Takashi Mitsukuri

Takashi Mitsukuri
— Gymnast —
Takashi Mitsukuri in 1966
Personal information
Country represented	Japan
Born	February 19, 1939 Toyama, Japan
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team 1964 Tokyo Team

Takashi Mitsukuri (三栗 崇 Mitsukuri Takashi, born February 19, 1939) is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion.

Mitsukuri competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises.^[1] At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo he again received a gold medal in team combined exercises with the Japanese team.^[2] Individually, he performed best on the pommel horse, finishing in fourth and sixth place in 1960 and 1964, respectively.^[3]

Mitsukuri received a bronze medal in pommel horse at the 1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and Japan won the team competition. He received a bronze medal in horizontal bar at the 1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and Japan won the team competition again.

His wife Taniko Nakamura-Mitsukuri is also a retired Olympic gymnast.^[3]

References

1. "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 3, 2008)
2. "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Gymnastics" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 3, 2008)
3. Takashi Mitsukuri. sports-reference.com