Haruhiro Yamashita

Haruhiro Yamashita
Haruhiro Yamashita
	Yamashita at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Country represented	Japan
Born	November 11, 1938 (age 82); Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
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Haruhiro Yamashita (山下治広, Yamashita Haruhiro, born November 11, 1938) is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals, in the vault and team combined exercises.^[1]

After marriage he changed his last name from Yamashita to Matsuda (松田), adopting his aunt's surname, who took care of him as a child.^[2] In 1961, he graduated from Nippon Sport Science University, where in 1983 he became professor and later professor emeritus.^[3] In the early 1970s he was an assistant gymnastics coach under at the Indiana State University. There he began his research on biorhythms.^[4]

Yamashita also trained the national gymnastics team, at the 1976 Summer Olympics and at the Asian Games in 1990,^[3] and held senior positions with the Japan Gymnastics Association.^[5]

In 2000 Yamashita was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.^[6] He is an honorary citizen of his native town of Uwajima.^[5]

References[]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Haruhiro Yamashita". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
^ "金獲った「ヤマシタ」固執せず…快挙の直後「マツダ」に挑戦". Sponichi ANNEX (in Japanese). スポーツニッポン新聞社. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "松田（山下）治廣（まつだ　やました　はるひろ）（１９３８～　　）" (in Japanese). i-manabi.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18.
^ "松田治廣氏（旧姓　山下治廣氏）" (in Japanese). bymebyme.jp. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "「山下跳び」の松田治廣さん　宇和島市の名誉市民に" (in Japanese). fmkagawa.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2006-03-04.
^ "HARUHIRO YAMASHITA". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2019-10-29.

External links[]

Haruhiro Yamashita at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 10, 2007)
Haruhiro Yamashita at the International Olympic Committee