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
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
,
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
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