Kohei Uchimura

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Kohei Uchimura ( _ja. 内村航平; born January 3, 1989 in Nagasaki) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He began gymnastics at age 3, at home in Nagasaki Prefecture at his parents' sports club. He trained with Athens gold medalist Naoya Tsukahara. His sister Haruhi Uchimura is also a gymnast. She is ranked 14th in Japan.

Uchimura won the silver medal in Men's All-Around Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing China.

External links

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* [http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819129_1819134_1825939,00.html 100 Olympic Athletes To Watch] , TIME.com
* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/7/224177.shtml Beijing Olympics profile]
* [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/so20080815g1.html Uchimura earns silver in all-around: The Japan Times Online]