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| Born | (1969-12-20) 20 December 1969 (age 55) Kusatsu, Gunma, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenji Ogiwara (荻原 健司, Ogiwara Kenji) (born 20 December 1969) is a Japanese politician and former Nordic combined skier who won several medals at the Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Holmenkollen ski festival.
He won gold medals in the Nordic combined team events at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. Ogiwara won two gold medals each in the 15 km individual (1993, 1997) and the team (3 x 10 km: 1993, 4 x 5 km: 1995) events and one bronze in the 7.5 km sprint (1999) at the Nordic skiing world championships. In 1995, Ogiwara won the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival.
Ogiwara received the Holmenkollen medal in 1995, becoming the first non-European and first Asian to ever receive the honor. At the 1998 Winter Olympics, he took the Athlete's Oath.
Ogiwara's twin brother Tsugiharu competed with him at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ontario, sharing a gold with him in the 4 x 5 km team event.
Ogiwara has also stood as candidate for Liberal Democratic Party. He ran for the Mayor of Nagano election, which was executed on October 31, 2021, won 98,711 votes, and was appointed Mayor of Nagano on November 11, 2021.
Filmography
- 11 Rebels (2024)
References
- "長野市長に荻原健司氏が初当選 草津出身、五輪で金". 上毛新聞. 上毛新聞社. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- "「長野五輪と重なる」 市長に就いた荻原健司氏 市役所に初登庁". 朝日新聞デジタル. 朝日新聞社. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- "荻原健司氏、俳優デビュー「キング・オブ・スキー」現長野市長 山田孝之×仲野太賀W主演映画で". Sponichi. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
References
- Kenji Ogiwara at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- IOC 1998 Winter Olympics
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- 21st-century mayors of places in Japan
- Mayors of Nagano (city)
- Sportspeople from Gunma Prefecture
- Waseda University alumni
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Holmenkollen medalists
- Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
- Japanese male Nordic combined skiers
- Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Japan
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Japanese sportsperson-politicians
- Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
- FIS Nordic Combined World Cup winners
- Japanese twins
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
- Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
- Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Winter World University Games medalists in Nordic combined
- Oath takers at the Olympic Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan
- Competitors at the 1989 Winter Universiade
- Competitors at the 1991 Winter Universiade
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen
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