Kenji Ogiwara
Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1992 Albertville3 x 10 km team
Gold medal – first place1994 Lillehammer3 x 10 km team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 Falun15 km individual
Gold medal – first place1993 Falun3 x 10 km team
Gold medal – first place1995 Thunder Bay4 x 5 km team
Gold medal – first place1997 Trondheim15 km individual
Bronze medal – third place1999 Ramsau7.5 km sprint

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.

Kenji Ogiwara 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.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "「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.

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