- Shigeru Kasamatsu
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medaltemplates=Shigeru Kasamatsu (born
July 16 ,1947 ) is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.Olympics
Kasamatsu received a gold medal with the Japanese team at the
1972 Summer Olympics inMunich , a silver medal in "parallel bars", and bronze medals in "floor exercise" and "horizontal bar". [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=18&sp=GYM "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany Mexico – Gymnastics"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on April 3, 2008)]World championships
At the
1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Kasamatsu received three individual gold medals, in "all-around", "floor exercise" and "vault", as well as winning the team competition with Japan.At the
1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he received an individual gold medal in "horizontal bar" and a silver medal in "floor exercise", and Japan again won the team competition.At the
1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he received a silver medal with Japan in the team competition.The Kasamatsu vault
The "Kasamatsu vault" is named after him.
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NAME = Kasamatsu, Shigeru
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Japanese gymnast
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