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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.
Biography. Due to the US-led boycott of the 1980 Games Koji Gushiken competed in only one Olympics, winning five medals in 1984, including gold in the all-around event. He started competing on a national level in 1976 and won his first Japanese titles in 1978 (pommelled horse and rings).
With 10 World Championship medals, two of them gold, and four Olympic medals, including the All-Around gold, Koji Gushiken takes his rightful place in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
Sep 6, 2014 · Japanese gymnast Koji Gushiken's 9.95 routine on the Rings at the Los Angeles Olympic Games 1984.
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Biography. Due to the US-led boycott of the 1980 Games Koji Gushiken competed in only one Olympics, winning five medals in 1984, including gold in the all-around event. He started competing on a national level in 1976 and won his first Japanese titles in 1978 (pommelled horse and rings).
This video describes the career of gymnastics legend Koji Gushiken, of Japan, a member of the Class of 2023 enshrined in the International Gymnastics Hall of...
Gymnast Koji Gushiken continued a long line of Japanese success in the men’s Olympic all around competition with a stunning win in Los Angeles in 1984.
