MATSUSHITA Momotaro

Olympic Games

Year	Location	K1 200m	K2 200m
2012	London, GBR	11	10

World Championships

Year	Location	K1 200m	K2 200m	K2 500m	K2 1000m	K4 500m	K1 4x200m
2019	Szeged, HUN	-	-	-	-	12	-
2017	Racice, CZE	-	-	-	-	21	-
2015	Milan, ITA	-	21	-	-	-	-
2014	Moscow, RUS	-	14	-	-	-	10
2011	Szeged, HUN	-	15	-	-	-	-
2010	Poznan, POL	-	16	-	-	-	20
2009	Dartmouth, NS, CAN	27	-	30	-	-	16
2007	Duisburg, GER	-	24	35	37	-	-
2006	Szeged, HUN	-	13	27	27	-	-

Asian Games

Year	Location	K1 200m	K4 500m
2018	Indonesia	7	4

Asian Championships

Year	Location	K2 200m	K4 500m
2017	Shanghai, CHN	2	2

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	K1 200m	K4 500m
2021	-	1 x 18th
2019	-	2 x 7th
2018	1 x 8th	1 x 8th
2017	1 x 17th, 1 x 35th	1 x 21st

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
7	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:20.469
7	2019	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Poznan, POL	1:22.406
8	2018	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	36.478
8	2018	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Duisburg, GER	1:23.086
17	2017	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Belgrade, SRB	37.260
18	2021	Kayak Four 500m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	1:28.11
21	2017	Kayak Four 500m	World Championships	Racice, CZE	1:24.918
35	2017	Kayak Single 200m	World Cup	Szeged, HUN	39.905

Legend
C - Canoe, K - Kayak, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Athlete

Communications - Nihon Wellness Sports University , Japan

Japanese

Japan Self-Defence Force [JSDF] Physical Training School [Japan]

Alexandr Nikonorov [national], UKR

His father Shuichi competed in the sport at national level in Japan, and has served as an executive director of the Ishikawa Canoe Association in Japan. (sponichi.co.jp, 28 Jul 2020; chunichi.co.jp, 05 Jul 2015; bgf.or.jp, 04 Jul 2012)

He sustained a back injury while competing at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. (sanspo.com, 01 Sep 2018)

He withdrew from the 2017 All-Japan Championships because of injury. (mod.go.jp, 14 Sep 2017)

He began paddling in the third grade of primary school in Komatsu, Japan. (bgf.or.jp, 04 Jul 2012; sponichi.co.jp, 28 Jul 2020)

He and his sister Nagisha took up the sport after being encouraged by their father, who founded the Komatsu Junior Canoe Club in Japan. (sponichi.co.jp, 28 Jul 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (HAB YouTube channel, 28 Aug 2019)

He was named Best Canoe Athlete at the 2011 Japanese Sports Awards. (canoe.or.jp, 13 Jan 2012)

He was given a Special Award at the 2010 Ishikawa Chunichi Athletic Awards in Japan. (chunichi.co.jp, 31 Dec 2010)