Takanori Kono
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.
He is now coach for the Japanese Nordic combined team, a role he has had since 2006.
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1998: Norway ( Halldor Skard, Kenneth Braaten, Bjarte Engen Vik, & Fred Børre Lundberg) * 2002: Finland ( Jari Mantila, Hannu Manninen, Jaakko Tallus, & Samppa Lajunen) * 2006: Austria ( Michael Gruber, Christoph Bieler, Felix Gottwald, & Mario Stecher) * 2010: Austria ( Bernhard Gruber, David Kreiner, Felix Gottwald, & Mario Stecher) |
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1995: Japan ( Masashi Abe, Tsugiharu Ogiwara, Kenji Ogiwara & Takanori Kono) * 1997: Norway ( Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland & Fred Børre Lundberg) * 1999: Finland ( Hannu Manninen, Tapio Nurmela, Jari Mantila & Samppa Lajunen) * 2001: Norway ( Kenneth Braaten, Sverre Rotevatn, Bjarte Engen Vik & Kristian Hammer) * 2003: Austria ( Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler & Felix Gottwald) * 2005: Norway ( Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan & Kristian Hammer) * 2007: Finland ( Anssi Koivuranta, Janne Ryynänen, Jaakko Tallus & Hannu Manninen) * 2009: Japan ( Yusuke Minato, Taihei Kato, Akito Watabe & Norihito Kobayashi) * 2011 (normal hill): Austria ( David Kreiner, Bernhard Gruber, Felix Gottwald & Mario Stecher) * 2011 (large hill): Austria ( David Kreiner, Bernhard Gruber, Felix Gottwald & Mario Stecher) |
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