Nobuyuki Aihara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese gymnast
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Place of Birth: Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
About Nobuyuki Aihara
- Nobuyuki Aihara (?? ??, Aihara Nobuyuki, December 16, 1934 – July 16, 2013) was a Japanese gymnast.
- He competed at the 1956 Olympics and won a silver medal in floor exercise and a silver medal in the team competition.
- Four years later he won gold medals in these events.Aihara took up gymnastic at the age of 15 while studying at the Nippon Sport Science University.
- He was coached by his future teammate Masao Takemoto.
- In 1964 he married Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara, a fellow gymnast.
- Because of an injury he missed the Tokyo Olympics that year, and soon retired to become a gymnastics coach.
- In 1979 he founded the Aihara Gymnastics Club.Aihara died of pneumonia on July 16, 2013, at the age of 78.
- He was survived by son Yutaka, also an Olympic gymnast.
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