Yamato Matsui
Japan
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| NOC | Japan | |
| Born | 24 Nov 1997
in  Obihiro | |
| Gender | Men |
| Occupation | Athlete, Office Worker | |
| Languages | Japanese | |
| Higher education | Economics - Nihon University: Tokyo, JPN |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 34.04 | 03 Dec 2021 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:07.59 | 15 Feb 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 1:48.40 | 15 Feb 2019 | Nagano |
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Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004653793975 |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Joji Kato [national], JPN; Keiichiro Nagashima [national], JPN | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up the sport at age three in Shikaoi, Japan. | |
| Club / Team | Sirius: Morioka, JPN | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | He was encouraged to start skating by his older sister. He competed in distance events when he was younger, but switched to the 500m and 1000m in 2013 as he became taller. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | Japanese speed skater Keiichiro Nagashima. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) | |
| Hero / Idol | Dutch speed skater Jan Smeekens. (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) | |
| Ambitions | To win an overall title in the 2022/23 World Cup season, and to win gold at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (kk-sirius.co.jp, 27 May 2022) | |
| Hobbies | Playing the guitar, painting. (skatingjapan.or.jp, 01 Sep 2022; kachimai.jp, 25 Aug 2021) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Whatever will be, will be. Whatever happens, happens." (Athlete, 21 Nov 2019) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 4 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 6 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 15 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2021/2022 | World Cup Salt Lake City, UT | 500m | 1 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Heerenveen | 500m | 3 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup | 500m | 5 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 500m | 8 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 1000m | 39 | |||