is a Japanese windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. He represented Japan in two editions of the Olympic Games (2008 and 2012) and has been currently training for Kanto Auto Works Sailing Team in

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under his personal coach Kazuto Seki. As of September 2013, Tomizawa is ranked no. 42 in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation. Tomizawa made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, where he finished tenth in the men's RS:X class with a net score of 116. At the 2010 Asian Games in

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, Tomizawa narrowly missed a chance for the medal after finishing fourth in the men's RS:X class with an accumulated net score of 38 points. Two years later, Tomizawa qualified for his second Japanese team, as a 28-year-old, in the RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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by finishing twenty-sixth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in

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. Delivering a mediocre effort in the opening series, Tomizawa pulled off a fourth position to move him up in the overall rankings on the tenth leg, but came up short for the medal race with a net score of 209 points and a twenty-eighth-place finish in a fleet of thirty-eight windsurfers.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomizawa, Makoto 1984 births Living people Japanese windsurfers Japanese male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Japan Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X Asian Games competitors for Japan Sailors at the 2010 Asian Games Sailors at the 2014 Asian Games Sailors at the 2018 Asian Games Sportspeople from Niigata Prefecture