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Daiki Hashimoto

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Daiki Hashimoto
Daiki Hashimoto winning 2020 Olympics Gold Medal
Personal information
Nickname(s)Mr. Infinite Stamina
Born (2001-08-07) 7 August 2001 (age 23)
Narita, Japan
ResidenceChiba, Japan
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Japan
College teamJuntendo University
ClubJuntendo University
Head coach(es)Hiroyuki Tomita (club)
Hisashi Mizutori (national)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's artistic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 1 0
World Championships 4 5 1
Summer Universiade 0 1 0
Total 7 7 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Horizontal Bar
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Liverpool All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antwerp Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antwerp All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antwerp Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kitakyushu All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kitakyushu Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 2022 Liverpool Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Liverpool Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2022 Liverpool Horizontal Bar
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Stuttgart Team
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu Team

Daiki Hashimoto (橋本 大輝, Hashimoto Daiki, born 7 August 2001) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Widely regarded as the successor of Kohei Uchimura,[1] he won two gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in all-around and horizontal bar, as well as a silver in team.[2] His Tokyo individual gold medal win win made him the youngest Olympic All-Around champion, at age 19 years, 355 days.[3] At the world championships, he has also won 3 golds, 5 silvers, and 1 bronze.[4][5]

Hashimoto became a member of the Japan men's national gymnastics team in 2019, while he was still studying at Funabashi Municipal High School. He has represented Japan in every major competition since then.

Career

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2019

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Hashimoto competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where his team placed third all around.[6] On the pommel horse, he finished in 9th place, and on the horizontal bar, he finished in 4th place.

2021

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Hashimoto's breakthrough arrived when he became the national all-around champion. His score of 88.532 was the highest of 2021 until being surpassed by Zhang Boheng's 88.565 result at the Chinese Olympic Trials. One month later, Hashimoto participated in NHK Trophy, and despite only achieving the second highest score of the night, he still won the title because the tournament also used the scores of All Japan AA Championships for the final results. In June, Hashimoto achieved another victory at the All Japan Event Championships. With such impressive performances, he was later selected in Japan men's national gymnastics team competing at the Olympics.

At the Olympics, Hashimoto competed in team event with Kazuma Kaya, Takeru Kitazono, Wataru Tanigawa & won the silver with only 0.103 points behind the ROC team.[7][8][2] He also won two gold medals in all-around and horizontal bar,[2] making him the most successful male gymnast in Tokyo with three medals — two golds and one silver. Being just 10 days before turning 20, Hashimoto also became Japan's second youngest and one of only two teenage male gymnasts in history to accomplish that feat after Kenzō Shirai, who won team gold six days younger in 2016. This would also include by default Hashimoto becoming the youngest Japanese gymnast to win Olympic gold on the all-around and horizontal bar events. In the men's individual floor exercise and pommel horse event finals, Hashimoto would place eleventh and ninth.

At the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu, Hashimoto was the top qualifier on the men's individual all-around and horizontal bar, but only earned two silver medals on those events. He also placed fourth in the parallel bars, and withdrew from floor and pommel horse, despite qualified for the finals.

2022

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At the 2022 All-Japan all-around championships in late April, Hashimoto successfully defended his title, leading in both qualification & final. He also won the NHK Trophy, despite multiple falls in pommel horse & horizontal bar. In June, Hashimoto participated in All-Japan event championships, competing in floor, pommel horse, parallel bars & horizontal bar. He had previously qualified in rings but withdraw later. In floor, he won the bronze, while in pommel horse & horizontal bar finals, he made several falls & only achieved 7th & 6th place respectively. In parallel bars, he made mistakes at the qualification & did not advance to the final.

Later in late August, Hashimoto achieved the highest AA score of the year, getting 88.331 at the All-Japan Student Championships. He also won every gold & silver at every event.

Hashimoto was selected to represent Japan at the World Championships in Liverpool after winning the NHK Trophy. Despite a fall at the pommel horse in qualification, he still made it to AA, FX & HB finals. In men's team final, Japanese men made a few serious mistakes & ended up with the silver, losing the title to China. However, Hashimoto managed to win the all-around championship, reversing the 2021 result. He was also the runner-up in floor & horizontal bar, with only 0.033 & 0.100, respectively, behind the eventual champions.

Hashimoto and his teammates from Juntendo University failed to defend the title at the All-Japan Team Championships, where he made serious falls in his pommel horse and parallel bars routines, as well as underperformed in floor, vault and horizontal bar. His all-around score was only 81.364, the lowest since 2019.

2023

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Hashimoto started the 2023 season with 2 gold and a silver at the 2023 DTB Pokal Stuttgart, where he won the Mixed Cup and horizontal bar events, while being the runner-up at Men's Team Challenge. Later in April, he successfully defended the All-Japan All-Around Championships crown and became the 10th male gymnast to win the title 3 times. In May, he also won the NHK Trophy for the third consecutive year, despite the falls on pommel horse and horizontal, as well as underperforming the floor exercise routine. At the All-Japan Event Championships in June, Hashimoto was set to compete in floor, pommel horse and horizontal bar. His rings and parallel bars scores at All-Japan All-Around Championships would have been enough to be qualified, but a change of qualification rule only allowed only top 8 in AA qualification and final nights, and the other spots would be determined at tryout round 3, in which he did not participate. In pommel horse, Hashimoto ranked 11th in qualification, while in floor and horizontal bar, he was qualified directly to the final as being World Championships runner-up, but withdrew from floor and fell off the high bar, resulted in ranking last.

At the Summer Universiade in August, Hashimoto delivered one of the best performed in his career, scoring 88.698 in men's team final and qualified for floor, pommel horse, parallel bars and horizontal bar finals. However, some mistakes from his teammates dragged Japan to 2nd place. During the AA final, Hashimoto, who ranked 1st in qualification, clashed his head as he fell from the pommel horse and was forced to withdraw from the rest of the competition. About 2 weeks after the incident, he recovered quickly to compete at the All-Japan Student Championships. Despite a fall on horizontal bar, he managed to win the team and all-around titles, as well as ranking 1st in vault & parallel bars.

Hashimoto participated in the World Championships with a rough start. Mistakes from pommel horse and vault routines made him only ranked 3rd in all-around qualification, and would not have been able to advance to final as the first 2 ranks were his teammates. However, as the team already had prior discussion, Kazuma Kaya gave up his spot to him. In men's team final, Hashimoto, together with Kenta Chiba, Kazuma Kaya, Kazuki Minami and Kaito Sugimoto won the gold for Japan for the 1st time since 2015. He later defended his World crown in all-around and won his first world championships gold medal in horizontal bar, with one of the best routines in his career. With this results, Hashimoto is now ranked among male gymnasts as 2nd most all-around gold medals and 3rd most all-around medals at the World Championships.

2024

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Hashimoto is part of a team representing Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France alongside Tanigawa Wataru, Oka Shinnosuke, Kaya Kazuma, and Sugino Takaaki.[9] The team won the all-around gold on July 29 defeating long-time rival China.[9] [10]

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2019 Valeri Liukin International Elite 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
National High School Selection Tournament — 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 9
All-Japan Championships 6 7 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 46 — 20 10
NHK Trophy — 6 — — — — — —
National High School Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 25 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
All-Japan Junior Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
National Sports Festival - Junior Division 1st place, gold medalist(s) — — — — — — —
World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) — 11 9 — — — 4
Japanese All-around Super Final — 1st place, gold medalist(s) — — — — — —
Toyota International — — 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) — 2nd place, silver medalist(s) — 4
2020 2020 American Cup — 5 — — — — — —
All-Japan Student Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
All-Japan Championships — 5 6 54 16 — 26 4
2021 All-Japan Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 11 66 68 — Q, wd 1st place, gold medalist(s)
NHK Trophy — 1st place, gold medalist(s) — — — — — —
Olympic Games 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 11 9 27 — 10 1st place, gold medalist(s)
All-Japan Student Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships — 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Q, wd Q, wd 28 — 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022 All-Japan Championships 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Q, wd — 20 6
NHK Trophy — 1st place, gold medalist(s) — — — — — —
All-Japan Student Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 109 11 — 16 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 2nd place, silver medalist(s) — — 1, wd 8 — 56 1st place, gold medalist(s)
DTB Pokal Mixed Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) — — — — — — —
All-Japan Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) Q, wd 11 — — — 8
NHK Trophy — 1st place, gold medalist(s) — — — — — —
World University Games 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1, wd 2, wd 1, wd 12 — 5, wd 1, wd
All-Japan Student Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 15
World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 50 28 — 13 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024
Olympic Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6

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Detailed results

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2017–2021 Code of Points

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Year Tournament Event Date All Around
2019 Valeri Liukin International Elite 2 February 86.000 14.000 14.750 14.250 14.850 13.850 14.300
National High School Selection Tournament 24 March 83.750 14.100 14.450 13.250 14.900 14.100 12.950
All-Japan All-around Championships Qualification 26 April 83.931 13.766 14.166 13.166 14.600 14.133 14.100
AA Final 28 April 84.031 13.800 14.300 12.966 14.566 14.166 14.233
NHK Trophy 19 May 83.497 14.033 14.366 12.933 14.866 13.033 14.266
All-Japan Events Championships Qualification 22 June 14.266 14.500 15.000 13.966
Event Finals 23 June 13.833 14.400
National High School Championships Qualification 30 July - 2 August 84.400 13.650 13.550 13.650 14.950 14.550 14.050
AA Final 84.850 13.250 14.750 13.650 14.800 14.400 14.000
All-Japan Junior Championships 17 August 84.450 14.300 14.500 12.500 14.800 14.300 14.000
National Sports Festival - Junior Division Qualification 13 September 85.750 14.200 14.500 13.650 14.900 14.250 14.250
Team Final 15 September 14.550 13.500 14.800 14.100 14.550
World Championships Qualification 7 October 14.433 14.883 14.766 14.366
Team Final 9 October 13.533 14.466 14.900 14.066
Event Finals 12 - 13 October 13.333 14.233
Japanese All-around Super Final 8 November 86.031 14.566 14.733 13.433 14.366 14.100 14.833
All-Japan Team Championships 09 - 10 October 14.433 14.600 14.933 14.066 13.566
Toyota International 14–15 December 14.066 15.033 13.366 14.133
13.666
2020 2020 American Cup 7 March 82.757 13.666 13.400 13.900 13.500 14.066 14.225
All-Japan Student Championships 19 - 23 October 87.450 14.600 15.250 13.850 15.150 14.100 14.500
All-Japan Championships Qualification 11 December 85.032 14.600 12.666 14.033 14.900 14.033 14.800
AA Final 13 December 86.432 14.700 13.900 13.933 14.900 14.366 14.633
2021 All-Japan All-around Championships Qualification 16 April 84.833 14.800 12.700 12.900 15.233 14.700 14.500
AA Final 18 April 88.532 15.000 14.466 13.900 15.000 15.166 15.000
NHK Trophy 16 May 86.165 14.300 14.733 13.833 15.133 14.100 14.066
All-Japan Events Championships Qualification 5 June 14.466 13.633 14.766
Event Finals 6 June 15.133
Olympic Games Qualification 24 July 88.531 14.700 14.766 13.866 14.866 15.300 15.033
Team Final 26 July 14.600 14.800 13.833 14.833 15.100
AA Final 28 July 88.465 14.833 15.166 13.533 14.700 15.300 14.933
Event Finals 3 August 15.066
All-Japan Student Championships 01 - 4 September 86.497 14.266 14.933 14.233 13.466 14.466 15.133
World Championships Qualification 20 October 88.040 14.733 15.075 13.333 15.066 15.200 14.633
AA Final 22 October 87.964 14.833 14.166 13.966 14.800 15.066 15.133
Event Finals 23 - 24 October 15.000 15.066
All-Japan Team Championship 12 December 14.900 15.100 15.200 15.033 15.033

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2022-2024 Code of Points

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Year Tournament Event Date AA
2022 All-Japan All-around Championships Qualification 22 April 85.864 14.733 14.466 14.166 14.700 13.266 14.533
AA Final 24 April 87.797 14.366 14.166 14.133 14.966 14.733 15.433
NHK Trophy 15 May 83.532 13.933 13.200 14.133 14.900 14.766 12.600
All-Japan Events Championships Qualification 18 June 14.600 14.033 14.000 13.100
Event Finals 19 June 14.700 13.300 13.300
All-Japan Student Championships 19–22 August 88.331 14.566 14.666 14.433 14.933 14.733 15.000
World Championships Qualification 30 October 84.665 14.466 11.666 14.000 14.700 14.733 15.100
Team Final 2 November 14.500 14.433 13.866 13.866 13.133
AA Final 4 November 87.198 14.666 14.333 13.866 14.900 15.000 14.433
Event Finals 5 - 6 November 14.500 14.700
All-Japan Team Championships 11 December 81.364 13.866 11.600 14.133 14.266 12.866 14.633
2023 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup Team/QF 17 March 14.600 14.100 4.300 14.700
Event Finals 18 March 14.500
DTB Pokal Team Challenge 19 March 14.300 14.900
All-Japan All-around Championships Qualification 21 April 86.065 14.000 14.633 13.800 14.533 14.366 14.733
AA Final 23 April 85.432 13.966 14.400 13.800 14.200 14.766 14.300
NHK Trophy 21 May 84.098 13.966 13.066 14.133 14.833 14.900 13.200
All-Japan Event Championships Qualification 9 June 14.300
Event Finals 10 June 12.300
Summer Universiade Team Final 2 August 88.698 14.700 15.033 14.333 14.766 14.600 15.266
AA Final 4 August 12.233 12.966
All-Japan Student Championships 22 August 86.397 14.233 14.800 14.166 15.166 14.766 13.266
World Championships Qualification 30 September 85.432 14.500 13.266 13.700 14.366 14.600 15.000
Team Final 3 October 14.300 14.266 14.900 14.866 14.366
AA Final 5 October 86.132 13.466 14.366 14.000 15.000 14.800 14.500
Event Finals 7 - 8 October 14.233 15.233

Personal life

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Hashimoto was born in Narita, Japan.

His two older brothers, Takuya and Kengo, who competed in artistic gymnastics at the club- and university-level in Japan, inspired Hashimoto to begin gymnastics at age seven at the Sawara Junior Club.[17]

Hashimoto has received two awards. In 2019, he received the Excellence Award at the 2019 NHK Cup. In 2020, he was given the Road to 2020 Olympic Encouragement Award at the TV Asahi Big Sports Awards.[17]

He is a student at Juntendo University, School of Health and Sports Science in Inzai, Chiba.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Olympics-Gymnastics-Hashimoto proves himself worthy heir to "King Kohei"". Reuters. 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  3. ^ "Hashimoto makes history as youngest men's Olympic All-Around champion". FIG News. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Russia wins gold in men's team all-around at 2019 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". TASS. 22 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
  5. ^ "GYMNASTICS: Biles historic with Beam and Floor wins as U.S. wins eight medals at Artistic Worlds". The Sports Examiner. 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
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  10. ^ "Daiki Hashimoto's redemption earns Japan thrilling gymnastics gold as China collapse". Independent.co.uk. 29 July 2024.
  11. ^ "2019 National High School Championships (Gymnastics)". Japan Gymnastics Association. August 2, 2019.
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  13. ^ "2019 Interscholastic National High School Comprehensive Gymnastics Tournament Gymnastics Tournament Record Report" (PDF). koukousoutai.com. August 2, 2019.
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  15. ^ "2021 All Japan Gymnastics Individual All-around Championships - Men's Over Result" (PDF). Japan Gymnastics Association. 18 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Official results of 75th All Japan Championships - Men's team" (PDF). Japan Gymnastics Association. 12 December 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Artistic Gymnastics HASHIMOTO Daiki". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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