Taichi Yoshizawa
| Date of birth | 18 July 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taichi Yoshizawa (born 18 July 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player.
Rugby career
[edit]Yoshizawa represented Japan at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco where they finished 15th.[1]
In 2023, He won a bronze medal at the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[2][3]
Yoshizawa competed for Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[4][5] He was originally listed as a traveling reserve but played against Samoa and Uruguay.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "「ラグビーワールドカップ・セブンズ2018」男女セブンズ日本代表メンバー、コメントのお知らせ｜日本ラグビーフットボール協会". www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ a b "YOSHIZAWA Taichi – Paris 2024". olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ^ "Rugby Sevens YOSHIZAWA Taichi - The 19th Asian Games". www.ocagames.com. 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "Japan's Olympic Sevens Teams Revealed Alongside New National Sevens Jersey". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ "Japan - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
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