Masatora Kawano
Japanese racewalker
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Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1998-10-23) 23 October 1998 (age 25) Hyuga, Japan[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Racewalking | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Masatora Kawano (川野 将虎, born 23 October 1998) is a Japanese race walker.
Career
Kawano represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[2] finishing in 6th place in the 50 km walk and setting a season best.[1]
Kawano won a silver medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene in the 35 km walk with an Asian record time of 2:23:15. [3] He then won a bronze medal in the 35 km walk at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
He is the Japanese national record holder for the 50 km walk with a time of 3:36:45 in 2019.
References
External links
- Masatora Kawano at World Athletics
- Masatora Kawano at Olympedia
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