is a Japanese

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, world champion and Olympic champion.

Olympics

Kashima won a gold medal in the ''team all-around'' and a bronze medal in ''pommel-horse'' at the

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."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Gymnastics"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 4, 2008) At the

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, he won a silver medal in the ''team all-around''.

World championships

Kashima won a bronze medal in ''pommel horse'' at the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in

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. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in

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he won a gold medal in ''high bar'', a gold medal in ''pommel horse'', and a bronze medal with Japan in the team final. He won a bronze medal in ''pommel horse'' at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in

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