Tetsuya Yashima

Tetsuya Yashima
Tetsuya Yashima at the 2009 World Cup
nation	Japan
birthday	March 12, 1985
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom , super-G , combination
society	Shichikashuku GSC
status	active
Placements in the World Cup
Debut in the World Cup August 29, 2009  Overall World Cup 61st ( 2009 )
last change: October 22, 2012

Tetsuya Yashima ( Japanese 八 島 徹 也 , Yashima Tetsuya ; born March 12, 1985 ) is a Japanese grass skier . He has taken part in three world championships so far and achieved a top 10 placement in the World Cup .

Career

Yashima's first international competitions were the Junior World Championships in 2004 and 2005. In 2004 , he finished 15th in giant slalom and 22nd in Super-G in Rettenbach, and in 2005 in Nové Město na Moravě he was among the fastest 20 in all competitions and achieved the best result Tenth place in the giant slalom. On July 22, 2007 he won his first FIS race, the Shichikashuku slalom . In September 2007 Yashima took part in the World Championships in Olešnice v Orlických horách in the Czech Republic. As the best in his country, he reached 16th place in the super combined, 24th place in the giant slalom and 31st place in the Super-G. In the slalom, however, he failed in the first round. In the 2008 season, the Japanese only took part in FIS races in his home country and achieved a podium place.

At the end of August 2009, Yashima took part in its first and so far only World Cup race in Austria. A few days before the start of the World Championships in Rettenbach, he started at the World Cup races in Maria Gugging and achieved eighth place in the slalom and 18th place in the giant slalom, with the same number of points as the Iranian Hamed Saveh Shemshaki, 61st place overall in the 2009 season. At the 2009 World Championships , he was the best Japanese in the Super Combined, twelfth in the giant slalom (at the same time as the Swiss Domenic Senn ) and 24th in the Super-G. In the slalom he was eliminated in the second run. After only taking part in the FIS races in Japan in the 2010 season, he was again the best Japanese at the 2011 World Championships in Goldingen, Switzerland . He reached fifth place in the slalom and was 15th in the giant slalom and 18th in the Super-G. He was only eliminated in the super combination. In addition to the World Championship, he only took part in the FIS races in Japan, as in the previous year, and in 2012 he only competed in FIS races in his home country.

From 2002 to 2006, Yashima also took part in several FIS and student races in alpine skiing as well as in the Japanese championships, but only made it into the top 30 once.

successes

World championships

• Olešnice v Orlických horách 2007 : 16th super combined, 24th giant slalom, 31st super G
• Rettenbach 2009 : 11th super combination, 12th giant slalom, 24th super G
• Goldingen 2011 : 5th slalom, 15th giant slalom, 18th super-G

Junior World Championships

• Rettenbach 2004 : 15th giant slalom, 22nd Super-G
• Nové Město na Moravě 2005 : 10th giant slalom, 14th combination, 15th slalom, 18th super-G

World cup

• A placement in the top ten

Web links

Commons : Tetsuya Yashima  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tetsuya Yashima in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)