Aki Yazawa

Aki Yazawa
	Aki Yazawa performing at 2022 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg, Germany
Personal information
Nationality	Japan
Born	5 November 1991 (age 33); Iida, Nagano, Japan
Sport
Country	Japan
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event	K1
Medal record
Women's canoe slalom
Representing Japan
Asian Games
Asian Championships

Aki Yazawa (矢澤亜希, Yazawa Aki, born November 5, 1991) 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

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
2010	2 May 2010	Xiasi	3rd	K1¹

¹ Asian Canoe Slalom Championship counting for World Cup points

^ "Profile and results". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
^ "Aki Yazawa". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
^ "Kayak (K1) Women - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
^ "Profile and results". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

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