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Haruhiro Yamashita

1938 - Today

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Haruhiro Yamashita (山下 治広, Yamashita Haruhiro; born November 11, 1938) is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals, in the vault and team combined exercises. After marriage he changed his last name from Yamashita to Matsuda (松田), adopting his aunt's surname, who took care of him as a child. In 1961, he graduated from Nippon Sport Science University, where in 1983 he became professor and later professor emeritus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Haruhiro Yamashita is the 79th most popular gymnast (down from 63rd in 2019), the 1,426th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,306th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Haruhiro Yamashita ranks 79 out of 370. Before him are Haakon Sörvik, Yelena Shushunova, Aleksanteri Saarvala, Georges Miez, Herman Glass, and Hjalmar Cedercrona. After him are Georg Brustad, Gösta Åsbrink, Shuji Tsurumi, Margarita Nikolaeva, Leonard Peterson, and Larisa Petrik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Haruhiro Yamashita ranks 446. Before him are Roberto Anzolin, Péter Bakonyi, Eppie Wietzes, Emilio Trivini, Vija Celmins, and Anita Thallaug. After him are Duane Eddy, Natalya Krachkovskaya, Richard Benjamin, Carlos Monsiváis, Reni Santoni, and Shuji Tsurumi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Haruhiro Yamashita ranks 1,426 out of 6,245. Before him are Toshio Suzuki (1955), Izumi Sakai (1967), Ichiya Kumagae (1890), Hirotugu Akaike (1927), Masayuki Maegawa (1984), and Kiyotaka Matsui (1961). After him are Yu Suzuki (1958), Takeshi Koshida (1960), Mami Kaneda (1968), Akira Ishida (1967), Kei Sugimoto (1982), and Tamlyn Tomita (1966).

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Among GYMNASTS In Japan

Among gymnasts born in Japan, Haruhiro Yamashita ranks 6. Before him are Akinori Nakayama (1943), Sawao Kato (1946), Takashi Ono (1931), Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947), and Yukio Endo (1937). After him are Shuji Tsurumi (1938), Masao Takemoto (1919), Eizo Kenmotsu (1948), Shigeru Kasamatsu (1947), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), and Kōji Gushiken (1956).

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