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Shuji Tsurumi

1938 - Today

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Shuji Tsurumi (鶴見 修治, Tsurumi Shūji; born January 29, 1938) is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 2008 he was inducted to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shuji Tsurumi is the 82nd most popular gymnast (down from 29th in 2019), the 1,442nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,004th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Shuji Tsurumi ranks 82 out of 370Before him are Georges Miez, Herman Glass, Hjalmar Cedercrona, Haruhiro Yamashita, Georg Brustad, and Gösta Åsbrink. After him are Margarita Nikolaeva, Leonard Peterson, Larisa Petrik, Yuri Titov, Per Bertilsson, and Franco Menichelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Shuji Tsurumi ranks 452Before him are Haruhiro Yamashita, Duane Eddy, Natalya Krachkovskaya, Richard Benjamin, Carlos Monsiváis, and Reni Santoni. After him are Gimax, Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino, Aleksandar Kozlina, Jean-Marie Doré, Richard Meade, and Hervé de Charette.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shuji Tsurumi ranks 1,442 out of 6,245Before him are Jiro Sato (1908), Daichi Fukushima (1977), Ryo Kawasaki (1947), Hiroshi Kaneda (1953), Homare Sawa (1978), and Joji (1992). After him are Nujabes (1974), Eiichi Uemura (1975), Kitamura Tokoku (1868), Toshiyuki Morikawa (1967), Shunpei Uto (1918), and Kazuyoshi Hoshino (1947).

Among GYMNASTS In Japan

Among gymnasts born in Japan, Shuji Tsurumi ranks 7Before him are Akinori Nakayama (1943), Sawao Kato (1946), Takashi Ono (1931), Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947), Yukio Endo (1937), and Haruhiro Yamashita (1938). After him are Masao Takemoto (1919), Eizo Kenmotsu (1948), Shigeru Kasamatsu (1947), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), Kōji Gushiken (1956), and Kōhei Uchimura (1989).