Kōji Gushiken

Kōji Gushiken (具志堅 幸司, Gushiken Kōji) (born November 12, 1956, in Ōsaka) is a former Olympic gymnast for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won a total number of five medals, including two gold. He broke an ankle in May 1985 which prevented him from training for 3 months and hindered his performances at the 1985 World Championships. Gushiken announced his retirement at the 1985 Chūnichi Cup. He currently coaches other Olympic contenders, including two-time Olympic individual all-around gold medallist Kōhei Uchimura.

Kōji Gushiken
Gushiken in 2011
Personal information
Born	(1956-11-12) November 12, 1956
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Hikonori Yamaguchi
Retired	1985 Chūnichi Cup
Medal record Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles All-Around Individual 1984 Los Angeles Rings 1984 Los Angeles Vault 1984 Los Angeles Horizontal Bar 1984 Los Angeles Team Competition World Championships 1981 Moscow Parallel bars 1983 Budapest Rings 1979 Ft. Worth Team 1981 Moscow Team 1983 Budapest All-around 1979 Ft. Worth Pommel horse 1981 Moscow All-around 1981 Moscow Floor 1983 Budapest Team 1985 Montreal Parallel bars

References

• databaseOlympics at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
• Competitive Results at gymn-forum.net
• Gushiken(Parallel bars Animation)