(born December 4, 1968) 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 ...

. He competed from 1988 to 2001. He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

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and followed that up with a bronze medal in the team large hill competition at the

1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 took place 9–19 March 1995 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. This marked the second time the separate championships (not part of Winter Olympics) were held outside Europe (the first was in the US towns ...

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. Nishikata finished in the Top 3 once in each of the four Cup World Cup seasons between 1993 and 1996.

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* * 1968 births Living people Japanese male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Japan Olympic medalists in ski jumping People from Nagano Prefecture FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-skijumping-bio-stub