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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
