Masao Takemoto (竹本正男, Takemoto Masao, September 29, 1919 – February 2, 2007) was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals.[1]
At the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of the gold medal.[1] Two years later he became world champion in the floor exercise, sharing the first placed with Valentin Muratov; he also won a silver medal with the Japanese team and a bronze at the parallel bars.[2] At the 1956 Summer Olympics Takemoto won three bronze medals: in the horizontal bar, parallel bars and rings; he also received a silver medal as part of the Japanese team.[1] His main skills were on the floor exercise and he proved it once again at the 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where he successfully defended his title; he also won silver medals in the vault and team event, as well as a bronze medal in the horizontal bar.[2] At the 1960 Summer Olympics Takemoto won a team gold medal and placed second in the horizontal bar.[1]
Takemoto had a degree in physical education from Nippon Sport Science University and later coached the national gymnastics team. In 1997 he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[1][2] He died from cholangiocarcinoma on 2 February 2007 at the age of 87 in Kanagawa.[3]
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masao, takemoto, 竹本正男, takemoto, masao, september, 1919, february, 2007, japanese, artistic, gymnast, world, titles, seven, olympic, medals, takemoto, 1952, olympicspersonal, informationcountry, represented, japanborn, 1919, september, 1919hamada, shimane, jap. Masao Takemoto 竹本正男 Takemoto Masao September 29 1919 February 2 2007 was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals 1 Masao TakemotoTakemoto at the 1952 OlympicsPersonal informationCountry represented JapanBorn 1919 09 29 September 29 1919Hamada Shimane JapanDiedFebruary 2 2007 2007 02 02 aged 87 Kanagawa Shimane JapanHeight160 cm 5 ft 3 in Weight56 kg 123 lb DisciplineMen s artistic gymnasticsMedal record Olympic Games1952 Helsinki Vault1956 Melbourne Team1956 Melbourne Horizontal bar1956 Melbourne Parallel bars1956 Melbourne Rings1960 Rome Team1960 Rome Horizontal barWorld Championships1954 Rome Floor1954 Rome Team1954 Rome Parallel bars1958 Moscow Floor1958 Moscow Team1958 Moscow Vault1958 Moscow Horizontal barAt the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19 150 which was 0 050 short of the gold medal 1 Two years later he became world champion in the floor exercise sharing the first placed with Valentin Muratov he also won a silver medal with the Japanese team and a bronze at the parallel bars 2 At the 1956 Summer Olympics Takemoto won three bronze medals in the horizontal bar parallel bars and rings he also received a silver medal as part of the Japanese team 1 His main skills were on the floor exercise and he proved it once again at the 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where he successfully defended his title he also won silver medals in the vault and team event as well as a bronze medal in the horizontal bar 2 At the 1960 Summer Olympics Takemoto won a team gold medal and placed second in the horizontal bar 1 Takemoto had a degree in physical education from Nippon Sport Science University and later coached the national gymnastics team In 1997 he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame 1 2 He died from cholangiocarcinoma on 2 February 2007 at the age of 87 in Kanagawa 3 References edit a b c d e Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Masao Takemoto Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 2020 04 17 a b c Honored Inductees Masao Takemoto ighof com Japanese turnheld overleden permanent dead link telesport nlExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Masao Takemoto Masao Takemoto at the International Olympic Committee Masao Takemoto at the International Gymnastics Federation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Masao Takemoto amp oldid 1156726632, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
