Yoshiaki Oiwa
Japanese equestrian
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Yoshiaki Oiwa (大岩 義明, Ōiwa Yoshiaki; born 19 July 1976) is a Japanese equestrian.[1]
Oiwa at Paris 2024 Summer Olympians and Paralympians Japan National Team parade event on November 30th, 2024 | |
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| Born | July 19, 1976 Nagoya, Japan |
"Yoshi", as he is known, began riding as a junior high school student and took up eventing at University.[2] 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.[3] There was no Japanese team.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the individual eventing[4] and team eventing.[1] 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, he finished in 8th place with The Duke Of Cavan.[5]
In June 2017, he became the first Japanese rider to win a CCI*** competition outside Japan when he won the Bramham Horse Trials, in Yorkshire, England.[6]
