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My Take
Funaki is one of those athletes who lives rent-free in my memory of the 1998 Nagano Olympics, when this kid from Yoichi in Hokkaido flew off the large hill and just owned the home Games. At 175cm he wasn't some towering figure, yet the second he left the takeoff his body seemed to stretch out flat and weightless, and honestly it looked more like art than sport to me. What gets me is the temperament: he grabbed the top of the world young, carried all that hometown pressure, and still flew with this calm, almost breezy poise. He never struck me as a loud self-promoter, more the quiet type who quietly delivers when it counts. Knowing he set up his own company in 1999 and kept jumping under its banner just makes me smile. Flyers, it turns out, stay grounded.
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Overview
Kazuyoshi Funaki is a Japanese ski jumper born on April 27, 1975, in Yoichi, Hokkaido. At the 1998 Nagano Olympics he won gold in the individual and team large hill and silver on the normal hill, and in 1997–98 he became the first Japanese to win the Four Hills Tournament. He was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 1999 and received the Olympic Merit Silver Medal in 2001 in recognition of his achievements in competitive ski jumping.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kazuyoshi Funaki
- Name (Japanese)
- 船木和喜
- Reading
- ふなき かずよし
- Born
- April 27, 1975 (age 51)
- Origin
- Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan
- Height
- 175cm
- Occupation
- Ski jumper
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rabbit
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 1999 — Holmenkollen Medal
- 2001 — Olympic Merit Silver Medal
3. Links
4. About this entry
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Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Kazuyoshi Funaki born?
Kazuyoshi Funaki was born on April 27, 1975 and is 51 years old.
Where is Kazuyoshi Funaki from?
Kazuyoshi Funaki is from Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan.
What does Kazuyoshi Funaki do?
Kazuyoshi Funaki works as Ski jumper.
How tall is Kazuyoshi Funaki?
Kazuyoshi Funaki is 175 cm tall.
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