Masao Takemoto
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| Born | (1919年09月29日)September 29, 1919 Hamada, Shimane, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 2, 2007(2007年02月02日) (aged 87) Kanagawa, Shimane, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Masao Takemoto (竹本正男, Takemoto Masao, September 29, 1919 – February 2, 2007) was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals.[1]
At the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of the gold medal.[1] Two years later he became world champion in the floor exercise, sharing the first placed with Valentin Muratov; he also won a silver medal with the Japanese team and a bronze at the parallel bars.[2] At the 1956 Summer Olympics Takemoto won three bronze medals: in the horizontal bar, parallel bars and rings; he also received a silver medal as part of the Japanese team.[1] His main skills were on the floor exercise and he proved it once again at the 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where he successfully defended his title; he also won silver medals in the vault and team event, as well as a bronze medal in the horizontal bar.[2] At the 1960 Summer Olympics Takemoto won a team gold medal and placed second in the horizontal bar.[1]
Takemoto had a degree in physical education from Nippon Sport Science University and later coached the national gymnastics team. In 1997 he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[1] [2] He died from cholangiocarcinoma on 2 February 2007 at the age of 87 in Kanagawa.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Masao Takemoto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020年04月17日.
- ^ a b c Honored Inductees: Masao Takemoto, ighof.com
- ^ Japanese turnheld overleden [permanent dead link ], telesport.nl
External links
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- Masao Takemoto at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Masao Takemoto at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame Edit this at Wikidata
- Masao Takemoto at Olympics.com Edit this at Wikidata
- Masao Takemoto at Olympic.org (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
- Masao Takemoto at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata
- 1919 births
- 2007 deaths
- Japanese male artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Japan
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- World champion gymnasts
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Deaths from cholangiocarcinoma in Japan
- Nippon Sport Science University alumni
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Japanese sportsmen
- People from Hamada, Shimane
- Sportspeople from Shimane Prefecture