is a Japanese slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. Yazawa participed in two Olympic Games. She finished in 20th place in the K1 event at the

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. She represented the host nation at the

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where she finished 19th in the K1 event after being eliminated in the semifinal. Her brother

Kazuki Yazawa is a Japanese slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2006. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he was eliminated in the qualifying round of the K1 event finishing in 18th place. Four years later at the London g ...

is also an Olympic slalom canoeist.

World Cup individual podiums

¹ Asian Canoe Slalom Championship counting for World Cup points

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* 1991 births Living people Japanese female canoeists Olympic canoeists for Japan Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2014 Asian Games Canoeists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture People from Iida, Nagano {{Japan-sport-bio-stub