Yuki Kadono

This article is about the snowboarder. For the water polo player, see Yuki Kadono (water polo).
Yuki Kadono
Personal information
Native name 角野 友基
Born (1996-05-18) 18 May 1996
Miki, Japan
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 141 lb (64 kg)
Sport
Country Japan
Sport Snowboarding
Event(s) Slopestyle
Team Japan (2014)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2014

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. 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.

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.

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