ended his active ski jumping career with the start at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid . He reached 29th place on the normal hill and jumped 32nd on the large hill.

successes

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
1979/80	29	35

Web links

• Takafumi Kawabata in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Takafumi Kawabata in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 連載 29 記録 に 見 る 日本 の ス キ ー 競技 史 1923 年 、 日本 の ス キ ー 競技 は は じ ま っ た 1978 年 （昭和 53 年） 第 56 回 全 日本 ス キ ー 選手 権 大会 . (No longer available online.) Ski Association of Japan, archived from the original on February 16, 2009 ; Retrieved March 24, 2009 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.