Wataru Tanigawa

Wataru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Summer Universiade.

Wataru Tanigawa
Country represented Japan
Born (1996-07-23) July 23, 1996
Funabashi, Japan
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelElite
Years on national teamJapan
ClubCentral Sports
Head coach(es)Yoshihiro Saito
Hisashi Mizutori
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Liverpool Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Doha Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Stuttgart Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Liverpool All-Around
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouVault
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 HangzhouRings
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei All-Around
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Floor
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Parallel bars
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Horizontal bar

At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, he won the gold medal in the men's team all-around event. He also won the bronze medal in four individual events: individual all-around, floor, parallel bars and horizontal bar.[1] In the same year, he also competed at the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships without winning a medal.

In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's team event at the Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy.[2]

Personal life

Tanigawa started gymnastics at age six at Kenshin Sports Club in Funabashi, Japan.[3]

Tanigawa's younger brother, Kakeru, also represented Japan in artistic gymnastics at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany and the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.[3]

Tanigawa studied sports science at Juntendo University in Tokyo.[3]

Career

2017
Tanigawa competed at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, Canada.[3]

2018
Tanigawa competed at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where his team placed third.[3]

2019
Tanigawa competed at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where his team placed third.[3]

2021
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Tanigawa competed for Japan, on a team including Kaya Kazuma, Kitazono Takeru and Hashimoto Daiki.[4] The team won Olympic silver with a combined score of 262.397, 0.103 points beneath the winning team.[5]

References
  1. Pavitt, Michael (23 August 2017). "Ten gymnasts claim gold medals as artistic competition concludes at Taipei 2017". Inside The Games. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. O'Kane, Patrick (4 July 2019). "China dominate diving podiums as Neapolitan energy drives Italian medal haul". Inside The Games. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. "Artistic Gymnastics TANIGAWA Wataru". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  4. "Artistic Gymnastics - Team Japan". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  5. "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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