Kazuki Yazawa

Kazuki Yazawa

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing  Japan
Asian Championships
	2013 Shuili	K1
	2013 Shuili	K1 team
	2010 Xiasi	K1 team
	2010 Xiasi	K1

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
2008	18 May 2008	Nakhon Nayok	1st	K1^1

^1 Asia Canoe Slalom Championship counting for World Cup points

References

1. "Profile and results". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
2. "5 things you need to know about Kazuki Yazawa, the Olympian turned Zen Buddhist priest". 2 August 2016.
3. "Japanese Buddhist priest sets sights on canoe gold at 2016 Rio Olympics". The Guardian, 25 Jul 2016
4. "Buddhist Priest Eyes Olympic Gold in Rio | Buddhistdoor". www.buddhistdoor.net. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.
5. "Profile and results". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2017.