Takuji Hayata

Takuji Hayata
File:Takuji Hayata 1964.jpg Takuji Hayata at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Country represented	Japan
Born	(1940-10-10) October 10, 1940 Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Rings Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team World Championships Gold medal – first place 1970 Ljubljana Team Bronze medal – third place 1970 Ljubljana Horizontal bar

Takuji Hayata (早田 卓次, Hayata Takuji, born October 10, 1940) is a retired Japanese gymnast. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won gold medals in the rings and team all-around events. Individually he finished eighth all around. At the 1970 World Championship he won a bronze medal at the horizontal bar, as well as a team gold. Later he became a coach and lead the Japanese team at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1978 World Championships. He also became a physical education professor at Nippon University, and was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2004.

External links

• Takuji Hayata at the International Gymnastics Federation