Wataru Tanigawa
| Wataru Tanigawa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 23, 1996 Funabashi, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Central Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Yoshihiro Saito Hisashi Mizutori | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wataru Tanigawa is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Summer Universiade.
At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, he won the gold medal in the men's team all-around event. He also won the bronze medal in four individual events: individual all-around, floor, parallel bars and horizontal bar.[1] In the same year, he also competed at the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships without winning a medal.
In 2019, he won the gold medal in the men's team event at the Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Tanigawa started gymnastics at age six at Kenshin Sports Club in Funabashi, Japan.[3]
Tanigawa's younger brother, Kakeru, also represented Japan in artistic gymnastics at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany and the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.[3]
Tanigawa studied sports science at Juntendo University in Tokyo.[3]
Career[edit]
2017
Tanigawa competed at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, Canada.[3]
2018
Tanigawa competed at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, where his team placed third.[3]
2019
Tanigawa competed at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where his team placed third.[3]
2021
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Tanigawa competed for Japan, on a team including Kaya Kazuma, Kitazono Takeru and Hashimoto Daiki.[4] The team won Olympic silver with a combined score of 262.397, 0.103 points beneath the winning team.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (23 August 2017). "Ten gymnasts claim gold medals as artistic competition concludes at Taipei 2017". Inside The Games. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ O'Kane, Patrick (4 July 2019). "China dominate diving podiums as Neapolitan energy drives Italian medal haul". Inside The Games. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Artistic Gymnastics TANIGAWA Wataru". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Team Japan". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
External links[edit]
- Living people
- 1996 births
- Japanese male artistic gymnasts
- Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Japan
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Japan
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Sportspeople from Chiba Prefecture
- 21st-century Japanese people
- Gymnasts at the 2022 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- Asian Games medalists in gymnastics