Masatora Kawano

Masatora Kawano (川野 将虎, born 23 October 1998) is a Japanese race walker.

Masatora Kawano

Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1998-10-23) 23 October 1998 (age 26) Hyuga, Japan[1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Japan World Championships 2022 Eugene 35 km walk 2023 Budapest 35 km walk

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.

On 27 October 2024, Kawano broke the world record for the 35 km walk in Takahata, Japan with a time of 2:21:47.^[4]