Yusuke Tanaka (gymnast)

Yūsuke Tanaka
2016
Personal information
Full nameYūsuke Tanaka
Born (1989-11-29) November 29, 1989 (age 35)
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Japan
LevelSenior
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanning Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanning All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Doha Team
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kazan Horizontal bar
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Team

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, in Wakayama. 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.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ^ "London2012.com". Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
  3. ^ "Yusuke Tanaka". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Yusuke Tanaka Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-11-24.


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