Yusuke Tanaka (gymnast) explained

Yūsuke Tanaka
Fullname:	Yūsuke Tanaka
Birth Date:	29 November 1989
Height:	166cm (65inches)^[1]
Discipline:	MAG
Level:	Senior
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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).

Personal life

Tanaka was born on November 29, 1989, in Wakayama. His elder brother is Kazuhito Tanaka and an elder sister is Rie Tanaka.^[2]

Career

Tanaka won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's artistic team all-around.^[3]

At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Tanaka won silver on the horizontal bar and the team bronze medal (with Hiroki Ishikawa, Shogo Nonomura, Ryohei Kato and Chihiro Yoshioka). He won the team gold medal at the 2015 World Championships and at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics. joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. 17 January 2014.
Web site: London2012.com . 2012-09-11 . 2012-09-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120911195519/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/tanaka-yusuke-1018148/ . dead .
Web site: Yusuke Tanaka. BBC Sport. 11 September 2012.
Web site: Yusuke Tanaka Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212950/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/yusuke-tanaka-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2018-11-24.