Akira Kano

Akira Kano (狩野 亮, Kanō Akira, born March 14, 1986) is a Japanese alpine skier and Paralympic Champion.

Akira Kano

Kano with bronze medal at the 2013 IPC Para-alpine World Championships at La Molina, Spain
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1986-03-14) March 14, 1986 Japan
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Alpine skiing
Event(s)	Downhill slalom Giant slalom Super combined Super G
Medal record Men's para alpine skiing Representing Japan Paralympic Games 2010 Vancouver Super-G, sitting 2010 Vancouver Downhill, sitting 2014 Sochi Super-G, sitting 2014 Sochi Downhill, sitting

He competed in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy, where he became 27th at the Slalom, sitting.

He competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He won a gold medal in the super-G and bronze in the Downhill, sitting. He became 6th at the Slalom, sitting.

He competed in the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. He won a gold medal in the Super-G as well as gold in the Downhill, sitting.

References

• "Athletes." Akira KANO. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi, 2014. Web. 10 Mar. 2014.

External links

• Akira Kano at Vancouver 2010 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-04-08)
• Akira Kano at the International Paralympic Committee
• Akira Kano at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)