Kenji Ogiwara

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Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Olympic Games
Gold 1992 Albertville 3 x 10 km team
Gold 1994 Lillehammer 3 x 10 km team
World Championships
Gold 1993 Falun 15 km individual
Gold 1993 Falun 3 x 10 km team
Gold 1995 Thunder Bay 4 x 5 km team
Gold 1997 Trondheim 15 km individual
Bronze 1999 Ramsau 7.5 km sprint

Kenji Ogiwara (荻原健司 Ogiwara Kenji?) (born December 20, 1969) is a former Japanese Nordic combined skier who won several medals at the Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Holmenkollen ski festival.

He won gold medals in the nordic combined team events at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. Ogiwara won two gold medals each in the 15 km individual (1993, 1997) and the team (3 x 10 km: 1993, 4 x 5 km: 1995) events and one bronze in the 7.5 km sprint (1999) at the nordic skiing world championships. In 1995, Ogiwara won the nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival.

Ogiwara received the Holmenkollen medal in 1995, becoming the first non-European and first Asian to ever receive the honor. At the 1998 Winter Olympics, he took the Athlete's Oath.

Ogiwara's twin brother Tsugiharu competed with him at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ontario, sharing a gold with him in the 4 x 5 km team event.

Ogiwara has also stood as candidate for Liberal Democratic Party.

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Preceded by
Lyubov Yegorova, Vladimir Smrinov, & Espen Bredesen
Holmenkollen medal
1995
Succeeded by
Manuela Di Centa
Persondata
NAME Ogiwara, Kenji
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Former Japanese ski jumper
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
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