Shuji Tsurumi (鶴見 修治, Tsurumi Shūji, born January 29, 1938) is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 2008 he was inducted to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[1]
Tsurumi competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in pommel horse.[2] At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and silver medals in individual all-around, pommel horse, and parallel bars.[3][4]
shuji, tsurumi, 鶴見, 修治, tsurumi, shūji, born, january, 1938, japanese, gymnast, olympic, champion, part, first, japanese, team, that, succeeded, gold, medals, team, event, summer, olympics, 1960, world, championships, 1962, 2008, inducted, international, gymna. Shuji Tsurumi 鶴見 修治 Tsurumi Shuji born January 29 1938 is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics 1960 and World Championships 1962 In 2008 he was inducted to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame 1 Shuji TsurumiShuji Tsurumi in 1966Personal informationCountry represented JapanBorn 1938 01 29 January 29 1938 age 85 Tokyo JapanHeight1 58 m 5 ft 2 in Weight52 kg 115 lb DisciplineMen s artistic gymnasticsMedal record Olympic Games1960 Rome Team1964 Tokyo Team1964 Tokyo All around individual1964 Tokyo Pommel horse1964 Tokyo Parallel bars1960 Rome Pommel horseOlympics EditTsurumi competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises and a bronze medal in pommel horse 2 At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo he received a gold medal in team combined exercises and silver medals in individual all around pommel horse and parallel bars 3 4 World Championships EditTsurumi received a silver medal in individual all around at the 1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and Japan won the team competition 4 References Edit Shuji Tsurumi ighof com 1960 Summer Olympics Rome Italy Gymnastics Archived 2007 09 30 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics com Retrieved on April 3 2008 1964 Summer Olympics Tokyo Japan Gymnastics Archived 2007 09 04 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics com Retrieved on April 3 2008 a b Shuji Tsurumi sports reference com This biographical article related to Japanese artistic gymnastics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a Japanese Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shuji Tsurumi amp oldid 1121329782, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
