Aki Yazawa Explained

Aki Yazawa
Birth Date:	5 November 1991
Birth Place:	Iida, Nagano, Japan
Country:	Japan
Sport:	Canoe slalom
Event:	K1

is a Japanese slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006.^[1]

Yazawa participed in two Olympic Games. She finished in 20th place in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.^{[2] [3]} She represented the host nation at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where she finished 19th in the K1 event after being eliminated in the semifinal.

Her brother Kazuki Yazawa is also an Olympic slalom canoeist.^[4]

World Cup individual podiums

¹ Asian Canoe Slalom Championship counting for World Cup points

Notes and References

1. Web site: Profile and results. CanoeSlalom.net. 12 November 2017.
2. Web site: Aki Yazawa . Rio 2016 . August 25, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826015550/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/aki-yazawa . August 26, 2016 . dead .
3. Web site: Kayak (K1) Women - Standings . Rio 2016 . August 25, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826011421/https://www.rio2016.com/en/canoe-slalom-standings-cs-kayak-k1-women . August 26, 2016 . dead .
4. Web site: Profile and results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213738/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ya/aki-yazawa-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Sports-Reference.com. 12 November 2017.