Shigeru Kasamatsu

Shigeru Kasamatsu
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Country represented  Japan
Born (1947-07-16) July 16, 1947
Kumano, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Eponymous skills Kasamatsu (vault)
Retired 1979
Medal record
Olympic Games
1972 Munich Team
1972 Munich Parallel bars
1972 Munich Horizontal bar
1972 Munich Floor exercise
World Championships
1974 Varna Team
1974 Varna All-around
1974 Varna Floor
1974 Varna Vault
1978 Strasbourg Team
1978 Strasbourg Horizontal bar
1978 Strasbourg Floor
1979 Fort Worth Team

Shigeru Kasamatsu (笠松 茂 Kasamatsu Shigeru, born July 16, 1947) is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal with the Japanese team. Individually he won a silver on parallel bars and bronze medals on the floor and horizontal bar. Kasamatsu won six world titles in 1974 and 1978. The Kasamatsu vault is named after him. In 2006 he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. His wife Kazue Hanyu and son Akihiro Kasamatsu are also retired Olympic gymnasts.[1][2]

Kasamatsu took up gymnastics in 1957, but had his first major achievement only in 1970, when he finished second all-around in the Chunichi Cup. He had to withdraw from the 1976 Olympics due to an emergency appendectomy.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Shigeru Kasamatsu. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Shigeru Kasamatsu. ighof.com
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