Yuki Kadono

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
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  Japan
Winter X Games
2016 Oslo Big Air
2014 Aspen Big Air
2015 Aspen Big Air
2016 Aspen Big Air
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. 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.

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.[6][7]

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. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Zaccardi, Nick (9 February 2018). "One of the world's best snowboarders isn't in PyeongChang". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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