Yoshiaki Oiwa

Yoshiaki Oiwa (大岩 義明, Ōiwa Yoshiaki, born 19 July 1976 in Nagoya) is a Japanese equestrian.[1]

Yoshiaki Oiwa
Personal information
Born (1976-07-19) July 19, 1976
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
2006 DohaIndividual eventing
2010 GuangzhouTeam eventing
2018 JakartaIndividual eventing
2018 JakartaTeam eventing
2006 DohaTeam eventing
2010 GuangzhouIndividual eventing

"Yoshi", as he is known, began riding as a junior high school student and took up eventing at University.[2] In 2001 Yoshi he moved to the UK in order to pursue eventing trained by Andrew Hoy and in 2009 he moved to Germany. He now trains with German rider Dirk Schrade.

He earned Best Equestrian Athlete; award at the Japanese sports awards in 2005, ’07 and ‘11.

Yoshi comes from a family of Olympians; his aunt was an international figure skater and is now an Olympic judge and his uncle won a silver medal in swimming at the Rome Olympic Games.

Competition

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he finished in 49th in the individual eventing.[3] There was no Japanese team.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the individual eventing[4] and team eventing.[1] After finishing top in the dressage phase of the individual competition, he was eliminated after the cross-country section.

At the 2017 Badminton Horse Trials he finished in 8th place with The Duke Of Cavan[5]

In June 2017 he became the first Japanese rider to win a CCI*** competition outside Japan when he won the Bramham Horse Trials, in Yorkshire, England.[6]

References
  1. "Yoshiaki Oiwa". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013.
  2. "Badminton Horse Trials | Yoshiaki Oiwa". www.badminton-horse.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. "Beijing 2008 - Individual Eventing". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. "Yoshiaki Oiwa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  5. "Badminton Horse Trials | Final Results 2017". www.badminton-horse.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  6. "Bramham International Horse Trials 2017". www.bdwp.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2017.


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