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 | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1980-07-16) July 16, 1980 (age 42) Abeno-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Juntendo University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | December 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
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.
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.
![]() | |
---|---|
| |
2004 ![]() |
World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Pommel Horse | |
---|---|
|
World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Horizontal Bar | |
---|---|
|
![]() ![]() | This biographical article related to Japanese artistic gymnastics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
![]() ![]() | This article about a Japanese Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |