Haruhiro Yamashita

Haruhiro Yamashita
Yamashita at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1938-11-11)November 11, 1938
Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
DiedJune 19, 2026(2026-06-19) (aged 87)
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Japan Japan
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1964 TokyoTeam
Gold medal – first place1964 TokyoVault
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1962 PragueTeam
Gold medal – first place1966 DortmundTeam
Gold medal – first place1966 DortmundVault
Silver medal – second place1962 PragueVault

Haruhiro Yamashita (山下 治広, Yamashita Haruhiro; November 11, 1938 – June 19, 2026) was 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.[2] In 1961, he graduated from Nippon Sport Science University, where in 1983 he became professor and later professor emeritus.[3] In the early 1970s he was an assistant gymnastics coach under Roger Council at the Indiana State University. There he began his research on biorhythms.[4]

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 International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[6] He was an honorary citizen of his native town of Uwajima.[5]

Yamashita died on June 19, 2026, at the age of 87.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Haruhiro Yamashita". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. 1 2 "松田（山下）治廣 （まつだ やました はるひろ） （１９３８～ ）" (in Japanese). i-manabi.jp.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "松田治廣氏 （旧姓 山下治廣氏）" (in Japanese). bymebyme.jp. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  5. 1 2 "「山下跳び」の松田治廣さん 宇和島市の名誉市民に" (in Japanese). fmkagawa.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2006-03-04.
  6. ↑ "HARUHIRO YAMASHITA". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  7. ↑ 【訃報】跳馬「ヤマシタ跳び」考案の松田治広さん死去、愛媛県出身の東京五輪金メダリスト (in Japanese)
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