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).
| Koji Yamamuro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 17, 1989 Koga, Ibaraki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Koga, Ibaraki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | KONAMI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Hiroyuki Kato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Yoghiaki Hatakeda, Koji Gushiken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Naoya Tsukahara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
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 edit
- ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ London2012.com Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Japan's Yamamuro injured in vault". Reuters. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ "Injury forces gymnast Yamamuro out of men's all-around". Japan Times. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
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