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Japanese artistic gymnast

Koji Yamamuro

Born

(1989-01-17) January 17, 1989 (age 35)
Koga, Ibaraki

Hometown

Koga, Ibaraki

Height

159 cm (5 ft 3 in)

Gymnastics career

Discipline

Men's artistic gymnastics

Country represented

Japan

Club

KONAMI

Head coach(es)

Hiroyuki Kato

Assistant coach(es)

Yoghiaki Hatakeda, Koji Gushiken

Former coach(es)

Naoya Tsukahara

Medal record

Representing Japan

Olympic Games
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Team
	2012 London	Team
World Championships
	2010 Rotterdam	Team
	2011 Tokyo	Team
	2011 Tokyo	All-around
	2011 Tokyo	Rings

Koji Yamamuro (山室光史, Yamamuro Kōji, born January 17, 1989 in Koga, Ibaraki) is a Japanese gymnast. 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).

Career

Yamamuro won the bronze medal in men's all-around at the 2011 World Championships.

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. 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, 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.

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

"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
^ "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.

v t e Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Team All-Around
Summary
1904: Mixed team (ZZX) 1908: Sweden (SWE) 1912: Italy (ITA) 1920: Italy (ITA) 1924: Italy (ITA) 1928: Switzerland (SUI) 1932: Italy (ITA) 1936: Germany (GER) 1948: Finland (FIN) 1952: Soviet Union (URS) 1956: Soviet Union (URS) 1960: Japan (JPN) 1964: Japan (JPN) 1968: Japan (JPN) 1972: Japan (JPN) 1976: Japan (JPN) 1980: Soviet Union (URS) 1984: United States (USA) 1988: Soviet Union (URS) 1992: Unified Team (EUN) 1996: Russia (RUS) 2000: China (CHN) 2004: Japan (JPN) 2008: China (CHN) 2012: China (CHN) 2016: Japan (JPN) 2020: ROC 2024: Japan (JPN)
2016 Japan (JPN): Ryōhei Katō, Kenzō Shirai, Yusuke Tanaka, Koji Yamamuro, Kōhei Uchimura

Asian Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's All-Around

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