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Place of Birth: Wassamu, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
About Taihei Kato
- Taihei Kato (????, Kato Taihei) (born July 30, 1984) is a Japanese Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2003.
- He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and earned his best individual finish of 27th twice (10 km mass start: 2009, 15 km individual: 2007). At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Kato finished sixth in the 4 x 5 km team, 24th in the individual normal hill, and 30th in the individual large hill events. Kato suffered a broken left arm after a fall while competing in the Nordic combined event during the Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
- After a seemingly successfully jump on the large hill, Kato's left ski came loose seconds after he landed, causing him to fall at high speed, sustaining the injury in the process.
- He was unable to continue in the competition, which would include a 10 km cross-country ski race. His best World Cup finish was eighth in a 10 km individual normal hill event in France in February 2009.
- His best overall finish was second in the 7.5 km sprint at a World Cup B event in Finland in 2006.
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