Taio Kanai

Taio Kanai
Personal information
Born	28 September 1995 (age 29); Hakodate, Japan
Education	Hosei University
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	110 metres hurdles
Club	Mizuno

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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.

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Japan
2014	Asian Junior Championships	Taipei, Taiwan	1st	110 m hurdles (99 cm)	13.33
2014	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
2018	Continental Cup	Ostrava, Czech Republic	6th	110 m hurdles	13.72¹
2019	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	110 m hurdles	13.64
2019	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

References

^ Taio Kanai at World Athletics

External links

Taio Kanai at World Athletics
Taio Kanai at JAAF (in Japanese)
Taio Kanai – Tokyo 2020 at JAAF (in Japanese)
Taio Kanai at Olympedia (archive)
Taio Kanai at Olympics.com
Taio Kanai – Tokyo 2020 at the Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese) (in English)

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[1] Taio Kanai at World Athletics

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