Hisato Matsumoto
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Hisato Matsumoto |
| National team |
 Japan |
| Born |
5 October 1984 Mito, Ibaraki, Japan[1] |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Hisato Matsumoto (松本 尚人 Matsumoto Hisato, born October 5, 1984 in Mito, Ibaraki) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1][2] He represented his nation Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing himself in the fourteenth position as a member of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team. Matsumoto is a kinesiology graduate, with a minor degree in humanities, at Nihon University in Tokyo.
Matsumoto competed as a member of the Japanese team in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Despite missing out the individual spot in the 200 m freestyle, he managed to place third at the Olympic trials in Tokyo (1:48.97) to earn a selection on the relay team.[3] Teaming with Yasunori Mononobe, Yoshihiro Okumura, and Sho Uchida in heat one, Matsumoto swam the anchor leg to close the race with a split of 1:48.62, but the Japanese team had to settle for seventh place and fourteenth overall in 7:10.31.[4][5]
References
- 1 2 "Hisato Matsumoto". Beijing 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "Hisato Matsumoto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ↑ "Japanese Olympic Trials: Add Hanae Itoh to Sub-Minute 100 Back Club". Swimming World Magazine. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ↑ "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Final". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ↑ Lohn, John (12 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: U.S. Men Break 7:00 In Men's 800 Freestyle Relay". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2013.