Kazuki Yazawa

Kazuki Yazawa (矢澤 一輝, Yazawa Kazuki, born 4 March 1989 in Iida, Nagano) is a Japanese slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006.[1]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the qualifying round of the K1 event finishing in 18th place. Four years later at the London games he was able to qualify for the final of the K1 event where he finished in 9th place.

Kazuki Yazawa also qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where it was reported that in addition to being an Olympian, he is also a Buddhist priest.[2][3][4] He finished the K1 event in 11th place.

His sister Aki Yazawa is also an Olympic slalom canoeist.[5]

World Cup individual podiums
Season Date Venue Position Event
200818 May 2008Nakhon Nayok1stK11
1 Asia Canoe Slalom Championship counting for World Cup points

References
  1. "Profile and results". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. http://tricycle.org/trikedaily/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-kazuki-yazawa-the-olympian-turned-zen-buddhist-priest/
  3. "Japanese Buddhist priest sets sights on canoe gold at 2016 Rio Olympics". The Guardian, 25 Jul 2016
  4. https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/buddhist-priest-eyes-olympic-gold-in-rio
  5. "Profile and results". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2017.


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