Haruhiro Yamashita

Haruhiro Yamashita (山下治広, Yamashita Haruhiro, born November 11, 1938) is a Japanese

gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals, in the vault and team combined exercises.^[1]

After marriage he changed his last name from Yamashita to Matsuda (松田), adopting his aunt's surname, who took care of him as a child.

Yamashita also trained the national gymnastics team, at the 1976 Summer Olympics and at the Asian Games in 1990,^[3] and held senior positions with the Japan Gymnastics Association.^[5]

In 2000 Yamashita was inducted into the

Uwajima.^[5]

References

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^ "金獲った「ヤマシタ」固執せず…快挙の直後「マツダ」に挑戦". Sponichi ANNEX (in Japanese). スポーツニッポン新聞社. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
^ ^a ^b "松田（山下）治廣（まつだ　やました　はるひろ）（１９３８～　　）" (in Japanese). i-manabi.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18.
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