Gender: | m |
Tomoya Ishii 石井 智也 | |
Disciplines: | Giant slalom, slalom |
Club: | Goldwin Ski Club |
Birth Date: | 23 May 1989 |
Birth Place: | Utashinai, Hokkaidō, Japan |
Height: | 173 cm (2018)[1] |
Olympicteams: | 1 – (2018) |
is a Japanese alpine skier who competed for Japan at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Ishii was born on 23 May 1989 in Utashinai, Hokkaidō, Japan.[2] He first skied at age 2 and took alpine skiing seriously during his first year of primary school in Utashinai. He studied at the Tokai University in Tokyo[3]
Tomoya Ishii is part of Goldwin Ski Club[2] a skiing organization based in Japan. In 2014 he moved to Austria to focus on his training as well as to compete in Europe. He trains under national coach Yasuyuki Takishita.[3] He made his Olympic debut at the grand slalom event of the 2018 Winter Olympics on 18 February. He had a total time of 2:24.78 in two runs and placed 30th. In the first run he placed 35th.[4] He is the best placed skier representing an Asian country.[5]