Kazuki Minami
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| Born | 24 January 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Yamaguchi, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sendai University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Hisashi Mizutori [national], Ryota Suzuki [club] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kazuki Minami (born 24 January 2000)[1] is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He turned senior in 2019 and became the 2019 World Cup gold medalist on Floor Exercise at Cottbus and Paris.[2] At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he qualified for the floor exercise final in third place. In the final he took home the silver medal.[3][4]
Competitive history
[edit]| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2019 | World Cup Cottbus |  |
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| World Cup Paris | |||||||||
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| 2023 | |||||||||
| Doha World Cup | |
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Eponymous skills
[edit]At the 2023 Doha World Cup Minami became the first gymnast to successfully perform a "double salto bwd with 7/2 t." on floor. The skill was added to the Code of Points and was given the value H (0.8).
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty | Added to Code of Points |
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| Floor Exercise | Minami | Double salto bwd. tucked with 7/2 t. | H (0.8) | 2023 World Cup Doha |
References
[edit]- ^ "50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Entry List (Men)". Longines Timing. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Kazuki Minami". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Japan's Kazuma Kaya, Kazuki Minami seize silver at gymnastic worlds". Kyodo News. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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Categories:
- Living people
- 2000 births
- Japanese male artistic gymnasts
- Sportspeople from Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade
- Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Japan