Kaya Kazuma
| Kazuma Kaya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 19, 1996 Funabashi, Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Central Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Yoshiri Saito, Hisashi Hizutori | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kazuma Kaya (萱 和磨, Kaya Kazuma, born November 19, 1996 in Funabashi)[1] is a Japanese artistic gymnast.
Kaya was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also won a gold medal in the 2015 Asian Championships in Hiroshima. At the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he won bronze with the team to help Japan qualify to the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
Kaya began gymnastics in 2004 at the age of eight. He was inspired by watching the Japanese artistic gymnastics team win gold in the team event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.[2]
Kaya won the Inzai Citizen Honorary Award in 2015 and the Narashino Mayor Award in 2014.[2]
Kaya received a doctoral degree in sports science from Juntendo University in Tokyo.[2]
Career
2015
Kaya competed at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, where he placed third on pommel horse. His team placed first.[2]
2018
Kaya competed at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where he placed sixth on the all-around. His team placed third.[2]
2019
Kaya competed at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where he placed third on the all-around and parallel bars, and fifth on pommel horse. His team placed third.[2]
2021
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Kaya competed for Japan, a team that included Kaya, Daiki Hashimoto, Takeru Kitazono and Wataru Tanigawa.[3] The team won Olympic silver with a combined score of 262.397, 0.103 points between the winning team.[4] He also won a bronze on the individual pommel horse event.
At the 2021 World Championships also held at home in the replacement city of Kitakyushu, Kaya won the silver on individual pommel horse, and placed sixth on both individual floor exercise and parallel bars events.
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2015 | |||||||||
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10 |  |
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| 2018 | |||||||||
| World Championships | 6 | ||||||||
| 2019 | |||||||||
| World Championships | |
5 | |
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| 2021 | |||||||||
| Olympic Games |  |
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| World Championships | — | 6 | |
6 |
References
- ^ 第15回アジア競技大会日本代表選手 (in Japanese). Japan Gymnastic Association. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "Artistic Gymnastics KAYA Kazuma". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Team Japan". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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