Masatora Kawano | |
Birth Date: | 23 October 1998 |
Birth Place: | Hyuga, Japan |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Racewalking |
Masatora Kawano (川野 将虎, born 23 October 1998) is a Japanese race walker.
Kawano represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[1] finishing in 6th place in the 50 km walk and setting a season best.[2]
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. 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.