What is Akira Kano?
{{orphan|date=December 2016}} [[File:Akira Kano IPC Alpine 2013 SuperG awards.JPG |Akira Kano at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Champions|thumb]] '''Akira Kano''' (狩野 亮 Kanō Akira?) (born March 14, 1986) is a skier from [[Japan]]. He has a [[disability]] and uses a [[wheelchair]]. He skied at the [[2011 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships]] and was the first skier to finish in the sitting men's downhill race.<ref name=results>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/AlpineSkiing/Calendar/HistoricalResults|access-date=16 May 2013|publisher=International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiiing|title=Historical Results|location=Germany|archive-date=11 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111135644/http://www.paralympic.org/alpine-skiing/calendar/historical-results|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kano, Akira}} [[Category:Japanese skiers]] [[Category:1986 births]] [[Category:Living people]] {{sports-bio-stub}}