Tomoya Okawa (Japanese: 大川智矢; born January 3, 1993) is a wushu taolu athlete from Japan. He is a one-time world champion, and multiple-time medalist at the World Wushu Championships and the Taolu World Cup.
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| Born | January 3, 1993 Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wushu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Japan Wushu Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editOkawa started training wushu at the age of ten. He originally just practiced taijiquan, but eventually switched to modern changquan and later to jianshu and qiangshu in 2012.[1] Okawa's international debut was at the 2013 World Wushu Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he became the world champion in men's jianshu.[2][3][4] He also won a silver medal in qiangshu. Two years later, Okawa competed in the 2015 World Wushu Championships and won a bronze medal in qiangshu.[5] His high placements in changquan and jianshu qualified him to compete in three events at the 2016 Taolu World Cup in Fuzhou, China, where he won a gold medal in qiangshu and a silver medal in jianshu.[6] That same year, he also won a silver medal in jianshu at the Asian Wushu Championships in Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei.[7] A year later, Tomoya suffered a major ACL injury during training,[1] but was able to compete and place high in the 2017 World Wushu Championships.[8] He then went on to win silver medals in jianshu and qiangshu at the 2018 Taolu World Cup in Yangon, Myanmar.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b Agaloos, Justine (2002-06-01). "Tomoya Okawa Interview". Jiayoo Wushu. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "12th World Wushu Championships, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "Winner of World Wushu". Chuo University. 2013. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "剣術で日本初の金、中大３年・大川Ｖ 世界武術選手権" [Japan's first gold in swordsmanship, 3rd year, Okawa T, World Wushu Championships ".]. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2013-11-03. Archived from the original on 2013-11-30. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "13th World Wushu Championships, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "1st Taolu World Cup Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "第９回アジア武術選手権大会" [9th Asian Wushu Championships] (PDF). Japan Wushu Taijiquan Federation (in Japanese). 2016. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
- ^ "2nd Taolu World Cup Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2021-07-16.