Ryōhei Katō
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). Career Kato together with Japanese teammates (Hiroki Ishikawa, Shogo Nonomura, Yusuke Tanaka, and Chihiro Yoshioka) competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan where Team Japan won the bronze medal. He won gold in Floor and bronze in Horizontal Bar final. Kato competed at the 2013 World Championships along with Kōhei Uchimura, Kenzo Shirai, Koji Yamamuro, Kohei Kameyama, and Kazuhito Tanaka is a Japanese gymnast, Olympic silver and 3-time World medalist. Younger siblings, sister Rie Tanaka and brother Yusuke Tanaka, are both professional gymnasts. Tanaka's first major international competition was the 2009 World Championships, w .... He competed in the all around final and placed second, nearly two points behind teammate Uchimura. Personal life Kato is the son of Hiroyuki Kato, a coach of Japan National team ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Numazu, Shizuoka
is a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 189,486 in 91,986 households, and a population density of 1,014 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Numazu is at the northwestern end of the Izu Peninsula, which is a leisure destination known for its numerous hot springs. Mount Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, may also be seen from Numazu on clear days. Numazu is located west of Tokyo and is on the Tōkaidō Main Line, the main railway line from Osaka to Tokyo. Warmed by the Kuroshio Current, the area enjoys a warm maritime climate with hot, humid summers and mild, cool winters. The Kano River runs through the middle of the city. Mount Ashitaka (1188 meters) is the highest point in the city Neighboring municipalities Shizuoka Prefecture *Mishima *Fuji *Izu *Izunokuni * Shimizu *Nagaizumi *Kannami Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Numazu has been in slow decline over the past 30 yea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Universiade
The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred to in English as the World University Games or World Student Games; however, this latter term can also refer to competitions for sub-University grades students. In July 2020 as part of a new branding system by the FISU, it was stated that the Universiade will be officially branded as the FISU World University Games. The most recent games were held in 2019: the 2019 Winter Universiade, Winter Universiade was held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia while the 2019 Summer Universiade, Summer Universiade was held in Naples, Italy. The next Winter World University Games are scheduled to be held in Lake Placid, New York, Lake Placid, United States between 11–21 January 2023, after the 2021 edition scheduled to be held in Lucerne, Switzerland was cancelled d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Kohei Kameyama
is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He won a gold medal at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in pommel horse. He made his Olympic debut at the age of 32 when he participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as one of the two apparatus individuals allocated to the Japanese men's artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ... team on pommel horse. References External links Profile 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Miyagi Prefecture Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Japanese male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Japan 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Koji Yamamuro
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). Career Yamamuro won the bronze medal in men's all-around at the 2011 World Championships. 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. He had qualified for the individual all-around final, but due to the injury was unable to compete. This gave a chance for his teammate Kazuhito Tanaka to compete - he 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.http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_10tac_030610.pdf At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Yamamuro had won an Olympic gold medal as part of the Japanese men's artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Kenzo Shirai
is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *賢三, "wise, three" *健三, "healthy, three" *謙三, "humble, three" *健想, "healthy, concept" *建造, "build, create" *健蔵, "healthy, storehouse" *憲蔵, "constitution, storehouse" *研造, "polish, create" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People *Emperor Kenzō (顕宗, born 5 AD), 23rd Japanese imperial ruler *Adachi Kenzō (謙蔵, 1864–1948), Japanese politician *Kenzo Fujisue (健三, born 1964), Japanese politician *, Japanese sport wrestler *Kenzo Kitakata (born 1947), Japanese novelist *Kenzō Kotani (1909–2003), last Yasukuni Shrine swordsmith *Kenzo Mori (1914–2007), Japanese-Canadian journalist and editor *Kenzo Nakamura (兼三, born 1973), retired judoka *William K. Nakamura (1922–1944), United States Army soldier *Kenzo Nambu (born 1992), Japanese footballer *Kenzo Okada (1902–1982), American ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Kōhei Uchimura
is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (all-around, team and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a twenty-one-time World medalist (all-around, team, floor exercise, horizontal bar, and parallel bars). Uchimura was already considered by many in the sport to be the greatest gymnast of all time after his success at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but he then extended his achievements even further when he followed up that performance there with additional and uninterrupted victories at every major competition throughout the next Olympic cycle leading up to his individual all-around gold-medal victory at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Uchimura is known for being the first gymnast (male or female) to win every major all-around title in an entire single Olympic cycle, accomplishing this feat twice by winning six world (2009–2011 and 2013–2015) and two Olympic ( 2012 London Olympics, and 2016 Rio Olympics) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1.2 million residents, up to roughly 1.6 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Kazan is the fifth-largest city in Russia, and the most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. Kazan became the capital of the Khanate of Kazan and was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, becoming a part of Russia. The city was seized and largely destroyed during Pugachev's Rebellion of 1773–1775, but was later rebuilt during the reign of Catherine the Great. In the following centuries, Kazan grew to become a major industrial, cultural and religious centre of Russia. In 1920, after the Russian SFSR became a part of the Soviet Union, Kazan became the capital of the Tat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Chihiro Yoshioka
Chihiro (ちひろ, チヒロ,千尋) is a female and male Japanese given name. Possible writings Chihiro can be written using various kanji, which can alter the name's meaning: *千尋, "thousand fathoms" *千博, "thousand gains" *千裕, "thousand, abundance" *千紘, "thousand, large or huge" The name can also be rendered in hiragana and katakana as ちひろ and チヒロ respectively. People with the name *Chihiro Fujioka (born 1959, 藤岡千尋), Japanese director *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese swimmer *Chihiro Iwasaki (born 1918, いわさき ちひろ 岩崎 知弘), Japanese artist and illustrator *Chihiro Kameyama (born 1956, 亀山千尋), a Japanese businessman *Chihiro Kaneko (born 1983, 金子千尋), Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes *Chihiro Kato (volleyball) (born 1988, 加藤千尋), Japanese volleyball player * Chihiro Kawakami, a Japanese voice actress * Chihiro Kondo, (近藤千尋), a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Yusuke Tanaka (gymnast)
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. Career Tanaka won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's artistic team all-around. At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Tanaka won silver on the horizontal bar and the team bronze medal (with Hiroki Ishikawa, Shogo Nonomura, Ryohei Kato and Chihiro Yoshioka). He won the team gold medal at the 2015 World Championships and at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... References External links * Japanese male artistic gymnas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Shogo Nonomura
is a Japanese male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Nonomura won the team all-around bronze medal (with Yusuke Tanaka, Hiroki Ishikawa, Ryōhei Katō and Chihiro Yoshioka). He participated at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China. He won the team all-around gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. Nonomura won the gold medal in the men's all-around competition at the 2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series in Birmingham, UK Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ... in March, 2018. References 1993 births Living people Japanese male artistic gymnasts Place of birth missing (living people) Universiade medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2018 Asian Games Medalis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Hiroki Ishikawa
is a common masculine Japanese given name. It can be written in many ways. In the following lists, the kanji in parentheses are the individual's way of writing the name Hiroki. Possible writings Hiroki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *弘樹, "vast tree, great tree, generous tree, great establish" *宏樹, "wide tree, large tree, wide establish" *博紀, "fair chronicle" *浩紀, "vigorous, chronicle" *博希, "ample hope" *大樹, "great tree" People with the name *, Japanese footballer *Hiroki Aiba (弘樹; born 1987), Japanese actor, dancer, and singer *, Japanese music artist and composer *, Japanese martial artist and kickboxer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese football *, Japanese sumo wrestler * Hiroki Azuma (浩紀; born 1971), Japanese cultural critic *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese football player * Hiroki Endo (浩輝), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actor *, Japanese footballer *, head coach of the Send ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Gymnastics At The 2016 Summer Olympics
Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held in three categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. All gymnastics events were staged at the Arena Olímpica do Rio from 6 to 21 August 2016. Qualification Qualification was based on the results of the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 24 October to 1 November 2015; the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, held in Stuttgart, Germany, from 7 to 13 September 2015; the 2015 Trampoline World Championships, held in Odense, Denmark, from 25 to 28 November 2015; and the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event, Olympic Test Event, held on 16–22 April 2016 at Arena Olímpica do Rio. Schedule Participation Participating nations Brazil, as the host country, receives a guaranteed spot, in case it were not to earn one by the regular qualifying methods. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |