Kōhei Uchimura

Kōhei Uchimura
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's Artistic Gymnastics
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team
2008 Beijing All-Around
2012 London Team
2012 London All-Around
World Championships
2011 Tokyo All-Around
2011 Tokyo Floor
2010 Rotterdam All-Around
2009 London All-Around
2011 Tokyo Team
2010 Rotterdam Team
2010 Rotterdam Floor
2011 Tokyo High Bar
2010 Rotterdam Parallel bars
Gymnastics World Cup/Series
2010 Paris High bar
2008 Tianjin Floor
2010 Paris Still rings
2008 Madrid Floor
2007 Paris Vault
In this Japanese name, the family name is Uchimara.

Kōhei Uchimura (内村航平, Uchimura Kōhei, born January 3, 1989) is a Japanese athlete. He is best known as a gymnast.[1]

Career

Kohei Uchimura has won the world championships in gymnastics for three years — 2009, 2010 and 2011.[2]

Uchimura was part of a team which won the team silver medal in gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3]

He also won the gold medal in the Olympic men’s all-around event in gymnastics.[4]

References

  1. ↑ SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), Kohei Uchimura Archived 2008-12-31 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-28.
  2. ↑ Katayama, Lisa. "The Near Perfection of Kohei Uchimura," New York Times (US). July 20, 2012; retrieved 2012-8-3.
  3. ↑ Eccles, Louise. "Robbed! Heartbreak for GB gymnasts as they are handed historic silver medal then bumped down to bronze after Japanese appeal," Daily Mail (UK). 30 July 2012; retrieved 2012-8-3.
  4. ↑ Macur, Juliet. "Uchimura Rises Above the Rest, Again," New York Times (US). August 1, 2012; retrieved 2012-8-3.

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