Takuya Haneda (羽根田 卓也, Haneda Takuya; born July 17, 1987) is a Japanese male slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002.[1] He won a bronze medal in the C1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first Asian canoeist to win an Olympic medal.[2]
 Takuya Haneda at Paris 2024 Summer Olympians and Paralympians Japan National Team parade event on November 30th, 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 17, 1987 (age 38) Toyota, Aichi, Japan |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Canoe slalom |
Medal record | |
Haneda participated in five Olympic Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he was eliminated in the qualifying round of the C1 event finishing in 14th place. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he was able to qualify for the final and finished in 7th place in the C1 event.[3] Following the historic bronze in 2016, he represented the host nation at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing in 10th place. He also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing 13th in the C1 event.
He also won a gold medal in the C1 event at the 2014 Asian Games[4] and again in the same event at the 2018 Asian Games.
Haneda has lived and trained in Slovakia since the age of 18. He is coached by former Slovak canoeist Milan Kubáň.[5]
World Cup individual podiums
edit| Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2 Jul 2005 | Naein-chun | 1st | C11 |
| 2006 | 27 Aug 2006 | Zhangjiajie | 1st | C11 |
| 2008 | 18 May 2008 | Nakhon Nayok | 1st | C11 |
| 2010 | 20 Feb 2010 | Penrith | 3rd | C12 |
| 2016 | 18 Jun 2016 | Pau | 3rd | C1 |
- 1 Asia Canoe Slalom Championship counting for World Cup points
- 2 Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points
References
edit- ↑ "Profile". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- ↑ OLYMPICS/ Japan's Haneda takes bronze in men's canoe slalom Archived August 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Associated Press via Asahi (August 10, 2016)
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Takuya Haneda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- ↑ "HANEDA Takuya". Incheon2014.kr. The 17th Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on November 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Hanedov bronzový príbeh so slovenským rukopisom" (in Slovak). August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
External links
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- Takuya Haneda at the International Canoe Federation
- Takuya Haneda at Olympics.com
- Takuya Haneda at Olympedia
- Takuya Haneda at InterSportStats
- Takuya Haneda at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Takuya Haneda on Instagram
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