Taio Kanai

Taio Kanai (金井大旺, Kanai Taiō, born 28 September 1995) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the high hurdles.[1] He finished fourth at the 2017 Summer Universiade.

Taio Kanai
Personal information
Born (1995-09-28) 28 September 1995
Hakodate, Japan
EducationHosei University
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)110 metres hurdles
ClubMizuno

His personal best in the 110 metres hurdles was 13.34 (+0.3 m/s) set in Machida in 2020, until his 13.16 (+1.7) national record set in Hiroshima in 2021.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Japan
2014 Asian Junior Championships Taipei, Taiwan 1st 110 m hurdles (99 cm) 13.33
World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 11th (sf) 110 m hurdles (99 cm) 13.85
2017 Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 4th 110 m hurdles 13.69
2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 7th 110 m hurdles 13.74
Continental Cup Ostrava, Czech Republic 6th 110 m hurdles 13.721
2019 Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 5th 110 m hurdles 13.64
World Championships Doha, Qatar 29th (h) 110 m hurdles 13.74
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 24th (sf) 110 m hurdles 26.11

1Representing Asia-Pacific

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