Rieko Kanai

Rieko Kanai
Rieko Kanai in Villach 2010
nation	Japan
birthday	4th November 1981
place of birth	Nagano
size	160 cm
Weight	49 kg
Career
society	Kitano Kensetsu
Trainer	Yatarō Watase
National squad	since 2002
Pers. Best	127 m
status	not active
Ski Jumping Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the COC	February 8, 2005
Overall ranking COC	20th ( 2004/05 , 2009/10 )
last change: April 3, 2010

Rieko Kanai ( Japanese 金井 理 恵 子 , Kanai Rieko ; born November 4, 1981 in Ueda , Nagano Prefecture ) is a former Japanese ski jumper .

Kanai started ski jumping at the age of eight. In 2002 she was accepted into the national team and jumped on February 19, 2003 with the FIS jumping in Breitenberg her first international competition. On February 8, 2005, she made her debut in the Ski Jumping Continental Cup and was able to achieve good results from the start. So she was able to jump into the top ten with sixth place in the fourth competition in Saalfelden . The 2004/05 season ended Kanai in 20th place in the overall standings. After another four rather mediocre seasons, she achieved this position in the overall standings again in the 2009/10 season . After that season, she retired at the age of 28.

Web links

Commons : Rieko Kanai  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rieko Kanai in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Rieko Kanai at Ladies-Skijumping.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 五 輪 種 目 に な る 日 待 つ。 県 内 唯一 の 高校 生 女子 ジ ャ ン パ ー 岩 渕 香 里 選手 １６ . (No longer available online.) In: Yomiuri Shimbun Nagano. January 4, 2010, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; Retrieved April 4, 2010 (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.