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Japanese artistic gymnast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Koji Yamamuro (山室 光史, Yamamuro Kōji, born January 17, 1989 in Koga, Ibaraki) is a Japanese gymnast.[2] 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).
Koji Yamamuro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Koga, Ibaraki | January 17, 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Koga, Ibaraki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | KONAMI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Hiroyuki Kato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Yoghiaki Hatakeda, Koji Gushiken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach(es) | Naoya Tsukahara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yamamuro won the bronze medal in men's all-around at the 2011 World Championships.[3]
Yamamuro competed for the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's artistic team all-around. In the team final, he injured his ankle on the vault event and had to be helped off.[3] Although he had qualified for the individual all-around final, he had to withdraw because of his injury and was replaced by his teammate Kazuhito Tanaka,[4] who had ranked behind Yamamuro and Kōhei Uchimura and had not qualified due to the 2-per-country rule.
Yamamuro also participated in the 2012 American Cup.[5]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Yamamuro won a gold medal as part of the Japanese men's team. In the event finals, Yamamuro competed on pommel horse and still rings with scores of 13.900 and 14.866 respectively.
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