Akito Watabe

Akito Watabe is a Japanese Nordic combined skier born on 26 May 1988 who has now retired from competition. He competed in six Winter Olympics and won four Olympic medals, two silver and two bronze: silver in the individual normal hill event at Sochi in 2014 and at the 2018 Games, and bronze in the large hill individual and the team large hill events in 2022. He won a gold medal in the 4 by 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009. He holds the record for the most starts in the history of the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, with 303. His wife Yurie Watabe is a freestyle skier, and his younger brother Yoshito also competes in the Nordic Combined World Cup.