Kohane Ushioku ( ja, 牛奥小羽; born 17 August 2004) is a Japanese

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. She won a silver medal in the team events at the

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and

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. She will represent

Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics Japan competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Japanese athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1912 onwards, except for two occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, to w ...

Career

Ushioku helped the Let's Gymnastics club finish ninth at the 2018 All-Japan Team Championships. She placed seventh in the vault final at the 2019 All-Japan Event Championships. She then finished 30th in the all-around ay the All-Japan Junior Championships but had the third-highest score on the vault. At the 2019 All-Japan Team Championships, she helped her club repeat its ninth-place finish. Ushioku became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2020, but most competitions were canceled due to the

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. In December 2020, she finished 68th in the qualification round of the All-Japan Championships.

2021–2022

Ushioku finished 66th in the qualification round of the 2021 All-Japan Championships. She then finished seventh in the vault final at the All-Japan Event Championships. At the All-Japan Team Championships, she had the highest vault score and helped her club win the silver medal behind

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. Ushioku finished 26th in the qualification round at the 2022 All-Japan Championships. At the All-Japan Event Championships, she won the vault title. Her club finished fifth at the All-Japan Team Championships, and she had the second-highest vault score behind

Shoko Miyata Shoko Miyata (宮田笙子, born 21 September 2004) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 World bronze medalist on the balance beam as well as the 2022 Asian Championships silver medalist on vault and floor exercise. She was set ...

2023

Ushioku made her international debut at the Cottbus World Cup, but she did not advance to any finals. She placed tenth in the all-around at the All-Japan Championships, and she placed ninth at the NHK Trophy. Then at the All-Japan Event Championships, she won the bronze medal on the vault and finished sixth on uneven bars and seventh on floor exercise. Ushioku helped the Japanese team win the silver medal at the

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. She then won a silver medal with the Japanese team at the

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. Individually, she qualified for the all-around final, but she withdrew after injuring her leg during the warmups.

2024

Ushioku finished 14th in the all-around at the All-Japan Championships but had the second-highest score on vault. She then finished ninth in the all-around at the NHK Trophy. Because of her strength on vault, she was selected for the final spot on the Japanese Olympic team alongside

Rina Kishi Rina Kishi ( ja, 岸里奈; born 23 September 2007) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2023 World Championships and finished 11th in the all-around. She represented Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Career Kishi began gymnas ...

Haruka Nakamura Haruka Nakamura (born 18 May 2008) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 Junior World all-around and team champion. She is also the 2023 Junior Asian team, all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise champion. Career Nakamura compe ...

, and Mana Okamura.

Competitive history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ushioku, Kohane 2004 births Living people Japanese female artistic gymnasts Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2022 Asian Games Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Japan