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Takanori Kono

1969 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Takanori Kono is the 484th most popular skier (up from 500th in 2019), the 3,249th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,632nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Takanori Kono ranks 484 out of 817. Before him are Emil Iversen, Dmitriy Vassiliev, Mario Reiter, Giuliano Razzoli, Jernej Damjan, and Severin Freund. After him are Hedda Berntsen, Jean-Marc Gaillard, Hilary Lindh, Daiki Ito, Jean-Pierre Vidal, and Christian Mayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Takanori Kono ranks 936. Before him are Jyri Kjäll, Lev Grossman, Fredrik Lööf, Gert-Jan Segers, Yvette Cooper, and Josef Beránek. After him are Ronald Fuentes, C. Michelle Olmstead, Vjekoslav Škrinjar, Florencia Lozano, Hilary Lindh, and Hanne Ørstavik.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takanori Kono ranks 3,256 out of 6,245. Before him are Tomotaka Fukagawa (1972), Takayuki Nishigaya (1973), Mizuki Noguchi (1978), Makoto Watanabe (1980), Jiro Takeda (1972), and Kana Nishino (1989). After him are Eita Nagayama (1982), Atsuhiko Ejiri (1967), Shuhei Yomoda (1973), Arisa Matsubara (1995), Tetsuya Tanaka (1971), and Kensho Ono (1989).

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Among SKIERS In Japan

Among skiers born in Japan, Takanori Kono ranks 13. Before him are Takanobu Okabe (1970), Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Hirokazu Yagi (1959), Hiroya Saitō (1970), Sara Takanashi (1996), and Akito Watabe (1988). After him are Daiki Ito (1985), Taku Takeuchi (1987), Junshirō Kobayashi (1991), Tae Satoya (1976), and Yuki Ito (1994).

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