Eizo Kenmotsu

Eizo Kenmotsu
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Country represented	Japan
Born	February 13, 1948 Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Olympic Games Mexico City 1968 Team Mexico City 1968 Horizontal bar Munich 1972 Team Munich 1972 All-around Munich 1972 Pommel horse Munich 1972 Parallel bars Montreal 1976 Team Montreal 1976 Pommel horse Montreal 1976 Horizontal bar World Championships Ljubljana 1970 Team Ljubljana 1970 All-around Ljubljana 1970 Horizontal bar Ljubljana 1970 Floor Ljubljana 1970 Pommel horse Ljubljana 1970 Parallel bars Varna 1974 Team Varna 1974 Parallel bars Varna 1979 All-around Varna 1979 Pommel horse Varna 1979 Horizontal bar Strasbourg 1978 Team Strasbourg 1978 Parallel bars Strasbourg 1978 All-around Fort Worth 1979 Team

Eizo Kenmotsu (監物永三 Kenmotsu Eizō, born February 13, 1948) is a Japanese gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University and vice president of the Japan Gymnastics Association. In 2006 he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.^[1][2]

References

1. Eizo Kenmotsu. sports-reference.com
2. Eizo Kenmotsu. International Gymnastics Hall of Fame

External links

• Kenmotsu(Technique of parallel bars)