Hirokazu Yagi
Hirokazu Yagi (Japanese八 木 弘 和; Hirokazu Yagi; born December 26, 1959 in Yōichi ) is a former Japanese ski jumper who was active early 80s.
Career
His international debut Yagi at the Four Hills Tournament 1978/79. His best finish he reached rank 15 in Innsbruck. On December 27, 1979, he made his debut in the newly Ski Jumping World Cup. In Cortina d' Ampezzo, he reached a very good fifth place right away. In the following Four Hills Tournament 1979/80, he missed in Garmisch -Partenkirchen in fourth just under his first podium of his career. A few days later he celebrated in his home in Sapporo his only World Cup victory and a second place in the second jump.
At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, which were simultaneously discharged as a World Cup ski jumping, he could win the victory of Toni Innauer together with Manfred Deckert the silver medal on the normal hill.
In the World Cup he reached in March 1980 again a third rank in Štrbské Pleso and finally finished fourth in the World Cup overall standings. In the 1980/81 season started with a Yagi eleventh place finish at the opening event of the Four Hills Tournament 1980/81 in Oberstdorf. After great success but failed to As in previous years, he played after the tour, only the competition in Sapporo and Planica and finished the season in 57th place overall.
In the following season he did not return to its former strength. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 in Oslo to Yagi also had to be content only with rear placements. After another poor performance Yagi finished his career with the launch at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. There he jumped on the normal hill on rank 55 and ranked 19th on the large hill