Sport | Short Track | |
FederationID | STJPN12503199201 | |
NOC | Japan | |
Born | 25 Mar 1992 in Kawagoe | |
Gender | Men |
Occupation | Athlete, University Staff | |
Languages | Japanese | |
Higher education | Tourism - Hannan University: Matsubara, JPN | |
Residence | Matsubara, JPN |
Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
500m | 40.721 | 03 Nov 2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | |||
1000m | 1:24.078 | 13 Feb 2018 | Gangneung | |||
1500m | 2:10.058 | 12 Nov 2016 | Salt Lake City, UT | |||
3000m | 5:01.847 | 10 Mar 2019 | Sofia |
Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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World Championships | Event | |||||
World Championships
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5000m Relay | 1 | |||||
World Junior Championships | Event | |||||
World Junior Championships
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3000m Relay | 1 | 1 |
Club / Team | Hannan University: Matsubara, JPN | |
Reason for choosing this sport | His older sister encouraged him to take up the sport. | |
Name of coach | Kenichi Sugio [club], JPN; Kiyotaka Tomono [national], JPN | |
When and where did you begin this sport? | He began skating at age seven in Kawagoe, Japan. |
Hero / Idol | Russian short track skater Victor An. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023) |
www.facebook.com/kwatanabe18/ |
Awards and honours | In 2018 he was given the Kawagoe City Sports Award in Japan. (city.kawagoe.saitama.jp, 19 Dec 2019) In 2018 he received the Kando Osaka Award by the Osaka Prefectural Government in Japan. (mainichi.jp, 29 Mar 2018) In 2016 he was given an Excellence Award by the Japan Skating Federation. (hannan-u.ac.jp, 27 Apr 2017) |
twitter.com/kwatanabe18 |
Sporting philosophy / motto | "If you try, you can do it." (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023) | |
Hobbies | Going to cafes and restaurants, reading. (skatingjapan.or.jp, 29 Oct 2023) | |
Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs | He touches the ice and his skates before standing on the start line. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023) | |
Memorable sporting achievement | Winning bronze in the men's 5000m relay at the 2018 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023) | |
Most influential person in career | Coach Kenichi Sugio. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023) |
kwatanabe18.com/ |
Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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2010/2011 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 2 | |||
2009/2010 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 3 | |||
2017/2018 | World Championships | 5000m Relay | 3 | |||
2018/2019 | World Championships | 1000m | 4 | |||
2011/2012 | World Championships | 5000m Relay | 4 | |||
2023/2024 | World Championships | 5000m Relay | 5 | |||
2022/2023 | World Championships | 5000m Relay | 5 | |||
2018/2019 | World Championships | Overall | 6 | |||
2010/2011 | World Junior Championships | Overall | 7 | |||
2018 | Olympic Games | 5000m Relay | 7 | |||
2018/2019 | World Championships | 5000m Relay | 7 | |||
2018/2019 | World Championships | 1500m | 8 | |||
2008/2009 | World Junior Championships | 3000m Relay | 8 | |||
2022/2023 | World Championships | 2000m Relay | 11 | |||
2016/2017 | World Championships | 1500m | 13 | |||
2018/2019 | World Championships | 500m | 14 | |||
2008/2009 | World Junior Championships | Overall | 16 | |||
2018 | Olympic Games | 500m | 16 | |||
2016/2017 | World Championships | 500m | 16 | |||
2023/2024 | World Championships | 1500m | 17 | |||
2009/2010 | World Junior Championships | Overall | 19 | |||
2016/2017 | World Championships | Overall | 19 | |||
2016/2017 | World Championships | 1000m | 21 | |||
2018 | Olympic Games | 1000m | 21 | |||
2018 | Olympic Games | 1500m | 26 |
World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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2023/2024 | Dresden | 5000m Relay | 2 | |||
2018/2019 | Turin | 5000m Relay | 2 | |||
2018/2019 | Dresden | 5000m Relay | 2 | |||
2022/2023 | Dresden | 5000m Relay | 2 | |||
2022/2023 | Almaty | 5000m Relay | 3 | |||
2022/2023 | Dordrecht | 5000m Relay | 3 | |||
2023/2024 | Gdansk | 5000m Relay | 3 | |||
2017/2018 | Budapest | 5000m Relay | 3 | |||
2022/2023 | Almaty | 5000m Relay | 3 | |||
2019/2020 | Nagoya | 1500m | 3 | |||
2018/2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1500m | 4 | |||
2018/2019 | Dresden | 1500m | 5 | |||
2018/2019 | Calgary, AB | 5000m Relay | 5 | |||
2018/2019 | Almaty | 5000m Relay | 5 | |||
2019/2020 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1500m | 5 | |||
2019/2020 | Shanghai | 5000m Relay | 5 | |||
2019/2020 | Shanghai | 2000m Relay | 5 | |||
2019/2020 | Salt Lake City, UT | 5000m Relay | 6 | |||
2018/2019 | Dresden | 1000m | 6 | |||
2019/2020 | Dresden | 2000m Relay | 6 | |||
2016/2017 | Dresden | 1500m | 7 | |||
2016/2017 | Minsk | 1500m | 7 | |||
2022/2023 | Almaty | 2000m Relay | 7 | |||
2016/2017 | Shanghai | 5000m Relay | 7 | |||
2018/2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | 5000m Relay | 7 | |||
2019/2020 | Dresden | 5000m Relay | 7 | |||
2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 8 | |||
2016/2017 | Minsk | 500m | 8 | |||
2018/2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1000m | 8 | |||
2019/2020 | Shanghai | 1000m | 8 | |||
2012/2013 | Dresden | 5000m Relay | 8 | |||
2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 9 | |||
2016/2017 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1500m | 9 | |||
2016/2017 | Gangneung | 5000m Relay | 9 | |||
2017/2018 | Shanghai | 1000m | 9 | |||
2016/2017 | Salt Lake City, UT | 5000m Relay | 9 | |||
2016/2017 | Minsk | 5000m Relay | 9 | |||
2022/2023 | Almaty | 500m | 9 | |||
2018/2019 | Almaty | 1000m | 9 | |||
2017/2018 | Shanghai | 500m | 9 | |||
2015/2016 | Dresden | 5000m Relay | 10 | |||
2019/2020 | Dresden | 1500m | 10 | |||
2016/2017 | Shanghai | 1500m | 10 | |||
2023/2024 | Dresden | 1500m | 10 | |||
2015/2016 | Dresden | 1500m | 11 | |||
2019/2020 | Dresden | 1000m | 11 | |||
2022/2023 | Almaty | 1000m | 11 | |||
2019/2020 | Shanghai | 500m | 11 | |||
2016/2017 | Calgary, AB | 5000m Relay | 12 | |||
2012/2013 | Dresden | 1500m | 12 | |||
2012/2013 | Dresden | 1500m | 12 | |||
2019/2020 | Salt Lake City, UT | 500m | 13 | |||
2022/2023 | Almaty | 1500m | 13 | |||
2016/2017 | Gangneung | 1500m | 13 | |||
2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 14 | |||
2016/2017 | Calgary, AB | 1000m | 14 | |||
2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 15 | |||
2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 15 | |||
2016/2017 | Calgary, AB | 1500m | 15 | |||
2018/2019 | Calgary, AB | 1500m | 15 | |||
2023/2024 | Dresden | 1000m | 15 | |||
2016/2017 | Shanghai | 1000m | 16 | |||
2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 17 | |||
2015/2016 | Dresden | 1500m | 17 | |||
2010/2011 | Dresden | 500m | 18 | |||
2010/2011 | Dresden | 1500m | 19 | |||
2018/2019 | Almaty | 1500m | 20 | |||
2018/2019 | Calgary, AB | 500m | 22 | |||
2017/2018 | Shanghai | 1500m | 22 | |||
2017/2018 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 23 | |||
2022/2023 | Almaty | 500m | 24 | |||
2016/2017 | Gangneung | 500m | 24 | |||
2016/2017 | Salt Lake City, UT | 1500m | 24 | |||
2011/2012 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 25 | |||
2022/2023 | Dresden | 1000m | 25 | |||
2023/2024 | Gdansk | 1000m | 25 | |||
2023/2024 | Gdansk | 1500m | 25 | |||
2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 27 | |||
2012/2013 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 27 | |||
2010/2011 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 29 | |||
2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 29 | |||
2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 29 | |||
2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 32 | |||
2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 32 | |||
2013/2014 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 33 | |||
2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 33 | |||
2022/2023 | Dresden | 1500m | 33 | |||
2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 34 | |||
2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 35 | |||
2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 37 | |||
2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 39 | |||
2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1500m | 43 | |||
2012/2013 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 44 | |||
2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | Overall | 45 | |||
2011/2012 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 47 | |||
2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 55 | |||
2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 56 | |||
2010/2011 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 60 | |||
2010/2011 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 63 | |||
2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | Overall | 67 | |||
2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 68 | |||
2013/2014 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 86 | |||
2011/2012 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 95 |