is a Japanese equestrian.
"Yoshi", as he is known, began riding as a junior high school student and took up eventing at University. In 2001 Yoshi he moved to the UK in order to pursue eventing trained by Andrew Hoy and in 2009 he moved to Germany. He now trains with German rider Dirk Schrade.
He earned Best Equestrian Athlete; award at the Japanese sports awards in 2005, ’07 and ‘11.
Yoshi comes from a family of Olympians; his aunt was an international figure skater and is now an Olympic judge and his uncle won a silver medal in swimming at the Rome Olympic Games.
Competition
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he finished in 49th in the individual eventing. There was no Japanese team.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the
individual eventing and
team eventing.
After finishing top in the dressage phase of the individual competition, he was eliminated after the cross-country section.
At the 2017
Badminton Horse Trials
The Badminton Horse Trials is a five-day event, one of only six annual Concours Complet International (CCI) Five Star events as classified by the Fédération Équestre Internationale (FEI). It takes place in April or May each year in the p ...
he finished in 8th place with The Duke Of Cavan
In June 2017 he became the first Japanese rider to win a CCI*** competition outside Japan when he won the
Bramham Horse Trials
Bramham International Horse Trials is one of the Europe's leading three-day events, taking place every June at Bramham Park, near Wetherby in West Yorkshire. The event attracts around 60,000 spectators over four days of competition.Official figu ...
, in Yorkshire, England.
References
External links
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Images of Yoshiaki Oiwacompeting in 2017.
Japanese male equestrians
1976 births
Living people
Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic equestrians for Japan
Equestrians at the 2006 Asian Games
Equestrians at the 2010 Asian Games
Equestrians at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Asian Games medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Equestrians at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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