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.

Takuya Haneda during the 2019 Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain. 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.

World Cup individual podiums SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2005 2 Jul 2005 Naein-chun 1st C11 2006 27 Aug 2006 Zhangjiajie 1st C11 2008 18 May 2008 Nakhon Nayok 1st C11 2010 20 Feb 2010 Penrith 3rd C12 2016 18 Jun 2016 Pau 3rd C1

1 Asia Canoe Slalom Championship counting for World Cup points 2 Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points