Hideharu Miyahira
Japanese former ski jumper (born 1973)
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Hideharu Miyahira (宮平 秀治, Miyahira Hideharu) (born 21 December 1973) is a Japanese former ski jumper.[1]
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| Full name | 宮平 秀治 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 December 1973 Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 1994–2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 181 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 213.5 m (700 ft) Planica, 20–23 March 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Miyahira won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silver (individual and team large hills in 1999, team large hill in 2003) and one bronze (individual normal hill in 1999).
He competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 5th in the team large hill and 24th in the individual large hill. He also competed at the Ski Flying World Championships, with best finishes of 5th in the team competition in 2004 and 10th in the individual competition in 2000.
He is one of so far only seven jumpers in history who managed to achieve perfect marks from all five judges (20 points maximum) for his second jump at the World Cup competition in Willingen in 2003.
World Cup
Standings
Wins
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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| 1 | 1998/99 | 20 March 1999 |  Planica | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | FH |
