Toshiya Watanabe
Japanese wushu practitioner
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Toshiya Watanabe (Japanese: 渡边俊哉) is a former taijiquan athlete from Japan who was a world champion.
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| Sport | Wushu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Taijiquan, Taijijian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Watanabe's international debut was at the 1995 World Wushu Championships where he won a silver medal in taijiquan and a bronze medal two years later at the 1997 World Wushu Championships.[1][2] The same year, he won a silver medal at the 1997 East Asian Games.[3] He then achieved another silver medal victory in men's taijiquan at the 1998 Asian Games.[4][5] The following year, he won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Wushu Championships.[6] A year later, he became the Asian champion in taijiquan and won a bronze medal in taijiquan at the 2000 Asian Wushu Championships.[7] In 2001, he achieved a bronze medal at the 2001 East Asian Games and was a double silver medalist at the 2001 World Wushu Championships.[8][9] His last competition was at the 2003 World Wushu Championships where he became world champion in taijijian.[10]
