Hazuki Watanabe
Hazuki Watanabe 渡部 葉月 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Watanabe at the 2019 Junior World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | Ha-chan, Haki | ||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2004-08-07) 7 August 2004 (age 20) Mie Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Nagoya, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2019–present (JPN) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Chukyo Gymnastics Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Hikaru Tanaka | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hazuki Watanabe (渡部 葉月, born 7 August 2004) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 World Champion on the balance beam. She was part of the bronze medal winning team at the 2022 Asian Championships. Additionally she represented Japan at the inaugural Junior World Championships.
Early life
Watanabe was born in Mie, Japan in 2004.[1]
Career
2019
Watanabe competed at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy where she helped Japan finish fifth as a team. She was later selected to compete at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Shoko Miyata and Chiaki Hatakeda; they finished eleventh as a team.[2]
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2022
Watanabe competed at the Asian Championships where she helped Japan finish third as a team.[3] Later in the year Watanabe was selected to represent Japan at the 2022 World Championships alongside Shoko Miyata, Kokoro Fukasawa, Ayaka Sakaguchi, Chiharu Yamada, and Arisa Kasahara; she was initially the alternate. However Kasahara later withdrew from the team due to injury and Watanabe was added to the main team. While at the World Championships Watanabe helped Japan finish seventh as a team and individually she qualified to the balance beam final. During the balance beam final Watanabe won gold, becoming the third Japanese gymnast to win the World title on balance beam after Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda and Urara Ashikawa.[4][5]
Competitive history
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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Junior | |||||||
2019 | City of Jesolo Trophy | 5 | 13 | ||||
All-Japan Championships | 9 | ||||||
NHK Trophy | 6 | ||||||
Junior World Championships | 11 | ||||||
All-Japan Junior Championships | 7 | ||||||
All-Japan Team Championships | 7 | ![]() | |||||
Senior | |||||||
2020 | All-Japan Senior Championships | 42 | |||||
2021 | All-Japan Championships | 22 | |||||
NHK Trophy | 21 | ||||||
All-Japan Event Championships | 6 | ||||||
All-Japan Team Championships | 13 | 5 | |||||
2022 | All-Japan Championships | 4 | |||||
NHK Trophy | 4 | ||||||
Asian Championships | ![]() | ||||||
World Championships | 7 | ![]() | |||||
2023 | DTB Pokal Team Challenge | 5 | |||||
DTB Pokal Mixed Cup | ![]() | ||||||
All-Japan Championships | ![]() |
References
- ^ "FIG Profile: Hazuki Watanabe". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 28 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Favourites China Claim MAG, WAG Team and All-Around Titles". Asian Gymnastics Union. 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Gymnastics: Hazuki Watanabe becomes youngest Japanese female world champion". Kyodo News. 6 November 2022.
- ^ "Hazuki Watanabe becomes youngest Japanese woman to win title at artistic gymnastics world championships". The Japan Times. 7 November 2022.
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- 1938:
Vlasta Děkanová (TCH)
- 1950:
Helena Rakoczy (POL)
- 1954:
Keiko Tanaka (JPN)
- 1958:
Larisa Latynina (URS)
- 1962:
Eva Bosáková (TCH)
- 1966:
Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)
- 1970:
Erika Zuchold (DDR)
- 1974:
Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)
- 1978:
Nadia Comăneci (ROM)
- 1979:
Věra Černá (TCH)
- 1981:
Maxi Gnauck (DDR)
- 1983:
Olga Mostepanova (URS)
- 1985:
Daniela Silivaș (ROM)
- 1987:
Aurelia Dobre (ROM)
- 1989:
Daniela Silivaș (ROM)
- 1991:
Svetlana Boginskaya (URS)
- 1992:
Kim Zmeskal (USA)
- 1993:
Lavinia Miloșovici (ROM)
- 1994:
Shannon Miller (USA)
- 1995:
Mo Huilan (CHN)
- 1996:
Dina Kochetkova (RUS)
- 1997:
Gina Gogean (ROM)
- 1999:
Ling Jie (CHN)
- 2001:
Andreea Răducan (ROM)
- 2002:
Ashley Postell (USA)
- 2003:
Fan Ye (CHN)
- 2005:
Nastia Liukin (USA)
- 2006:
Iryna Krasnianska (UKR)
- 2007:
Nastia Liukin (USA)
- 2009:
Deng Linlin (CHN)
- 2010:
Ana Porgras (ROU)
- 2011:
Sui Lu (CHN)
- 2013:
Aliya Mustafina (RUS)
- 2014:
Simone Biles (USA)
- 2015:
Simone Biles (USA)
- 2017:
Pauline Schäfer (GER)
- 2018:
Liu Tingting (CHN)
- 2019:
Simone Biles (USA)
- 2021:
Urara Ashikawa (JPN)
- 2022:
Hazuki Watanabe (JPN)
- 2023:
Simone Biles (USA)