Career
He is now coach for the Japanese Nordic combined team, a role he has had since 2006.
河野 孝典
He is now coach for the Japanese Nordic combined team, a role he has had since 2006.
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.
