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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997 (age 27) Fukushima, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Central Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katsuhiro Matsumoto (松元 克央, Matsumoto Katsuhiro, born 28 February 1997) is a Japanese swimmer who specializes in freestyle. He is a silver medalist at the World Championships.
Career
He competed in the men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea, Katsuhiro Matsumoto came third in the 200 m freestyle, but the first-placed finisher Danas Rapšys was disqualified for a false start, so Matsumoto was awarded a silver medal. He qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
References
- "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- "Sun Yang claims men's 200-meter freestyle title via disqualification at worlds; Katsuhiro Matsumoto nabs silver". The Japan Times. 23 July 2019.
- "Matsumoto Katsuhiro fires warning shot with 200m free Japan record". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
External links
- Katsuhiro Matsumoto at the International Swimming League (archived)
- Katsuhiro Matsumoto at World Aquatics
- Katsuhiro Matsumoto at SwimRankings.net
- Katsuhiro Matsumoto at Olympics.com
- Katsuhiro Matsumoto at Olympedia
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- Asian Games medalists in swimming
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Japanese male freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Japan
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Swimmers at the 2022 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Japanese swimming biography stubs