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Koji Yamamuro
Born (1989-01-17) January 17, 1989 (age 35)
Koga, Ibaraki
HometownKoga, Ibaraki
Height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Japan
ClubKONAMI
Head coach(es)Hiroyuki Kato
Assistant coach(es)Yoghiaki Hatakeda, Koji Gushiken
Former coach(es)Naoya Tsukahara
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Rotterdam Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Tokyo All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Tokyo Rings

Koji Yamamuro (山室 光史, Yamamuro Kōji, born January 17, 1989 in Koga, Ibaraki) is a Japanese gymnast.[2] 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).

Career

Yamamuro won the bronze medal in men's all-around at the 2011 World Championships.[3]

Yamamuro competed for the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's artistic team all-around. In the team final, he injured his ankle on the vault event and had to be helped off.[3] Although he had qualified for the individual all-around final, he had to withdraw because of his injury and was replaced by his teammate Kazuhito Tanaka,[4] who had ranked behind Yamamuro and Kōhei Uchimura and had not qualified due to the 2-per-country rule.

Yamamuro also participated in the 2012 American Cup.[5]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Yamamuro won a gold medal as part of the Japanese men's team. In the event finals, Yamamuro competed on pommel horse and still rings with scores of 13.900 and 14.866 respectively.

References

  1. ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ^ London2012.com Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b "Japan's Yamamuro injured in vault". Reuters. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Injury forces gymnast Yamamuro out of men's all-around". Japan Times. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2012-10-23.


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