Toshiya Watanabe
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| Sport | Wushu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Taijiquan, Taijijian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Toshiya Watanabe (Japanese: 渡边俊哉) is a former taijiquan athlete from Japan who was a world champion.
Career
Watanabe's international debut was at the 1995 World Wushu Championships where he won a silver medal in taijiquan and a bronze medal two years later at the 1997 World Wushu Championships.[1][2] The same year, he won a silver medal at the 1997 East Asian Games.[3] He then achieved another silver medal victory in men's taijiquan at the 1998 Asian Games.[4][5] The following year, he won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Wushu Championships.[6] A year later, he became the Asian champion in taijiquan and won a bronze medal in taijiquan at the 2000 Asian Wushu Championships.[7] In 2001, he achieved a bronze medal at the 2001 East Asian Games and was a double silver medalist at the 2001 World Wushu Championships.[8][9] His last competition was at the 2003 World Wushu Championships where he became world champion in taijijian.[10]
See also
References
- ^ "1995 World Wushu Championships Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "1997 World Wushu Championships Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "２回東アジア競技大会《武術太極拳》競技成績一覧" [2nd East Asian Games "Wushu Taijiken" Competition Results List] (PDF). Japan Wushu Taijiquan Federation (in Japanese). 1997. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ "Wushu results from the 13th Asian Games". Kyodo News. Bangkok. Japan Economic Newswire. 1998-12-16. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ Leicester, John (1998-12-16). "Dragons, drummers lend accent to wushu competition at Asian Games". Bangkok, Thailand. Associated Press. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ "World Wushu Championships 1999 Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "5th Asian Wushu Championships held in Hanoi, Vietnam" [第５回アジア武術選手権大会、ベトナム・ハノイで開催]. Japan Wushu Taijiquan Federation (in Japanese). 2 May 2002. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "3回東アジア競技大会《武術太極拳》競技成績一覧" [3rd East Asian Games "Wushu Taijiken" Competition Results List] (PDF). Japan Wushu Taijiquan Federation (in Japanese). 2001. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ "World Wushu Championships 2001 Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "7th World Wushu Championships, 2003, Macau, China, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. Retrieved 2021-08-06.