is a Japanese

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and Olympic champion. Mitsukuri competed at the

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where he received a gold medal in ''team combined exercises''."1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Gymnastics"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 3, 2008) At the 1964 Summer Olympics in

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he again received a gold medal in ''team combined exercises'' with the Japanese team."1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Gymnastics"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 3, 2008) Individually, he performed best on the ''pommel horse'', finishing in fourth and sixth place in 1960 and 1964, respectively. Mitsukuri received a bronze medal in ''pommel horse'' at the

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, and Japan won the team competition. He received a bronze medal in ''horizontal bar'' at the

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, and Japan won the team competition again. His wife Taniko Nakamura-Mitsukuri is also a retired Olympic gymnast.

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