Haruhiro Yamashita

Haruhiro Yamashita
Yamashita at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1938-11-11) November 11, 1938
Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Japan
Medal record
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Team
1964 Tokyo Vault
World Championships
1962 Prague Team
1966 Dortmund Team
1966 Dortmund Vault
1962 Prague Vault

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.[1]

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.[2] In 1961, he graduated from Nippon Sport Science University, where in 1983 he became professor and later professor emeritus.[3] In the early 1970s he was an assistant gymnastics coach under Roger Council at the Indiana State University. There he began his research on biorhythms.[4]

Yamashita also trained the national gymnastics team, at the 1976 Summer Olympics and at the Asian Games in 1990,[3] and held senior positions with the Japan Gymnastics Association.[5]

In 2000 Yamashita was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[6] He is an honorary citizen of his native town of Uwajima.[5]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Haruhiro Yamashita". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ "金獲った「ヤマシタ」固執せず…快挙の直後「マツダ」に挑戦". Sponichi ANNEX (in Japanese). スポーツニッポン新聞社. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  3. ^ a b "松田（山下）治廣 （まつだ やました はるひろ） （１９３８～ ）" (in Japanese). i-manabi.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18.
  4. ^ "松田治廣氏 （旧姓 山下治廣氏）" (in Japanese). bymebyme.jp. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  5. ^ a b "「山下跳び」の松田治廣さん 宇和島市の名誉市民に" (in Japanese). fmkagawa.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2006-03-04.
  6. ^ "HARUHIRO YAMASHITA". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
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