Yuki Kadono

Yuki Kadono
Personal information
Native name角野 友基
Born (1996-05-18) 18 May 1996 (age 24)
Miki, Japan
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight141 lb (64 kg)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Slopestyle
TeamJapan (2014)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals2014
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Japan
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Oslo Big Air
Silver medal – second place 2014 Aspen Big Air
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Aspen Big Air
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Oslo Big air
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Aspen Big Air
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Aspen Big Air

Yuki Kadono (角野 友基, Kadono Yūki, born May 18, 1996) is a Japanese snowboarder who competes in the slopestyle event.[1]

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

  1. ^ Yuki Kadono at the International Ski Federation
  2. ^ "Yuki Kadono". www.sochi2014.com. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001016148
  4. ^ "Aspen 2015 Snowboard Big Air". X Games. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  5. ^ "Oslo 2016 Men's Snowboard Big Air". X Games. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Zaccardi, Nick (9 February 2018). "One of the world's best snowboarders isn't in PyeongChang". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  9. ^ "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.

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