Takanori Kono

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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
Silver	1994 Lillehammer	15 km individual
World Championships
Gold	1993 Falun	3 x 10 km team
Gold	1995 Thunder Bay	4 x 5 km team

Takanori Kono (河野 孝典, Kōno Takanori^?) (born March 7, 1969) is a former Japanese nordic combined skier who competed during the 1990's, 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.

[edit] External links

• FIS Profile
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

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Olympic champions in men's team nordic combined

(As 3 x 10 km) 1988 West Germany Thomas Müller, Hans-Peter Pohl, & Hubert Schwarz
1992 Japan Reiichi Mikata, Takanori Kono, & Kenji Ogiwara
1994 Japan Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe, & Kenji Ogiwara
(As 4 x 5 km) 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

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World champions in men's team nordic combined

(As 3 x 10 km) 1982 East Germany Uwe Dotzauer, Günther Schmieder & Konrad Winkler
1984 Norway Tom Sandberg, Hallstein Bøgseth & Geir Andersen
1985 West Germany Thomas Müller, Hubert Schwarz & Hermann Weinbuch
1987 West Germany Hermann Weinbuch, Hans-Peter Pohl & Thomas Müller
1989 Norway Trond Einar Elden, Trond-Arne Bredesen & Bård Jørgen Elden
1991 Austria Günther Csar, Klaus Ofner & Klaus Sulzenbacher
1993 Japan Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe & Kenji Ogiwara
(As 4 x 5 km) 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