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Takanobu Okabe (born October 26, 1970) is a Japanese ski jumper who has competed from 1990.
Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the team large hill event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1994 and a gold in 1998.
Okabe had his biggest successes at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning four medals. This included a gold in the individual normal hill (1995), a silver in the team large hill (1997), and two bronzes in the team large hill (1995, 2007).
He also won twice in 1997 in ski flying.
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Olympic champions in men's ski jumping team large hill |
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1988 Finland - Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Matti Nykänen, Tuomo Ylipulli, & Jari Puikkonen * 1992 - Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Mika Laitinen, Risto Laakkonen, & Toni Nieminen * 1994 Germany - Hansjörg Jäkle, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, & Jens Weissflog * 1998 Japan - Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, & Kazuyoshi Funaki * 2002 Germany - Sven Hannawald, Stephan Hocke, Michael Uhrmann, & Martin Schmitt * 2006 Austria - Andreas Widhölzl, Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch, & Thomas Morgenstern |
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