Yusuke Tanaka (gymnast)

Yūsuke Tanaka
Full name Yūsuke Tanaka
Country represented  Japan
Born (1989-11-29) November 29, 1989
Height 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2012 LondonTeam
World Championships
2015 GlasgowTeam
2011 TokyoTeam
2014 NanningTeam
2014 NanningAll-around
Summer Universiade
2013 KazanHorizontal bar
2013 KazanTeam

Yūsuke Tanaka (田中 佑典, Tanaka Yūsuke, born November 29, 1989) 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. His elder brother is Kazuhito Tanaka and an elder sister is Rie Tanaka.[2]

Career

Tanaka won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's artistic team all-around.[3]

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ↑ London2012.com
  3. ↑ "Yusuke Tanaka". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
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