is a Japanese

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who specializes in

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. He is a silver medalist at the

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Career

He competed in the men's 200 metre freestyle event at the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships () were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

. At the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

held in

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, Katsuhiro Matsumoto came third in the 200 m freestyle, but the first-placed finisher

Danas Rapšys Danas Rapšys (; born 21 May 1995) is a Lithuanian Swimming (sport), swimmer. He is a two-time Olympian, a multiple-time Lithuanian record holder in the men's backstroke, freestyle and butterfly, and a double swimming champion at the 2017 Summer ...

was disqualified for a false start, so Matsumoto was awarded a silver medal. He qualified to represent Japan at the

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* * 1997 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games swimmers for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Japanese male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Japan 21st-century Japanese sportsmen Swimmers at the 2022 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists in swimming Asian Games gold medalists in swimming {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub