Wataru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the

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and a two-time gold medalist at the

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. At the

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in Taipei, Taiwan, he won the gold medal in the men's team all-around event. He also won the bronze medal in four individual events: individual all-around, floor,

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and

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. In the same year, he also competed at the

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without winning a medal. In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's team event at the

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in Naples, Italy.

Personal life

Tanigawa started gymnastics at age six at Kenshin Sports Club in Funabashi, Japan. Tanigawa's younger brother, Kakeru, also represented Japan in artistic gymnastics at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany and the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. Tanigawa studied sports science at

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in Tokyo.

Career

2017
Tanigawa competed at the 2017 World Championships in

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, Canada. 2018
Tanigawa competed at the 2018 World Championships in

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, Qatar, where his team placed third. 2019
Tanigawa competed at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where his team placed third. 2021
At the

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, Japan, Tanigawa competed for Japan, on a team including Kaya Kazuma, Kitazono Takeru and Hashimoto Daiki. The team won Olympic silver with a combined score of 262.397, 0.103 points beneath the winning team.

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