Kenji Ogiwara

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Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Albertville	3 x 10 km team
Gold	1994 Lillehammer	3 x 10 km team
World Championships
Gold	1993 Falun	15 km individual
Gold	1993 Falun	3 x 10 km team
Gold	1995 Thunder Bay	4 x 5 km team
Gold	1997 Trondheim	15 km individual
Bronze	1999 Ramsau	7.5 km sprint

Kenji Ogiwara (荻原健司, Ogiwara Kenji^?) (born December 20, 1969) is a former Japanese 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.

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FIS-Ski: Kenji Ogiwara - statistics
Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

v • d • e Olympic champions in men's team nordic combined

3 x 10 km	1988 West Germany - Thomas Müller, Hans-Peter Pohl, & Hubert Schwarz * 1992 Japan - Reiichi Mikata, Takanori Kono, & Kenji Ogiwara * 1994 Japan - Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe, & Kenji Ogiwara

4 x 5 km	1998 Norway - Halldor Skard, Kenneth Braaten, Bjarte Engen Vik, & Fred Børre Lundberg * 2002 Finland - Jari Mantila, Hannu Manninen, Jaakko Tallus, & Samppa Lajunen * 2006 Austria - Michael Gruber, Christoph Bieler, Felix Gottwald, & Mario Stecher

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World champions in nordic combined individual

1925: Otakar Německý * 1926: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1927: Rudolf Burkert * 1929: Hans Vinjarengen * 1930: Hans Vinjarengen * 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten * 1933: Sven Selånger * 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen * 1935: Oddbjørn Hagen * 1937: Sigurd Røen * 1938: Olaf Hoffsbakken * 1939: Gustl Berauer * 1950: Heikki Hasu * 1954: Sverre Stenersen * 1958: Paavo Korhonen * 1962: Arne Larsen * 1966: Georg Thoma * 1970: Ladislav Rygl * 1974: Ulrich Wehling * 1978: Konrad Winkler * 1982: Tom Sandberg * 1985: Hermann Weinbuch * 1987: Torbjørn Løkken * 1989: Trond Einar Elden * 1991: Fred Børre Lundberg * 1993: Kenji Ogiwara * 1995: Fred Børre Lundberg * 1997: Kenji Ogiwara * 1999: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2001: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2003: Ronny Ackermann * 2005: Ronny Ackermann * 2007: Ronny Ackermann

v • d • e World champions in men's team nordic combined

3 x 10 km	1982 East Germany - Uwe Dotzauer, Günther Schmieder & Konrad Winkler * 1984 Norway - Tom Sandberg, Hallstein Bøgseth & Geir Andersen * 1985 West Germany - Thomas Müller, Hubert Schwarz & Hermann Weinbuch * 1987 West Germany - Hermann Weinbuch, Hans-Peter Pohl & Thomas Müller * 1989 Norway - Trond Einar Elden, Trond-Arne Bredesen & Bård Jørgen Elden * 1991 Austria - Günther Csar, Klaus Ofner & Klaus Sulzenbacher * 1993 Japan - Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe & Kenji Ogiwara

4 x 5 km	1995 Japan - Masashi Abe, Tsugiharu Ogiwara, Kenji Ogiwara & Takanori Kono * 1997 Norway - Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland & Fred Børre Lundberg * 1999 Finland - Hannu Manninen, Tapio Nurmela, Jari Mantila & Samppa Lajunen * 2001 Norway - Kenneth Braaten, Sverre Rotevatn, Bjarte Engen Vik & Kristian Hammer * 2003 Austria - Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler & Felix Gottwald * 2005 Norway - Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan & Kristian Hammer * 2007 Finland - Anssi Koivuranta, Janne Ryynänen, Jaakko Tallus, & Hannu Manninen

Preceded by Lyubov Yegorova, Vladimir Smrinov, & Espen Bredesen	Holmenkollen medal 1995	Succeeded by Manuela Di Centa

Persondata
NAME	Ogiwara, Kenji
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Former Japanese nordic combined skier
DATE OF BIRTH	December 20, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH