MIYATA Yusuke

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 500m	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K4 500m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	-	-	12
2018	Montemor-o-Velho, POR	-	13	-	-
2017	Racice, CZE	21	-	-	-
2015	Milan, ITA	-	-	30	-

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K4 500m
2021	1 x 18th
2019	2 x 7th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
7	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:20.469
7	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	1:22.406
18	2021	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:28.11

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Athlete, Coach

National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya , Japan

Japanese

Wakayama Prefectural Educational Centre Manabi-no-Oka [Tanabe, JPN]

Alexandr Nikonorov [national], UKR

He took up the sport in grade seven at Towa Junior High School in Wakayama, Japan. (minyu-net.com, 19 Oct 2019; yahoo.co.jp, 04 Dec 2019)

He got involved in swimming in primary school, but joined a canoe team at middle school because the school did not have a swimming team. He was also inspired by Japanese sprint paddler Ayaka Kuno, who was a student at his high school and competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (yahoo.co.jp, 04 Dec 2019; sponichi.co.jp, 28 Jul 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (wakayamashimpo.co.jp, 30 Oct 2019)