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).
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| Full name | Yūsuke Tanaka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 29, 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editTanaka was born on November 29, 1989, in Wakayama. His elder brother is Kazuhito Tanaka and an elder sister is Rie Tanaka.[2]
Career
editTanaka 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
edit- ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "London2012.com". Archived from the original on 2012-09-11. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
- ^ "Yusuke Tanaka". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ "Yusuke Tanaka Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
External links
edit- Yusuke Tanaka at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Yusuke Tanaka at Olympics.com
- Yusuke Tanaka at Olympedia (archive)
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