Yuichi Onda
Yuichi Onda (恩 田 佑 一Japanese, Yuichi Onda, born 24 June 1980 Myoko ) is a Japanese cross-country skiers.
Ondas launched for the first time in January 1999 in a meeting organized by the FIS Continental Cup race in the lower class. In the following winter he took 19 -year-old participated in the World Youth Championship in Štrbské Pleso and finished there in the 30 -kilometer race in a classic style twelfth grade, where he was among other things the eventual champion Johan Olsson behind. After more good results in the Continental he was first nominated in October 2002 for the World Cup: The Sprint in Dusseldorf but he missed as 46 World Cup points. In the course of the 2002/ 03 Onda succeeded first to win the bronze medal on the sprint distance at the Winter Universiade in Tarvisio, before he took part in the end of season on the World Cup in Val di Fiemme and there came in 18th place on the same route. In addition, he secured in March 2003 in Oslo his first World Cup points and reached shortly thereafter in Drammen first time the top ten in the highest competition class - each with the sprint distance.
The following winter succeeded Onda Although in many Sprint Cup race to take its place in the points of the top 30, but he failed to reach the absolute world top. In January 2006, the Estonian Otepaeae he managed a seventh place - his best World Cup result so far. In the next Winter Olympics in Turin, he represented his country as one of nine cross-country skiers, where it was a one 26th place in the individual sprint and a 12th place in the team sprint with his partner Katsuhito Ebisawa. Another career highlight was followed for the Japanese in March 2007, when he first won the qualification for the sprint in Kuusamo and then for the first time in his career reached the A- final of the top six. There he had to admit only beaten one led by Norwegian Petter Northug Trio and missed fourth just under the podium. A similar situation presented itself two years later, when he was fourth World Cup for the second time in Trondheim, again behind three Norwegians who were this time led by Ola Vigen Hattestad. To date (November 2013), these two fourth places Ondas are best World Cup results, and also the best results that could ever enter a Japanese in the Cross Country World Cup. Overall, he succeeded ten times to get into single - race among the top ten.
From 2007 to 2013 Onda participated in each hosting the World Cup, the best results are in this case two decades Ranks, which he imports in the team sprint with Osamu Yamagishi and Shohei Honda 2007 and 2009. In addition, he achieved a 17th place in the individual sprint at his second at the Olympics 2010. Another success was the victory at the Asian Winter Games in 2007, where he beat the Kazakhs Alexei Poltoranin in the sprint. Four years later triumphed Poltoranin while Onda won the bronze medal.