Takehiro Kashima

Takehiro Kashima (鹿島 丈博, Kashima Takehiro, born July 16, 1980 in Osaka) is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.

Takehiro Kashima
Country represented Japan
Born (1980-07-16) July 16, 1980
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
College teamJuntendo University
RetiredDecember 2008
Medal record
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Team
2008 Beijing Team competition
2004 Athens Pommel horse
World Championships
2003 Anaheim Horizontal bar
2003 Anaheim Pommel horse
2002 Debrecen Pommel horse
2003 Anaheim Team
2005 Melbourne Pommel horse
Asian Games
2002 Busan Pommel horse

Olympics

Kashima won a gold medal in the team all-around and a bronze medal in pommel-horse at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1] At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he won a silver medal in the team all-around.

World championships

Kashima won a bronze medal in pommel horse at the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Debrecen. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim he won a gold medal in high bar, a gold medal in pommel horse, and a bronze medal with Japan in the team final. He won a bronze medal in pommel horse at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Melbourne.

References
  1. "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Gymnastics" Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 4, 2008)


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