Yūji Ashimoto

Yūji Ashimoto
nation	Japan
birthday	20th century
Career
National squad	since 1992
status	resigned
End of career	1994
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	December 20, 1992
Overall World Cup	32nd ( 1992/93 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Single jump 0 0 1  Team jumping 0 0 1

Yūji Ashimoto ( Japanese 葦 本 祐 二 , Ashimoto Yūji ) is a former Japanese ski jumper .

Career

On December 20, 1992 Ashimoto made his debut in the ski jumping World Cup . In Sapporo he achieved his first World Cup points with 12th place in his first competition. Four weeks later he was able to achieve his first podium placement in Predazzo jumping from the large hill. In the team competition one day later he was able to achieve this placement together with Akira Higashi , Masahiko Harada and Noriaki Kasai .

For the 1993/94 season, Ashimoto started in the Ski Jumping Continental Cup . He was able to achieve 95th place in the overall standings with 70 points. In January 1994 he took part in two World Cup competitions in Sapporo, but was unsuccessful. After the end of the season, Ashimoto ended his active ski jumping career.

Web links

• Yūji Ashimoto in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 連載 38 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 . (No longer available online.) Ski Association of Japan, April 22, 2009, archived from the original on March 3, 2013 ; Retrieved June 21, 2009 (Japanese).