Takuya Haneda
Takuya Haneda is a Japanese male slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2002. He won a bronze medal in the C1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first Asian canoeist to win an Olympic medal.
Haneda participated in five Olympic Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he was eliminated in the qualifying round of the C1 event finishing in 14th place. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he was able to qualify for the final and finished in 7th place in the C1 event. Following the historic bronze in 2016, he represented the host nation at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing in 10th place. He also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing 13th in the C1 event.
He also won a gold medal in the C1 event at the 2014 Asian Games and again in the same event at the 2018 Asian Games.
Haneda has lived and trained in Slovakia since the age of 18. He is coached by former Slovak canoeist Milan Kubáň.