Katsuhiro Matsumoto

Katsuhiro Matsumoto
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1997-02-28) 28 February 1997
Fukushima, Japan
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubCentral Sports
Medal record
World Championships (LC)
2019 Gwangju 200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
2016 Windsor 4×200 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
2022 Hangzhou 100 m butterfly
2018 Jakarta 200 m freestyle
2022 Hangzhou 4×100 m freestyle
2022 Hangzhou 4×200 m freestyle
2022 Hangzhou 4×100 m medley
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
2015 Gwangju 4×200 m freestyle
2017 Taipei 4×100 m medley
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
2014 Maui 4×200 m freestyle
2014 Maui 4×100 m medley
2014 Maui 200 m freestyle

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

  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. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. 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.