Yukio Endo
Yukio Endō (Japanese远藤 幸雄, Endō Yukio, born January 18, 1937 in Akita, Akita Prefecture; † 25 March 2009) was a Japanese artistic gymnast. He won five gold and two silver medals in the Olympics and was the inventor of the eponymous endo- straddle on the high bar.
Work
At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 Endō was a member of the Japanese team, won the gold in the team competition. Two years later at the World Championships in Prague Endō won a total of seven medals, including two gold, only on pommel horse he remained without a medal. In multi- fight, he finished second behind Yuri Titov from the Soviet Union.
In Tokyo at the Olympic Games in 1964 Endō won the all-around and the parallel bars and with the team for his floor routine, he received silver behind the Italians Franco Menichelli. In the gymnastics world championships 1966 in Dortmund Endō won the team gold and silver in two apparatus finals. His last major championship as an active Turner were the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where he won for the third time with the team Olympic gold. In the horse jump, he won silver behind Mikhail Voronin from the Soviet Union.
After his career was Endō professor at Nippon University. Several times he served as coach and head of the delegation, the Japanese gymnasts team at the Olympic Games. He was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1999. Endō died in March 2009 of esophageal cancer.
International success
- Olympic Games 1960 5th place in the all around
- Place 4 on the horizontal bar
- 5th place in the horse jump
- 1st place in the team standings
- 2nd place in the all around
- Place one on the ground
- Place 2 on the high bar
- Place 2 on the rings
- 3rd place on bars
- 3rd place in the horse jump
- 1st place in the team standings
- 1st place in the all around
- 1st place on bars
- 2nd place at the bottom
- Place 5 on the horizontal bar
- Place 6 on the rings
- 6th place in the horse jump
- 1st place in the team standings
- 2nd place at the bottom
- Place 2 on the high bar
- 1st place in the team standings
- 8th place in the all around
- 2nd place in the horse jump
- Place 6 on the horizontal bar
- 1st place in the team standings