Mikito Tachizaki
Mikito Tachizaki 
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 Japan
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| birthday | 17th May 1988 (age 32) |
| Career | |
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| Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup | 2011 |
| Debut in the World Cup | 2012 (World Cup) |
| status | active |
| World Cup balance | |
| Overall World Cup | 89th ( 2017/18 ) |
| Sprint World Cup | 77th ( 2017/18 ) |
| last change: January 4th, 2019 | |
Mikito Tachizaki ( Japanese 立 崎 幹 人 , Tachizaki Mikito ; born May 17, 1988 ) is a Japanese biathlete and cross-country skier .
Career
Mikito Tachizaki was initially a cross-country skier. He contested his first international races since December 2006 in the Far East Cup and in FIS races. In the Far East Cup overall ranking of the 2006/07 season , he finished 14th. The first highlight was his participation in the Winter Universiade 2009 in Yabuli , where he finished 30th in the 10-kilometer freestyle race, 30th in the freestyle sprint, 19th in the pursuit and 14th in the 30-kilometer classic. In the relay race he won the silver medal with Kōhei Shimizu , Masaya Kimura and Keishin Yoshida behind Russia and ahead of the Czech Republic. After further appearances in the Far East Cup and FIS races, without showing outstanding results, he took part again in 2011 in Erzurum and Kandilli in the Winter Universiade , in which the Japanese 21st over 10-kilometer classic and the pursuit, 12th in the freestyle sprint and 20th in the 30km freestyle mass start race. The following season he switched to biathlon.
Tachizaki competed in his first international biathlon race at the start of the 2011/12 season in the IBU Cup , where he finished 95th in his first sprint race in Östersund . He achieved his best result so far as the season progressed as 55th in a sprint in Ridnaun . The highlight of the season and the first international championship were the 2012 World Championships in Ruhpolding . Tachizaki was used here only in the sprint and finished in 92nd place.
statistics
World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).
- 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
- Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
- Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
- Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
- Relay: including mixed relays
| placement | singles | sprint | persecution | Mass start | Season | total |
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| 3rd place | ||||||
| Top 10 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Scoring | 1 | 1 | 37 | 39 | ||
| Starts | 11 | 32 | 3 | 37 | 83 | |
| As of January 4, 2019 | ||||||
winter Olympics
Results at Olympic Winter Games:
| Individual competitions | Relay competitions | |||||
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| sprint | persecution | singles | Mass start | Men's relay | Mixed relay | |
Olympic Winter Games 2018  | Pyeongchang
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84. | - | 64. | - | - | - |
Web links
- Mikito Tachizaki in the IBU database (English)
- Mikito Tachizaki in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tachizaki, Mikito |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 立 崎 幹 人 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese biathlete and cross-country skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1988 |