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Coby Iwaasa a fait ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle internationale \u00e9lite aux Championnats panam\u00e9ricains 2014. Iwaasa a fait partie de l\u2019\u00e9quipe masculine qui a remport\u00e9 le bronze aux Jeux panam\u00e9ricains de Toronto en 2015. Il a pris une pause du racquetball apr\u00e8s ces Jeux, mais il a continu\u00e9 de se d\u00e9marquer \u00e0 son retour \u00e0 la comp\u00e9tition. \u00c0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle internationale, il a notamment connu du succ\u00e8s aux Championnats du monde de l\u2019IRF en 2022, quand il a d\u00e9croch\u00e9 le bronze en double masculin avec Samuel Murray et a fait partie de l\u2019\u00e9quipe masculine qui a rafl\u00e9 l\u2019argent.<\/p>\n

Iwaasa a aussi acc\u00e9d\u00e9 au podium en compagnie de Murray aux Championnats panam\u00e9ricains, remportant l\u2019argent en 2019 et l\u2019or en 2022 en double masculin.<\/p>\n

En 2013, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 15 ans, Iwaasa a d\u00e9croch\u00e9 sa premi\u00e8re m\u00e9daille \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle nationale \u00e9lite quand il a remport\u00e9 le championnat canadien ouvert en double masculin et le bronze en simple masculin dans la cat\u00e9gorie ouverte. Depuis ce temps, il s\u2019est retrouv\u00e9 sur le podium \u00e0 chacun des championnats nationaux auxquels il a pris part et il a remport\u00e9 quatre championnats du double masculin ouvert et un championnat du simple masculin. Il est le seul joueur dans l\u2019histoire du racquetball canadien \u00e0 avoir remport\u00e9 les championnats de cat\u00e9gories ouvert et U18 autant en simple qu\u2019en double la m\u00eame ann\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Bien qu\u2019Iwaasa n\u2019\u00e9volue pas r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement au sein du circuit professionnel, il a connu du succ\u00e8s quand il y a jou\u00e9. En 2015, il a remport\u00e9 une \u00e9preuve du\u00a0World Racquetball Tour (WRT) et, au mois de mai 2015, il a obtenu son meilleur classement dans une \u00e9preuve de premier niveau de l\u2019International Racquetball Tour (IRT)\u00a0quand il a atteint les quarts de finale.<\/p>\n

Iwaasa a remport\u00e9 neuf m\u00e9dailles en cinq pr\u00e9sences aux Championnats du monde juniors, lui qui a notamment remport\u00e9 le titre mondial U-16 en simple en 2012.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 propos de Coby<\/strong><\/h4>\n

D\u00e9buts :<\/strong>\u00a0Il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 jouer au racquetball \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de neuf ans parce que ses parents lui ont fait d\u00e9couvrir le sport\u2026 Autres int\u00e9r\u00eats :<\/strong>\u00a0Il aime la danse de salon, particuli\u00e8rement le swing\u2026 Joue du piano et aime lire\u2026 Aime faire du bateau\u2026 Il fait ses \u00e9tudes en chiropractie au Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College \u00e0 Toronto\u2026 De tout et de rien :<\/strong>\u00a0Sa devise\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Le guerrier invincible est un homme normal avec une concentration extr\u00eame\u00a0\u00bb\u2026 Son mod\u00e8le est Bruce Lee\u2026 Il prie avant chaque comp\u00e9tition\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coby Iwaasa a fait ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle internationale \u00e9lite aux Championnats panam\u00e9ricains 2014. 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