Ryunosuke Harada (原田 龍之介, Harada Ryunosuke, born May 6, 1985 in Nagasaki) is a Japanese sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1][2] He shared gold medals with his partner Yugo Yoshida in the 470 class at the 2010 Asian Games, and later the pair represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics. As throughout most of his sailing career, Harada currently trains for the ABeam Consulting Team under his personal coach and mentor Kazunori Komatsu.[1] As of September 2013, Harada is ranked no. 190 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation.
Harada and his partner and crew member Yugo Yoshida made their official debut at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, where they edged out the host nation's Wang Weidong and Deng Daokun by seven-points for the gold medal in the men's 470 class, accumulating a net score of 17 points.[3]
Harada qualified to compete in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Olympic Games by finishing sixth at World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[4] Teaming with Yoshida in the opening series, Harada skippered a spirited challenge on the fifth leg to deliver the Japanese duo a seventh spot in that leg, but they fell short of the medal race with an eighteenth-place finish on 131 net points.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "Ryunosuke Harada". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ryunosuke Harada". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ "16th Asian Games Crowns Champions in China". ISAF. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "470 Teams Going to the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition". 470 World Championships. 5 June 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ "Men's 470". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
External links
- Ryunosuke Harada at World Sailing
- Ryunosuke Harada at Olympics.com
- Ryunosuke Harada at Olympedia
- NBC Olympics profile at archive.today (archived 14 September 2013)
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