Toshikazu Yamanishi
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996
Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Japan
SportAthletics
EventRacewalking
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo20 km walk
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Doha20 km walk
Gold medal – first place2022 Eugene20 km walk
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Jakarta20 km walk
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2017 Taipei20 km walk

Toshikazu Yamanishi (山西 利和, Yamanishi Toshikazu, born 15 February 1996) is a Japanese racewalking athlete.[1]

He 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] Representing Japan at the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships, he won gold medal in the 20 kilometres walk event, consecutively in 2019 and 2022.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Toshikazu Yamanishi Athlete Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "20 kilometres Race Walk". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "20 kilometres Race Walk men. IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019". iaaf.org. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. ↑ Odom, Joel (15 July 2022), "20k race walk winner at World Athletics Championships", The Oregonian


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