Yukio Endō facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Yukio Endō
Endō at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1937-01-18)January 18, 1937 Yanaisado, Hiroomote, Akita-ken, Japan
Died	March 25, 2009(2009-03-25) (aged 72) Surugadai Nihon University Hospital, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 1960 Rome Team Gold 1964 Tokyo All-around Gold 1964 Tokyo Parallel bars Gold 1964 Tokyo Team Gold 1968 Mexico City Team Silver 1964 Tokyo Floor exercise Silver 1968 Mexico City Vault World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Gold 1962 Prague Team Gold 1962 Prague Floor Gold 1966 Dortmund Team Silver 1962 Prague Individual all-around Silver 1962 Prague Rings Silver 1962 Prague Horizontal Bar Silver 1966 Dortmund Floor Silver 1966 Dortmund Horizontal Bar Bronze 1962 Prague Parallel Bar

Yukio Endō (遠藤 幸雄, Endō Yukio, January 18, 1937 – March 25, 2009) was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 1964 he won the first individual all-around Olympic gold medal for Japan. He was the flag bearer at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Endō was born into a family of pharmacists. His mother died from tuberculosis when he was a nine-year-old student at Hiroomote Elementary School. He studied at Kubota Junior High School and Akita Technical High School, after which he studied at the Tokyo University of Education (now the University of Tsukuba), graduating in 1959. He later worked as assistant instructor of physical education at Nihon University.

Career

Endō won gold medals with the Japanese team in three Olympics, in 1960, 1964 and 1968. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he also received two individual gold medals, in parallel bars, and in individual all-around.

Endō received six individual medals at the 1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, including a gold medal in floor exercise, and Japan also won the team competition.

He received two individual silver medals at the 1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and Japan won the team competition.

Endō in 1966

Endō was a four-time Japanese all-around champion.

He retired after the 1968 Olympics to become a gymnastics coach and eventually professor at Nihon University. He also coached the national team at the 1972 Olympics, acted as director of the Japanese Olympic Committee and was twice appointed as vice-president of the Japan Gymnastic Association. In 1996, he received the Japanese Emperor's Medal, and in 1999 induced into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Endō died of esophageal cancer on March 25, 2009.

See also

In Spanish: Yukio Endō para niños

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists