Kanae Yagi

{{short description|Japanese weightlifter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image= | image_size= | caption= | birth_date= {{birth date and age|1992|7|16}} | birth_place= Kobe, Japan | death_date= | height={{height|m=1.52}} | weight={{cvt|53|kg}} | country= {{JPN}} | sport =Weightlifting | event= | medaltemplates = {{MedalGold|2013 Summer Universiade |53 kg}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Kanae Yagi'''|八木かなえ|Yagi Kanae}} is a Japanese weightlifter.<ref>[http://www.london2012.com/athlete/yagi-kanae-1016987/ London2012.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821154203/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/yagi-kanae-1016987/ |date=2012-08-21 }}</ref> She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 53 kg, finishing 13th.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics|title= Kanae Yagi|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=8 September 2012}}</ref> At the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the same weight category, she finished top of Group B and 6th overall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics|title= Results - Womens 53kg - Weightlifting - Rio 2016 - Olympics - BBC Sport|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=15 May 2017}}</ref>

She won at the 2013 Summer Universiade in the Women's 53 kg.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yagi, Kanae}} Category:Living people Category:Olympic weightlifters for Japan Category:Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Weightlifters at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Japanese female weightlifters Category:1992 births Category:Summer World University Games medalists in weightlifting Category:Weightlifters at the 2018 Asian Games Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan Category:Asian Games weightlifters for Japan Category:Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen Category:Sportspeople from Kobe