Koji Yamamuro

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
Country represented Japan
Born (1989-01-17) January 17, 1989
Koga, Ibaraki
HometownKoga, Ibaraki
Height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
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 place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonTeam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 RotterdamTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 TokyoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2011 TokyoAll-around
Bronze medal – third place2011 TokyoRings

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. "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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