Eizo Kenmotsu
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is a Japanese gymnast
, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.
in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.
He received a gold medal with the Japanese team at the 1972 Summer Olympics
in Munich
, a silver medal in all-around individual, and bronze medals in pommel horse and parallel bars.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics
in Montreal
he received his third gold medal with the Japanese team, and individual silver medals in pommel horse and parallel bars.
, where Japan won the team competition, and he received five individual medals: gold medals in all-round and horizontal bar, and silver medals in floor exercises, pommel horse and parallel bars.
At the 1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Japan again won the team competition. Kenmotsu received an individual gold medal in parallel bars, and bronze medals in all-around, pommel horse and horizontal bar.
At the 1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Kenmotsu again won the gold medal in parallel bars, and a silver medal in individual all-around. Japan won the team competition again.
At the 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
he received a silver medal with Japan in the team competition.
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.
Olympics
Kenmotsu competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.
He received a gold medal with the Japanese team at the 1972 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, a silver medal in all-around individual, and bronze medals in pommel horse and parallel bars.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
he received his third gold medal with the Japanese team, and individual silver medals in pommel horse and parallel bars.
World championships
Kenmotsu had great success at the 1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 17th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 1970.-Medals:-All-around:- Floor exercise :-Pommel horse:-Rings:-Vault:-Parallel bars:-Horizontal bar:-Team final:-All-around:- Vault :...
, where Japan won the team competition, and he received five individual medals: gold medals in all-round and horizontal bar, and silver medals in floor exercises, pommel horse and parallel bars.
At the 1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 18th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Varna, Bulgaria, in 1974.-Medals:-All-around:- Floor exercise :-Pommel horse:-Rings:-Vault:-Parallel bars:-Horizontal bar:-Team final:-All-around:- Vault :...
Japan again won the team competition. Kenmotsu received an individual gold medal in parallel bars, and bronze medals in all-around, pommel horse and horizontal bar.
At the 1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 19th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Strasbourg, France, in 1978 from October 23 to October 29.The new rule was introduced: eight gymnasts competed in each of the apparatus finals....
Kenmotsu again won the gold medal in parallel bars, and a silver medal in individual all-around. Japan won the team competition again.
At the 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 20th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Fort Worth, USA, in 1979. In November 1977 the 55th FIG Congress, held in Rome, changed the cycle of world championships: since 1979 they were to be held each two years, and the pre-Olympic ones were to be qualifications for the Olympic...
he received a silver medal with Japan in the team competition.