Masahiko Harada

Masahiko Harada
原田 雅彦
Personal information
Full name原田 雅彦
Born (1968-05-09) 9 May 1968
Kamikawa, Japan
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportSkiing
World Cup career
Seasons19871988
19902003
Indiv. starts211
Indiv. podiums21
Indiv. wins9
Team starts13
Team podiums7
Team wins3
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)197 m (646 ft)
Planica, 18-21 March 1999
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
1998 Nagano Team LH
1994 Lillehammer Team LH
1998 Nagano Individual LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
1993 Falun Individual NH
1997 Trondheim Individual LH
1997 Trondheim Individual NH
1997 Trondheim Team LH
1999 Ramsau Team LH
1999 Ramsau Individual NH
Updated on 10 February 2016

Masahiko Harada (原田 雅彦, Harada Masahiko) (born 9 May 1968) is a Japanese former ski jumper. He is best remembered for a meltdown at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, which cost the Japanese national team a victory, and his subsequent redemption at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano; the latter of which led to him being affectionately called "Happy Harada".