Toshikazu Yamanishi
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | 15 February 1996 Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Japan |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Racewalking |
Medal record | |
Toshikazu Yamanishi (山西 利和, Yamanishi Toshikazu; born 15 February 1996) is a Japanese race walker.[1]
Career
Yamanishi 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]
At the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships, Yamanishi won the gold medal in the 20 kilometres walk event, consecutively in 2019 and 2022.[3][4]
On 16 February 2025, Yamanishi won the Japanese 20 kilometres Race Walking Championships with a new world record of 1:16:10 to break the previous record of 1:16:36 set by Yusuke Suzuki in 2015.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Toshikazu Yamanishi Athlete Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "20 kilometres Race Walk". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "20 kilometres Race Walk men. IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019". iaaf.org. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ Odom, Joel (15 July 2022), "20k race walk winner at World Athletics Championships", The Oregonian
- ^ "Yamanishi breaks world 20km race walk record in Kobe", worldathletics.org, 16 February 2025
External links
- Toshikazu Yamanishi at World Athletics
- Toshikazu Yamanishi at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Toshikazu Yamanishi – Tokyo 2020 at JAAF (in Japanese)
- Toshikazu Yamanishi at Olympedia
- Toshikazu Yamanishi at Olympics.com
- Toshikazu Yamanishi – Tokyo 2020 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)