Yusuke Tanaka (gymnast)

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Yūsuke Tanaka
Full nameYūsuke Tanaka
Country represented Japan
Born (1989-11-29) November 29, 1989 (age 32)
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanning Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanning All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Doha Team
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan Horizontal bar
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Team

Yūsuke Tanaka (田中 佑典, Tanaka Yūsuke, born November 29, 1989) is a Japanese gymnast. He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro).

Personal life[]

Tanaka was born on November 29, 1989 in Wakayama. His elder brother is Kazuhito Tanaka and an elder sister is Rie Tanaka.[2]

Career[]

Tanaka won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's artistic team all-around.[3]

At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Tanaka won silver on the horizontal bar and the team bronze medal (with , Shogo Nonomura, Ryohei Kato and ). He won the team gold medal at the 2015 World Championships and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ^ London2012.com
  3. ^ "Yusuke Tanaka". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Yusuke Tanaka Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-11-24.

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