Name Takanori Kono | Role Olympic athlete | |
Olympic medals Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Team, Nordic Combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics - Individual Similar People Kenji Ogiwara, Masashi Abe, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland, Fred Borre Lundberg | ||
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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