Taro Kondo Explained

Taro Kondo
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Birth Date:	8 September 1994
Birth Place:	Kitami, Japan
Weight:	170lb
Highestranking:	41 (1500 m)

(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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sports Reference Profile. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213639/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/taro-kondo-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17.
2. Web site: Sochi2014.com profile . 19 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140319071646/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-taro-kondo . March 19, 2014 .
3. Web site: SpeedSkatingStats.com Biography.