"Hinomaru Squadron" Sapporo Olympic Ski Jump Silver Mr. Kaneno died September 9, 17:24
Silver medalist Shoji Kaneno died at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics, the “Hinomaru Squadron” that monopolized the podium at the ski jump 70 meter class. I was 75 years old.
Mr. Kaneno was born in Sapporo, went to Nihon University from Hokkai High School, joined the Hokkaido Takushoku Bank at that time, and participated in the 1968 Grenoble Olympics and the 1972 Sapporo Olympics as the representative of ski jumping in Japan.
At the Sapporo Olympics, he won a silver medal after Mr. Yukio Kasatani, who won the gold medal at the 70 meter class, and was called "Hinomaru Squadron" along with bronze medalist Seiji Aoji.
According to the Sapporo Ski Federation, Mr. Kaneno spent his life as a player until 1977, and since 2000 he was involved in running the tournament as a competition officer, but after that he was sick and died on the 5th of this month. That is.