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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 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Takanori Kono is the 510th most popular skier (down from 500th in 2024), the 3,397th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,631st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Takanori Kono ranks 510 out of 817. Before him are Emil Iversen, Dmitriy Vassiliev, Mario Reiter, Giuliano Razzoli, Jernej Damjan, and Severin Freund. After him are Hedda Berntsen, Joël Chenal, Jean-Marc Gaillard, Hilary Lindh, Halldor Skard, and Sylvia Eder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Takanori Kono ranks 1,065. Before him are Patric Kjellberg, Fredrik Lööf, Gert-Jan Segers, Maarten den Bakker, Yvette Cooper, and Josef Beránek. After him are Ronald Fuentes, C. Michelle Olmstead, Vjekoslav Škrinjar, Florencia Lozano, Roy Lee, and Hilary Lindh.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takanori Kono ranks 3,404 out of 6,245. Before him are Takayuki Nishigaya (1973), Mizuki Noguchi (1978), Makoto Watanabe (1980), Jiro Takeda (1972), Misato Fukuen (1982), and Kana Nishino (1989). After him are Eita Nagayama (1982), Atsuhiko Ejiri (1967), Shouta Aoi (1987), Shuhei Yomoda (1973), Arisa Matsubara (1995), and Tetsuya Tanaka (1971).

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Among SKIERS In Japan

Among skiers born in Japan, Takanori Kono ranks 14. Before him are Ryoyu Kobayashi (1996), Hirokazu Yagi (1959), Hiroya Saitō (1970), Sara Takanashi (1996), Hideharu Miyahira (1973), and Akito Watabe (1988). After him are Daiki Ito (1985), Taku Takeuchi (1987), Jinya Nishikata (1968), Junshirō Kobayashi (1991), Reiichi Mikata (1969), and Tae Satoya (1976).

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