Kazuma Kaya
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| Country represented |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 19, 1996 Funabashi, Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Central Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Yoshiri Saito, Hisashi Hizutori | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 doing gymnastics in 2004 at age eight, 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 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain, where he placed third on pommel horse; his team placed first.[2]
2018[]
Kaya competed at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where he placed sixth all around; his team placed third.[2]
2019[]
Kaya competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where he placed third all around, third on 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 including Kazuma Kaya, Kitazono Takeru Wataru, and Tanigawa.[3] The team won Olympic silver with a combined score of 262.397, 0.103 points between the winning team.[4]
Competitive history[]
| Year | Event | Team | All-Around | Floor Exercise | Pommel Horse | Still Rings | Vault | Parallel Bars | Horizontal Bar |
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| 2015 | |||||||||
| World Championships |  |
10 |  |
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| 2018 | |||||||||
| World Championships | |
6 | |||||||
| 2019 | |||||||||
| World Championships | |
6 | 5 | |
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| 2021 | |||||||||
| Olympic Games |  |
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References[]
- ^ 第15回アジア競技大会日本代表選手 (in Japanese). . Retrieved September 16, 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Artistic Gymnastics KAYA Kazuma". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Team Japan". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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