Kazuki Yazawa

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

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the qualifying round of the K-1 event finishing in 18th place. Four years later at the London games he was able to qualify for the final of the K-1 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] He finished the K1 event in 11th place.

References

  1. ↑ "Overview of athlete's results at canoeslalom.net". Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ↑ http://tricycle.org/trikedaily/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-kazuki-yazawa-the-olympian-turned-zen-buddhist-priest/
  3. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/25/japanese-buddhist-priest-canoe-rio-olympics


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