KAWANO Masatora

Asian Race Walking Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	20km Race Walk	2019	Nomi, JPN	1:17:24

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2019	20km Race Walk	Asian Race Walking Championships	Nomi, JPN	1:17:24
4	2018	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:20:11

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete, Office Worker

General Studies - Toyo University, Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

Asahi Kasei [Japan]

Mizuho Sakai [personal], JPN, from 2018

He took up race walking in grade 10 at Gotemba Minami High School in Japan. (hochi.news, 31 Dec 2019; sanspo.com, 27 Oct 2019)

"I had been initially a long-distance runner, but race walk was also included in the training sessions by the coach at high school who used to compete in the 50km race walk event. I walked around 30 to 35 kilometres, and realised my talent for the event, particularly long-distance." (sports-toyo.com, 19 Dec 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo-np.co.jp, 29 Oct 2019)

He was presented with a Rookie Award at the 2019 Japan Association of Athletics Federations [JAAF] Athletics Awards in Japan. (tv-tokyo.co.jp, 17 Dec 2019)

In 2019 he was given an Encouragement Award by the Chubu Sports Journalists Club in Japan. (at-s.com, 04 Dec 2019)