Taro Kondo

Taro Kondo
Personal information
Born (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30)
Kitami, Japan
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg)
Sport
Country Japan
SportSpeed skating
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking41 (1500 m)

Taro Kondo (近藤 太郎) (born 8 September 1994) is a Japanese speed skater.

Kondo competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Japan. In the 1000 metres he finished 35th overall and in the 1500 metres he finished 31st.[1][2]

Kondo won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Junior Speed Skating Championships, in the 1000 m.[3]

Kondo made his World Cup debut in December 2012. As of September 2014, Kondo's best World Cup finish is 4th in a 1000 m B race at the World Cup stop in Nagano in 2012–13. His best overall finish in the World Cup is 41st, in the 1500 metres in 2012–13.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ "Sochi2014.com profile". 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on March 19, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "SpeedSkatingStats.com Biography".


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