Daisuke Matsunaga

{{Short description|Japanese racewalker (born 1995)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Daisuke Matsunaga

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|03|24}}

| birth_place = Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

| height = {{height|m=1.74}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/daisuke-matsunaga |title=Daisuke Matsunaga |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=14 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806072235/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/daisuke-matsunaga |archive-date=6 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}

| weight = 60 kg

| country = Japan

| sport = Men's athletics

| event = 20 kilometres race walk

| pb = 20 km walk: 1:18:53 (2016)

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{{nihongo|Daisuke Matsunaga|松永 大介|Matsunaga Daisuke|extra=born 24 March 1995}} is a Japanese male racewalking athlete who competes in the 20 kilometres race walk. He holds a personal best of 1:18:53 hours. He represented his nation at the 2016 Summer Olympics and was the 2014 World Junior champion.

He made his first impact at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, taking a silver, then won the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics in a championship record of 39:27.19 minutes.{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Javier Clavelo |date=25 July 2014 |url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-u20-championships/iaaf-world-junior-championships-2014-4954/news/report/men/10000-metres-race-walk/final |title=Report: men's 10,000m race walk – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 |publisher=IAAF |access-date=14 August 2016 |archive-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819223102/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-u20-championships/iaaf-world-junior-championships-2014-4954/news/report/men/10000-metres-race-walk/final |url-status=live }} He also took a silver in the junior race behind Gao Wenkui at the 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in China.{{cite web |last=Minshull |first=Phil |date=3 May 2014 |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/junior-mens-10km-iaaf-world-race-walking-cup |title=Gao provides hosts with first gold medal – junior men's 10km report Taicang 2014 |publisher=IAAF |access-date=14 August 2016 |archive-date=2 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002070701/https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/junior-mens-10km-iaaf-world-race-walking-cup |url-status=live }} Moving into the senior ranks he took bronze medals at the 2015 Asian Race Walking Championships and the 2015 Summer Universiade

He started 2016 with a win at the Asian Race Walking Championships.[https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/asian-race-walk-20km-nomi-2016 Matsunaga rebounds from recent disappointment to win in Nomi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927155749/https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/asian-race-walk-20km-nomi-2016 |date=2017-09-27 }}. IAAF (20 March 2016). Retrieved on 14 August 2016. He was selected to represent Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics and placed seventh in the final.