(born August 13, 1965 in

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, Japan) is a Japanese

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympic ...

skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won the 3 x 10 km team event at the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

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. Abe also won three medals in the team event at the

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with golds in 1993 (3 x 10 km) and 1995 (4 x 5 km), and a bronze in 1991 (3 x 10 km).

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* * 1965 births Japanese male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Japan Nordic combined skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Japan {{nordic-skiing-bio-stub