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Shinnosuke Oka

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Shinnosuke Oka
Oka at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Personal information
Country representedJapan
Born (2003-10-31) 31 October 2003 (age 21)
Okayama, Japan
ResidenceKamakura, Japan
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2018–present (JPN)
ClubTokushukai Gymnastics Club
Head coach(es)Isao Yoneda
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's artistic gymnastics
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris All-around
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Horizontal bar
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Parallel bars
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Singapore All-around
Silver medal – second place 2023 Singapore Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Singapore Parallel bars
Silver medal – second place 2023 Singapore Horizontal bar
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Győr Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Győr All-around
Silver medal – second place 2019 Győr Pommel horse
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Győr Parallel bars

Shinnosuke Oka (岡 慎之助, Oka Shinnosuke, born 31 October 2003) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is the 2024 Olympic all-around champion, as well as a member of the Japanese team, which also won gold at 2024 games. He also won the Olympic title on the horizontal bar and the bronze medal on the parallel bars.

He is also the 2023 Asian and 2019 Junior World all-around champion. He won silver medals on the parallel bars and horizontal bar at the 2023 Asian Championships.

Early life

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Oka was born on 31 October 2003 in Okayama to Yachiyo and Yasumasa Oka, and grew up in the Kojo region [ja] of Minami-ku, Okayama.[1] He has a brother named Kyoiki. He began gymnastics when he was four years old. In 2019, he moved away from his family at age 16 to train at the Tokushukai Gymnastics Club in Kamakura.[2][3]

Career

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Junior

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Oka competed at the 2018 Junior Asian Championships where the Japanese team won the silver medal behind China. Individually, he won the all-around bronze medal behind Shi Cong and Yin Dehang.[4] Then in the event finals, he won the gold medal on the horizontal bar and the silver medals on the floor exercise and parallel bars, and the bronze medal on the still rings.[5]

Oka won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 2019 Junior World Championships held in Győr, Hungary. On the first day, he won the gold medal both in the team and individual all-around events.[6][7] Then in the first day of event finals, he won the silver medal on the pommel horse behind teammate Takeru Kitazono.[8][9] Then on the final day, he won the bronze medal in the parallel bars behind Kitazono and China's Yang Haonan.[10][11] He then placed eighth all-around at the 2019 All-Japan Junior Championships.[12] At the 2020 All-Japan Championships, he finished 44th in the all-around.[13]

Pommel horse
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar
Shinnosuke Oka at the 2019 Junior World Championships

Senior

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Oka placed 60th in the all-around at the 2021 All-Japan Championships.[14] He tore his right ACL at the 2022 All-Japan Championships.[15]

Oka returned to competition at the 2023 All-Japan Championships and placed 10th in the all-around.[16] He then finished 11th in the all-around at the NHK Trophy.[17] Then at the 2023 All-Japan Event Championships, he won a bronze medal on the floor exercise.[18] Oka won the all-around title at the 2023 Asian Championships in an upset over Carlos Yulo.[19][20] The Japanese team won the silver medal behind China.[21] In the event finals, Oka won silver medals on the parallel bars and the horizontal bar.[22]

Oka began the 2024 season at the All-Japan Championships where he won the all-around silver medal behind Daiki Hashimoto.[23] He then won the all-around title at the 2024 NHK Trophy and earned a place on Japan's 2024 Olympic team.[15] He will compete alongside Hashimoto, Kazuma Kaya, Takaaki Sugino and Wataru Tanigawa.[24][25] The team won the all-around gold on July 29 defeating long-time rival China.[25] Oka went on to win gold medals in the individual all-around and horizontal bar, as well as a bronze medal in the parallel bars. [26]

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2018
Junior Asian Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019
Junior World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
All-Japan Junior Championships 8
2020 All-Japan Championships 44
Senior
2021 All-Japan Championships 60
2023 All-Japan Championships 10
NHK Trophy 11
All-Japan Event Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6
Asian Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 5 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024 All-Japan Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
NHK Trophy 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ 森岡 [Morioka], 紗衣 [Sae] (30 July 2024). "岡山市出身・岡慎之助選手が男子体操団体で「金」郷土勢第１号のメダルに地元は歓喜 [Okayama native Shinnosuke Oka wins gold in the men's gymnastics team event, becoming the first local athlete to win a medal and the locals rejoice]" (in Japanese). Okayama Broadcasting.
  2. ^ "Oka Shinnosuke - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Oka Shinnosuke". Paris 2024. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Chinese boys, girls win individual and team titles". Asian Gymnastics Union. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  5. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (30 April 2018). "2018 Asian Junior Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  6. ^ O’Kane, Patrick (27 June 2019). "Oka wins all-around title as Japan dominate opening day of Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Japan dominate on historic opening day of Junior Worlds". International Gymnastics Federation. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  8. ^ Etchells, Daniel (29 June 2019). "Gold medals shared five ways on first day of apparatus finals at Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Gymnasts hail 'outstanding' standard as six different nationalities win individual golds". International Gymnastics Federation. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  10. ^ Payne, Ned (30 June 2019). "Russian teenage sensation wins third gold of Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Gyor brilliance offers a glimpse of Gymnastics' future". International Gymnastics Federation. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  12. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (22 August 2019). "2019 All-Japan Junior Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  13. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (13 December 2020). "2020 All-Japan Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  14. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (20 April 2021). "2021 All-Japan Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  15. ^ a b Kano, Shintaro (19 May 2024). "NHK Trophy 2024 gymnastics: Oka Shinnosuke seizes the day and a quota for Paris Games". Paris 2024. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  16. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (25 April 2023). "2023 All-Japan Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  17. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (21 May 2023). "2023 NHK Trophy Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  18. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (11 June 2023). "2023 All-Japan Event Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  19. ^ "2023 in review: Hashimoto is still king in Men's Artistic Gymnastics". International Gymnastics Federation. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  20. ^ Kwek, Kimberly (16 June 2023). "Japan's Oka wins first senior international title at Asian Gymnastics C'ships, China top in team". The Straits Times. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  21. ^ "China Clinches Team Championship, Japan Takes Individual Crown in Opening Day of Asian Senior Gymnastics Championships". Asian Gymnastics Union. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  22. ^ Atencio, Peter (24 June 2023). "Carlos Yulo honored to compete against Japan's ace gymnast". Manila Standard. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  23. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (16 April 2024). "2024 All-Japan Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  24. ^ Crumlish, John (19 May 2024). "Miyata, Oka win NHK Cup all-around titles; Japanese Olympic teams named". International Gymnast Magazine. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  25. ^ a b "Olympics: Japan edges China to win gymnastics team gold in Paris". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  26. ^ "Daiki Hashimoto's redemption earns Japan thrilling gymnastics gold as China collapse". Independent.co.uk. 29 July 2024.
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