Nobuyuki Aihara

Nobuyuki Aihara
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Country represented  Japan
Born (1934-12-16)December 16, 1934
Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
Died July 16, 2013(2013-07-16) (aged 78)
Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
Height 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 53 kg (117 lb)
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Competitor for  Japan
Olympic Games
1960 Rome Floor
1960 Rome Team
1956 Melbourne Floor
1956 Melbourne Team
World Championships
1958 Moscow Team
1958 Moscow Rings
1962 Prague Team
1962 Prague Floor
In this Japanese name, the family name is Aihara.

Nobuyuki Aihara (相原 信行 Aihara Nobuyuki, December 16, 1934 – July 16, 2013) was a Japanese gymnast. He competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition. Four years later he won gold medals in these events.[1]

Aihara took gymnastic at the age of 15 while studying at the Nippon Sport Science University. He was coached by his future teammate Masao Takemoto. In 1964 he married Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara, a fellow gymnast. Because of an injury he missed the Tokyo Olympics that year, and soon retired to become a gymnastics coach. In 1979 he founded the Aihara Gymnastics Club.[2][1]

Aihara died of pneumonia on July 16, 2013, at the age of 78. He was survived by son Yutaka, also an Olympic gymnast.[3][2][1]

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  1. 1 2 3 Nobuyuki Aihara. sports-reference.com
  2. 1 2 Slotnik, Daniel E. (July 19, 2013) Nobuyuki Aihara, Olympic Champion, Dies at 78. New York Times
  3. ↑ 体操ローマ五輪金、相原信行氏死去　78歳 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 23, 2013.


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