Takuji Hayata

Takuji Hayata
Takuji Hayata at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1940-10-10) October 10, 1940
Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Japan
Medal record
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Rings
1964 Tokyo Team
World Championships
1970 Ljubljana Team
1970 Ljubljana Horizontal bar

Takuji Hayata (早田 卓次, Hayata Takuji; born October 10, 1940) is a retired Japanese gymnast. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won gold medals in the rings and team all-around events. Individually he finished eighth all around.[1] At the 1970 World Championship he won a bronze medal at the horizontal bar, as well as a team gold.[2][3]

Later he became a coach and lead the Japanese team at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1978 World Championships. He also became a physical education professor at Nippon University, and was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2004.[4]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Takuji Hayata". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ "1970 World Championships". Gymn. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  3. ^ "1970 World Championships Men's Team Results". Gymn. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  4. ^ "Takuji Hayata". ighof.com. Retrieved 2019-10-31.