Takanori Kono ( Japanese: 河野 孝 典 Ko: but Takanori , born March 7, 1969 in Nozawaonsen ) is a Japanese double-athlete , two-time Olympic champion and world champion, winner of the overall classification of the World Cup in biathlon .
| Takanori Kono | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Floor | male | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A country |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specialization | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nozawa Onsen Skiclub | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | March 7, 1969 (aged 50) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Nozawaonsen , Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports career | 1990-1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The weight | 63 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards and medals
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
On March 2, 1990, Kono made his debut at the Lahti World Cup, where he took 24th place. A week later, he showed the 15th result, gaining his first points against the world cup. In 1991 he made his debut at the World Championships : in the individual race he took 30th place, but did not get into the relay team of Japan.
A year later, the Japanese made his debut at the Olympics . In a personal race, Kono did not win special laurels: after the jump part he was in 25th position, and during the race he improved it only by 6 positions. Ten days later, Kono became the Olympic champion in the relay troika (with Reiichi Mikata and Kenji Ogivara ). The Japanese confidently won the hopping part of the competition and confidently brought the competition to their final victory.
The 1992/1993 season was a turning point in Kono's career. At the first stage in Finnish Vuokatti, the Japanese became the second, first rising to the podium. In addition to this success, he climbed the podium of the cup stages four times during the season. March 12, 1993 won his only individual victory, becoming the strongest at the stage in Oslo . In the overall standings of the Cup, Kono took third place, losing only to Ogivara and the Norwegian Lundberg . At the world championship in Falun, he showed the fifth result in the race according to the Gundersen system, and in the relay race he won a gold medal.
At the main start of the next season - the Olympics in Lillehammer , Kono won two medals. In the personal championship, the Japanese became the second, despite the fact that after the jump part he occupied only the fourth position. And in the team tournament, like two years ago, the Japanese had no equal: their advantage over the owners of the track - the Norwegians was a little less than five minutes. In the World Cup, Takanori went up to the podium six times, which brought him the second position in the overall standings, in which he lost only to his compatriot Ogivara .
In the 1994/1995 season, Kono took fifth place in the overall standings and only once climbed the podium. But at the World Cup, he won his second gold in the team championship, which took place in a modified format (4 × 5 km, instead of 3 × 10 km). At the end of the season he finished his career.
Since 2006, Takanori Kono has been the head coach of the Japan Nordic Combined Team.
Links
- Takanori Kono - statistics on the FIS website