Katsuhiro Matsumoto

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.

Katsuhiro Matsumoto
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubCentral Sports
Medal record
World Championships
2019 Gwangju200 m freestyle
Pan Pacific Championships
2018 Tokyo 200 m freestyle
2018 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
2018 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta 4×100 m freestyle
2018 Jakarta 4×200 m freestyle
2018 Jakarta 200 m freestyle
Asian Championships
2016 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle
2016 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle
2016 Tokyo 200 m freestyle
Universiade
2017 Taipei 4×200 m freestyle

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
  1. "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. "Sun Yang claims men's 200-meter freestyle title via disqualification at worlds; Katsuhiro Matsumoto nabs silver". The Japan Times. 23 July 2019.
  4. "Matsumoto Katsuhiro fires warning shot with 200m free Japan record". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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