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| Born | 3 September 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 200m: 23.16 (2025) 400m: 52.14 (2025) Indoors 400m: 53.15 (2025) NR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nanako Matsumoto (born 3 September 1996) is a Japanese sprinter. She is the 2025 Asian champion and the 2024 Asian indoor champion, and the Japanese national record holder over 400 metres indoors. [1]
She was a bronze medalist in the medley relay at the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine. [2] She was a silver medalist in Incheon, South Korea at the 2014 Asian Games in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay.
She was a bronze medalist in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, as part of the Japanese team which set a new national record in the event. [3] She placed fourth in the women's 400 metres at the Championships. [4]
She won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2024 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran, Iran, in 55.14 seconds. [5] [6] She ran a new Japanese national indoor record for the 400 metres of 53.15 seconds competing in Kazhakstan on 1 March 2025. [7]
She won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, running 52.17 seconds. [8] [9] She was selected for the Japanese national team to compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, held in Tokyo. [10]
Asian Athletics Champions in women's 400 metres | |
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