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Quick facts for kids Naoya Tsukahara
Country represented	Japan Australia
Born	() June 25, (age 47) Nagasaki, Japan
Height	m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	65 kg ( lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Men's artistic gymnastics Representing Japan Olympic Games Gold Athens Team all-around World Championships Silver Tianjin All-around Silver Tianjin Parallel bars Bronze Lausanne All-around Bronze Lausanne Parallel bars Bronze Anaheim Team all-around Bronze Aarhus Team all-around

Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 Tsukahara Naoya, born June 25, ) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist now coaching and competing for Australia.

He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mitsuo Tsukahara, who was also a multiple gold medalist in the Olympic Games during the s and 70s.

Biography of mahatma gandhi Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 Tsukahara Naoya, born June 25, ) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mitsuo Tsukahara, who was also a multiple gold medalist in the Olympic Games during the s and 70s.

He competed at the , and Olympics as well as many World Championships for team Japan from until In , he moved to Australia, gaining citizenship in , and currently represents Australia's national gymnastics team, most recently competing at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Competitive History

Late s

Naoya participated at the Olympics in Atlanta.

The Japanese team finished 10th in the team final. Individually, Naoya qualified into the all-around final and finished 12th in the final.

Although Naoya did not get any medal in the Olympics, he had been quite successful after that. In the World Championships, he won two bronze medals in the all-around and on parallel bars.

Naoya Tsukahara (JPN) World AA Bronze Medalist World AA Silver Medalist. Medal Total. Olympic Games: 1 Gold World Championships: 1 Silver, 3 Bronze.

In the World Championships, he had pushed himself to a higher level of success, winning silver medals in all-around and on parallel bars.

Summer Olympics

Following his successes at the World Championships, Naoya eventually came to his second Olympic Games, the Olympics in Sydney. This time the Japanese gymnastics team was edged by the Russian team for a bronze medal.

Individually, Naoya qualified 6th and 10th into the horizontal bar and all-around final respectively. He finally finished 18th in all-around final, and a fall in the horizontal bar final made him come last, with a score of

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After the Summer Olympics, Naoya could not regain his form of In addition, there were some fabulous gymnasts rose in Japan, including Hiroyuki Tomita, Isao Yoneda and Takehiro Kashima.

Naoya's character in the national team changed from an all-around competitor into an anchor for the Japanese gymnastics team.

In the World Championships, Naoya made it into the all-around and parallel bars finals, finishing 7th in the all-around while his teammate, Hiroyuki Tomita, won a bronze in that event.

Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 Tsukahara Naoya, born June 25, ) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist [1] now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mitsuo Tsukahara, who was also a multiple gold medalist in the Olympic Games during the s and 70s. [ 2 ].

Individually, Naoya placed 4th on his strongest event, parallel bars with a score of

Summer Olympics

Naoya made the Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece. The Japanese team showed strong performances and eventually won the team gold medal. Naoya placed 4th on floor exercise in prelim with a , the same score of his teammates, Isao Yoneda and Daisuke Nakano.

However, the tie-breaker policy favoured his two teammates into the final. He did not qualify into the all-around final.

After the Summer Olympics

Naoya was 27 when the Olympics in Athens wrapped, which was an age considered 'old' for gymnastics. Nevertheless, he kept competing.

Naoya tsukahara biography of mahatma Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 Tsukahara Naoya, born June 25, ) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist [1] now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mitsuo Tsukahara, who was also a multiple gold medalist in the Olympic Games during the s and 70s. [ 2 ].

He won a bronze medal with the team in the World Championships but could not make the Summer Olympics. He was still competing as of Summer

Competing For Australia

In , he moved to Australia, competing and winning at the , , , and Australian National Gymnastics Championships, and winning 2nd place behind Joshua Jefferis in In , he gained Australian citizenship, allowing him to compete representing Australia in international competitions.

However, the process was not completed in time for qualification to the Olympic Games. In , he competed at the World Championships, narrowly missing the all-around finals, but premiering two new variations of the V-cross on still rings.

FIG later announced the Li Ning 2 to V-cross as the "Tsukahara," named after the athlete. This rare honor for a gymnast is one his father also experienced multiple times. He also competed in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, UK.

In March , Tsukahara retired.

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