Takanori Kono
Japanese Nordic combined skier
 Takanori Kono on stamp of Azerbaijan | ||
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| Men's nordic combined | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1992 Albertville | 3 x 10 km team |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 3 x 10 km team |
 | 1994 Lillehammer | 15 km individual |
| World Championships | ||
| 1993 Falun | 3 x 10 km team |
| 1995 Thunder Bay | 4 x 5 km team |
Takanori Kono (河野 孝典, Kōno Takanori) (born March 7, 1969) is a former Japanese nordic combined skier who competed during the 1990s, winning at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the Winter Olympics, and the Holmenkollen ski festival.
Kono won three medals at the Winter Olympics, including two golds (3 x 10 km team: 1992, 1994) and a silver (15 km individual: 1994). He also won two gold medals in the team event at the world championships (3 x 10 km: 1993, 4 x 5 km: 1995).
Kono also won the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1993, becoming the first Asian to win at the prestigious event.
Kono was Deputy Vice Mayor of the Athletes Village at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[1]
He is now coach for the Japanese Nordic combined team, a role he has had since 2006.
References
- ^ Hanazawa, Nahomi (1999). The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun (ed.). Official Report of the 1998 Winter Olympic Games, Vol. 2: Sixteen Days of Glory (PDF). Translated by Norman Kong. Nagano (Japan): NAOC. p. 243. ISBN 4784098267.
External links
- Takanori Kono at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Takanori Kono at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1988:
Thomas Müller, Hans-Peter Pohl, Hubert Schwarz (FRG) - 1992:
Reiichi Mikata, Takanori Kono, Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) - 1994: Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe, Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
- 1998:
Halldor Skard, Kenneth Braaten, Bjarte Engen Vik, Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR) - 2002:
Jari Mantila, Hannu Manninen, Jaakko Tallus, Samppa Lajunen (FIN) - 2006:
Michael Gruber, Christoph Bieler, Felix Gottwald, Mario Stecher (AUT) - 2010: Bernhard Gruber, David Kreiner, Felix Gottwald, Mario Stecher (AUT)
- 2014: Magnus Moan, Magnus Krog, Jørgen Graabak, Håvard Klemetsen (NOR)
- 2018: Vinzenz Geiger, Fabian Rießle, Eric Frenzel, Johannes Rydzek (GER)
- 2022: Espen Andersen, Espen Bjørnstad, Jørgen Graabak, Jens Lurås Oftebro (NOR)
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