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(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 fin ...
. He competed from 1988 to 2001. He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the
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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 in
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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 for Japan Olympic medalists in ski jumping Skiers 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 sportsmen {{Japan-skijumping-bio-stub