is a male Japanese

racewalker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

. He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

in Beijing, China. He finished third in the 50-kilometre race walk event at the

2016 Rio Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, but was subsequently disqualified following his collision in the final kilometres with

Evan Dunfee Evan Dunfee (born September 28, 1990) is a Canadian race walker and Olympian. An Olympic and World medallist, Dunfee first set the Canadian record in the 50 kilometres race walk (at 3:41:38) at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he placed fourth. ...

of Canada, who then moved up from fourth place to claim the bronze medal. He had it given back to him after a few minutes when a Japanese appeal overturned the disqualification.

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* * * * * Living people 1988 births Athletes from Nagano Prefecture Japanese male race walkers Olympic male race walkers Olympic athletes for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners Japan Championships in Athletics winners Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub

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