Nobuyuki Aihara

Nobuyuki Aihara
Aihara at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Country represented Japan
Born(1934-12-16)December 16, 1934
Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
DiedJuly 16, 2013(2013-07-16) (aged 78)
Takasaki, Gunma, Japan
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Floor
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Team
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Floor
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1962 Prague Team
Gold medal – first place 1962 Prague Floor
Silver medal – second place 1958 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 1958 Moscow Rings

Nobuyuki Aihara (相原 信行, Aihara Nobuyuki, December 16, 1934 – July 16, 2013) was a Japanese gymnast. He was the father of Yutaka Aihara, also a gymnast.

Nobuyuki competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition. Four years later he won gold medals in these events.[1]

Aihara took up gymnastic at the age of 15 while studying at the Nippon Sport Science University. He was coached by his future teammate Masao Takemoto. In 1964 he married Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara, a fellow gymnast. Because of an injury he missed the Tokyo Olympics that year, and soon retired to become a gymnastics coach. In 1979 he founded the Aihara Gymnastics Club.[1][2]

Aihara died of pneumonia on July 16, 2013, at the age of 78.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nobuyuki Aihara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ^ a b Slotnik, Daniel E. (July 19, 2013) Nobuyuki Aihara, Olympic Champion, Dies at 78. New York Times
  3. ^ 体操ローマ五輪金、相原信行氏死去 78歳 (in Japanese). Retrieved July 23, 2013.