Eizo Kenmotsu

Eizo Kenmotsu
Personal information
Born	(1948-02-13) February 13, 1948 Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Japan
Medal record Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Team 1968 Mexico City Horizontal bar 1972 Munich Team 1972 Munich All-around 1972 Munich Pommel horse 1972 Munich Parallel bars 1976 Montreal Team 1976 Montreal Pommel horse 1976 Montreal Horizontal bar World Championships 1970 Ljubljana Team 1970 Ljubljana All-around 1970 Ljubljana Horizontal bar 1970 Ljubljana Floor 1970 Ljubljana Pommel horse 1970 Ljubljana Parallel bars 1974 Varna Team 1974 Varna Parallel bars 1979 Varna All-around 1979 Varna Pommel horse 1979 Varna Horizontal bar 1978 Strasbourg Team 1978 Strasbourg Parallel bars 1978 Strasbourg All-around 1979 Fort Worth Team

Eizo Kenmotsu (監物永三, Kenmotsu Eizō, born February 13, 1948) is a Japanese gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University and vice president of the Japan Gymnastics Association. In 2006 he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

External links

• Kenmotsu(Technique of parallel bars)