Toshikazu Yamanishi

Toshikazu Yamanishi
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 28)
Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportAthletics
EventRacewalking
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 20 km walk
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 20 km walk
Gold medal – first place 2022 Eugene 20 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Muscat 20 km walk
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 20 km walk
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei 20 km walk

Toshikazu Yamanishi (山西 利和, Yamanishi Toshikazu, born 15 February 1996) is a Japanese racewalking athlete.[1]

He won a gold medal in 20 kilometres race walk at the 2019 Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi,[1] with a World Leading time of 1:17.15 (2019 season).[2] Representing Japan at the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships, he won gold medal in the 20 kilometres walk event, consecutively in 2019 and 2022.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Toshikazu Yamanishi Athlete Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ "20 kilometres Race Walk". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. ^ "20 kilometres Race Walk men. IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019". iaaf.org. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. ^ Odom, Joel (15 July 2022), "20k race walk winner at World Athletics Championships", The Oregonian


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