Yuki Kadono (角野 友基, Kadono Yūki, born May 18, 1996) is a Japanese snowboarder who competes in the slopestyle event.[1]
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| Native name | 角野 友基 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 May 1996 Miki, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 141 lb (64 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Slopestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Japan (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in Miki, Hyōgo, Japan, he competed for Japan at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, qualifying for the final of the slopestyle event and finishing 8th overall.[2]
Kadono won the Nokia Air and Style in Beijing in 2012, at the age of 16, making him one of the youngest to win the event besides Shaun White.[citation needed] He was the 2012–13 overall World Cup Champion in the slopestyle event.[3]
Kadono placed 3rd in Big Air at the 2015 X Games in Aspen and first at the 2016 X games in Oslo.[4][5] He won the 2015 Burton US Open Slopestyle with the first ever Back-To-Back Triple Cork 1620s.[6]
Despite being considered a medal contender by observers including Tyler Nicholson and Transworld Snowboarding, Kadono was not selected for the 2018 Winter Olympics, with reports indicating that this was due to a code of conduct violation.[7][8]
In 2020, he won his second Burton US Open Slopestyle victory.[9]
References
edit- ^ Yuki Kadono at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- ^ "Yuki Kadono". www.sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "The Japan News".
- ^ "Aspen 2015 Snowboard Big Air". X Games. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
- ^ "Oslo 2016 Men's Snowboard Big Air". X Games. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
- ^ Burton (2015-03-06), Yuki Kadono Stomps First Ever Back to Back 1620s in Competition at the 2015 Burton US Open, retrieved 2019-03-26
- ^ Bird, T (29 August 2017). "2018 Winter Olympic Predictions: Will Japan's Best Bet for Gold Make the Team?". Transworld Snowboarding. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (9 February 2018). "One of the world's best snowboarders isn't in PyeongChang". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ "The First Ever Quad Cork Landed At The U.S. Open... and Everything Else From Slopestyle!". SNOWBOARDER Magazine. 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
External links
edit- Official website
- Yuki Kadono at World Snowboarding
- Yuki Kadono at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Yuki Kadono at the X Games (archived)
- Yuki Kadono at Olympics.com
- Yuki Kadono at Olympedia
