Tomoya Okawa
Personal information
Born (1993-01-03) January 3, 1993
Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Sport
SportWushu
Event(s)Changquan, Jianshu, Qiangshu
TeamJapan Wushu Team
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's Wushu Taolu
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Jianshu
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Qiangshu
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Jakarta Qiangshu
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Fuzhou Qiangshu
Silver medal – second place 2018 Yangon Jianshu
Silver medal – second place 2018 Yangon Qiangshu
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Fuzhou Jianshu
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Taoyuan Jianshu

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.

Career

Okawa 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

  1. 1 2 Agaloos, Justine (2002-06-01). "Tomoya Okawa Interview". Jiayoo Wushu. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  2. ↑ "12th World Wushu Championships, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  3. ↑ "Winner of World Wushu". Chuo University. 2013. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "13th World Wushu Championships, 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  6. ↑ "1st Taolu World Cup Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "14th World Wushu Championships, 2017, Kazan, Russia, Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  9. ↑ "2nd Taolu World Cup Results" (PDF). International Wushu Federation. 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
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