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| Brief History of Masahito Tsunokai |
Masahito Tsunokai was born in Japan, Gunma prefecture, Japan in 1955.
He studied English literature in Aoyama Gakuin University.
Masahito began to competing in swimming races at age 10, and won
the Prefectural championship in the 200m Individual Medley in 1972.
He started Freestyle skiing when he was in university. He founded
the University Freestyle ski club, and became the first captain
of the team.
From the late 1970s to mid 1980s, He won most of
the titles for Freestyle skiing in Japan, and for some international competitions.
He earned the Japanese National Combined Championships seven times
and 35 individual national titles. Masahito also achieved many
times top ten standings in World Cups and in World Championships.
Masahito retired from competitions in 1986 and became Japanese National
Team coach. He then started his own ski school in 1994 in Hakuba area in
Nagano prefecture. He not only specializes in Freestyle skiing, but also in
Alpine racing and basic skiing. He loves powders, steep
hills, cliff jumps and tree skiing,
In the year 2000, Masahito decided to come out of retirement and re-enter the world of competition.
A year later he attained second place at the 2001 National Freestyle Ski
Championship. During this period he also re-started many Big Air shows, Acro ski shows,
and Mogul demonstrations.
In 2005, when he turned 50, he began competing in Masters' swim races.
He won the title of National Champion of Masters
50m Freestyle in 2007, and 2009. He then won the title of 50m Butterfly
in 2010. He is dedicated to performing his best at skiing and swimming
for the rest of his life.
Although sport has dominated most of Masahito's life, he also has
a love for writing and began to publish his articles and books in the late
1990s. He received the Ushio Literary Prize in 1998 for a nonfiction story,
' The falling stars of the Nagano Olympics. In addition
to stories and novels, Masahito has also written many ski books, swimming
books, and classical music essays. |
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