Katsuhiro Matsumoto
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Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 28 February 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Central Sports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1][2] 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.[3] He qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
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. 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.
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