Shuji Tsurumi

Shuji Tsurumi (鶴見 修治, Tsurumi Shūji, born January 29, 1938) is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 2008 he was inducted to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.^[1]

Shuji Tsurumi
Shuji Tsurumi in 1966
Personal information
Born	(1938-01-29) January 29, 1938 (age 87) Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Japan
Medal record Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team 1964 Tokyo Team 1964 Tokyo All-around individual 1964 Tokyo Pommel horse 1964 Tokyo Parallel bars 1960 Rome Pommel horse

Olympics

Tsurumi competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in pommel horse.^[2] At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and silver medals in individual all-around, pommel horse, and parallel bars.^[3][4]

World Championships

Tsurumi received a silver medal in individual all-around at the 1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and Japan won the team competition.^[4]

References

1. Shuji Tsurumi. ighof.com
2. "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 3, 2008)
3. "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 3, 2008)
4. Shuji Tsurumi. sports-reference.com

External links

• Shuji Tsurumi at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• Shuji Tsurumi at Olympics.com
• Shuji Tsurumi at Olympedia