Takuji_Hayata

Takuji Hayata

Takuji Hayata

Japanese artistic gymnast

Takuji Hayata (早田 卓次, Hayata Takuji, born October 10, 1940) is a retired Japanese gymnast. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won gold medals in the rings and team all-around events. Individually he finished eighth all around.[1] At the 1970 World Championship he won a bronze medal at the horizontal bar, as well as a team gold.[2][3]

Quick Facts Personal information, Country represented ...

Later he became a coach and lead the Japanese team at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1978 World Championships. He also became a physical education professor at Nippon University, and was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2004.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Takuji Hayata". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. [2]
    "1970 World Championships". Gymn. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  3. [3]
    "1970 World Championships Men's Team Results". Gymn. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  4. [4]
    "Takuji Hayata". ighof.com. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Takuji Hayata.


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This biographical article related to Japanese artistic gymnastics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about a Japanese Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Takuji_Hayata, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.