Nanako Matsumoto
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| Born | 3 September 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 200m: 23.66 (2025) 400m: 52.14 (2025) Indoors 400m: 53.15 (2025) NR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Career
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] She ran on the opening day in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[11] She also ran in the women's 400 metres at the championships.[12]
References
- ^ "Nanako Matsumoto". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ "IAAF World Youth Championships". World Athletics. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "11th Asian Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 17 Feb 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Iran's Fasihi takes gold at 2024 Asian Indoor Athletic C'ships". Tehran Times. February 18, 2024. Retrieved 11 Sep 2025.
- ^ "10th International Tournament for the Prizes of Olga Rypakova". World Athletics. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "26th Asian Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Asian Athletics Championships: India Win Gold In Mixed Relay; Tejaswin Shankar, 3 Others Bag Silver". Times of India. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 11 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Japan names 80-strong host nation team for WCH Tokyo 25". World Athletics. 2 Sep 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 Sep 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 Sep 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.