Takanori Kono

Takanori Kono (Japanese河野 孝 典, Takanori Kono, born March 7, 1969 in Nozawa Onsen, Nagano Prefecture) is a former Japanese Nordic combined.

Career

Kono made ​​his international debut as part of the World Cup on 9 March 1990 in Örnsköldsvik. With space 15 he managed an immediate first points win. On his second World Cup in Oslo, he landed in 13th place. After the next two years without international start, he was part of the squad for the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville. There he won together with Kenji Ogiwara and Reiichi Mikata the gold medal in the team competition. In Gundersen single he landed on 19th place

In the 1992/93 season Kono started surprisingly with a second rank in Vuokatti. He also reached the first of his 12 podium finishes in his career. Also in Courchevel and St Moritz, he was again on the third and two. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 in Falun, he landed in fifth place in the individual before the team competition, he won a gold medal with the team. At season's end, he won his first and only World Cup in Oslo. In the season overall standings he finished third.

The following 1993/94 season was the most successful season of his career. While Kono succeeded not a victory, but with one exception only top - 10 finishes, including six podium finishes. In the overall standings, this was enough for second place. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he defended his team the title of 1992. Moreover, he was successful the first time in singles and won behind Norwegian Fred Lundberg Børre the silver medal.

In his last season in 1994/95 Kono started with fourth place in Steamboat Springs. In Falun In February 1995, he succeeded the first and only podium of the season. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 in Thunder Bay, he was able to defend the world title in the team together with Masashi Abe, Tsugiharu Ogiwara and Kenji Ogiwara. Despite this success, Kono denied even a World Cup, he finished sixth.

After the 1994/95 season Kono ended his active career.

Achievements

World Cup Stats

The table shows the achieved placings in detail.

  • Place 1st-3rd. Number of podiums
  • Top 10: Number of placings in the top ten
  • Points ranking: number of placements within the points positions
  • Start: Number overflowed race in the respective discipline
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup Steamboat Springs, Colorado List of Olympic medalists in Nordic combined Hans-Peter Pohl Hubert Schwarz Kenneth Braaten Bjarte Engen Vik Jari Mantila Jaakko Tallus Michael Gruber (skier) Christoph Bieler Felix Gottwald Mario Stecher Bernhard Gruber David Kreiner List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Uwe Dotzauer Konrad Winkler (skier) Espen Andersen Tom Sandberg Hermann Weinbuch Trond Einar Elden Klaus Ofner Klaus Sulzenbacher Tapio Nurmela Kristian Hammer Wilhelm Denifl Akito Watabe
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