(born 21 December 1973) is a Japanese former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

Career

Miyahira won four medals at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship eve ...

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 The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

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, 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

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in 2003.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyahira, Hideharu Japanese male ski jumpers 1973 births Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Japan Living people FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping