Jinya Nishikata
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| Full name | Jinya Nishikata | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 December 1968 Nozawaonsen, Nagano, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 1988, 1993-2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on October 7, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jinya Nishikata (西方 仁也, Nishikata Jin'ya) (born December 4, 1968) is a Japanese former ski jumper.
He competed from 1988 to 2001. He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and followed that up with a bronze medal in the team large hill competition at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Nishikata finished in the top three once in each of the four Cup World Cup seasons between 1993 and 1996.
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- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
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