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Eizo Kenmotsu

1948 - Today

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Eizo Kenmotsu (監物永三, Kenmotsu Eizō; born February 13, 1948) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University and vice president of the Japan Gymnastics Association. In 2006, Kenmotsu was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eizo Kenmotsu is the 98th most popular gymnast (up from 123rd in 2019), the 1,497th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,546th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Eizo Kenmotsu ranks 98 out of 370Before him are Lorenzo Mangiante, Hjördis Nordin, Masao Takemoto, Georg Selenius, Arthur Amundsen, and Samu Fóti. After him are Axel Sjöblom, Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Ecaterina Szabo, Shigeru Kasamatsu, Ingrid Sandahl, and Roberto Ferrari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Eizo Kenmotsu ranks 544Before him are Gudrun Schyman, Edward Rutherfurd, Aleksandr Timoshinin, Staffan Tapper, Mikhail Chigir, and Avery Brooks. After him are Ján Čapkovič, Michael Kitchen, Jan van Beveren, Phil Mogg, Cornel Dinu, and Hans Aabech.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Eizo Kenmotsu ranks 1,497 out of 6,245Before him are Takamine Jōkichi (1854), Tamaki Uchiyama (1972), Tomonori Tsunematsu (1976), Wataru Ota (1981), Hisakichi Toyoda (1912), and Yusuke Yoshizaki (1981). After him are Masashi Tashiro (1956), Shigeru Kasamatsu (1947), Masashi Nakayama (1967), Yumi Tomei (1972), Kozo Tashima (1957), and Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (1939).

Among GYMNASTS In Japan

Among gymnasts born in Japan, Eizo Kenmotsu ranks 9Before him are Takashi Ono (1931), Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947), Yukio Endo (1937), Haruhiro Yamashita (1938), Shuji Tsurumi (1938), and Masao Takemoto (1919). After him are Shigeru Kasamatsu (1947), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), Kōji Gushiken (1956), Kōhei Uchimura (1989), Daiki Hashimoto (2001), and Koji Yamamuro (1989).