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Olympic Games

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	42nd (1:24:59)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2019	Doha, QAT	10th (1:30:04)
2017	London, GBR	14th (1:20:36)
2015	Beijing, CHN	47th (1:28:30)

Asian Games

Year	Location	20km Race Walk
2018	Indonesia	5th (1:27:31)

World Race Walking Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	Rio Maior, POR	1:21:40
5	2017	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:20:45
6	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	Taicang, CHN	1:21:08
9	2019	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Challenge	A Corunya, ESP	1:19:13
10	2019	20km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	Doha, QAT	1:30:04
14	2017	20km Race Walk	World Athletics Championships	London, GBR	1:20:36
18	2018	20km Race Walk	World Race Walking Team Championships	Taicang, CHN	1:24:07

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

Listening to music, football. (sports.jp.fujitsu.com, 21 Feb 2018)

Athlete, Office Worker

Education - Iwate University, Morioka, JPN

Japanese

Fumio Imamura [national], JPN

2014 for Japan (Athlete, 26 Aug 2016)

He was diagnosed with periostitis in January 2018. The condition causes inflammation of the membrane surrounding bones, and also led to a stress fracture in his right thigh. Despite the injury he competed at the 2018 Japanese Championships in Kobe, winning the 20km walk. (sankei.com, 18 Feb 2018; jiji.com, 17 Feb 2018)

He took up the sport at age 17 with his high school club team. (Athlete, 26 Aug 2016)

A teacher, who was also an advisor of the athletics team, suggested he try the sport. (Athlete, 26 Aug 2016)

"Continuity becomes power." (Athlete, 26 Aug 2016)

In 2017 he received the Iwate Prefecture Sports Award in Japan. (Iwate Legacy Sports and Culture Facebook page, 10 Mar 2017)

In 2014 he was given a Glory Award by the Morioka City Amateur Athletic Association in Japan. (morioka-taikyo.or.jp, 07 Dec 2014)