Taio Kanai

Taio Kanai

Personal information
Born	(1995-09-28) 28 September 1995 Hakodate, Japan
Education	Hosei University
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	110 metres hurdles
Club	Mizuno

Taio Kanai (金井大旺, Kanai Taiō, born 28 September 1995) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the high hurdles. 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
	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

External links

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