| Shigeru Kasamatsu |
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 Japan |
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| Born |
(1947-07-16) July 16, 1947 |
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| Discipline |
Men's artistic gymnastics |
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| Eponymous skills |
Kasamatsu (vault) |
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Shigeru Kasamatsu (笠松 茂, Kasamatsu Shigeru) (born July 16, 1947) is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.
Olympics
Kasamatsu received a gold medal with the Japanese team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, a silver medal in parallel bars, and bronze medals in floor exercise and horizontal bar.[1]
World championships
At the 1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Kasamatsu received three individual gold medals, in all-around, floor exercise and vault, as well as winning the team competition with Japan.
At the 1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he received an individual gold medal in horizontal bar and a silver medal in floor exercise, and Japan again won the team competition.
At the 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he received a silver medal with Japan in the team competition.
The Kasamatsu vault
The Kasamatsu vault is named after him. This is a vault where you do a quarter turn onto the vault, then a quarter turn off the vault to face forwards followed by a forward somersault with a half twist.
References
External links
Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics - Men's Team All-Around |
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| Name |
Kasamatsu, Shigeru |
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| Short description |
Japanese Olympic gymnast |
| Date of birth |
July 16, 1947 |
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