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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1998 Hyuga, Japan[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Racewalking | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Masatora Kawano (川野 将虎, born 23 October 1998) is a Japanese racewalking athlete. In 2021, he represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[2] finishing in 6th place in the men's 50 kilometres walk and setting a season best.[1]
Kawano won a silver medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the 35 km race in an Asian record time of 2:23:15,[3] and a bronze medal in the 35 km race at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
