Masatora Kawano (川野将虎, born 23 October 1998) is a Japanese

racewalking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

athlete. In 2021, he represented Japan at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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, finishing in 6th place in the men's 50 kilometres walk and setting a season best. Kawano won a silver medal at the

2022 World Athletics Championships The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the f ...

in the 35 km race in an Asian record time of 2:23:15.

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* 1998 births Living people Japanese male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Japan Sportspeople from Miyazaki Prefecture Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Japan Universiade silver medalists for Japan World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan World Athletics Championships medalists 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub