Kōhei Kameyama

Kohei Kameyama
Nickname(s)Kame
Born (1988-12-28) 28 December 1988
Sendai, Japan
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		Japan Japan
(2010–2021)
ClubTokushukai Gymnastics Club
Head coach(es)Isao Yoneda
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Antwerp Pommel horse
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanning Team

Kohei Kameyama (亀山 耕平, Kameyama Kōhei; born 28 December 1988) is a Japanese former artistic gymnast. He is 2013 World champion on the pommel horse, and he won a silver medal in the team event at the 2014 World Championships. He represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished fifth on the pommel horse.

Gymnastics career

Kameyama began gymnastics when he was six years old,[1] as his mother was a former gymnast.[2]

Kameyama won the pommel horse gold medal at the 2013 World Championships with a score of 15.833.[3][4] He was selected to compete with the Japanese team at the 2014 World Championships,[5] and they won the silver medal behind China.[6] He won the pommel horse title at the 2014 Toyota International despite a fall because of his 7.0 difficulty score.[7]

Kameyama announced his retirement after not being selected to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, his coach encouraged him to stay in the sport and aim for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] He said, “not being chosen for Rio destroyed me,” but he shared that after the experience, he focused on his mental health and staying motivated.[2]

At the 2018 Koper World Challenge Cup, Kameyama won the pommel horse final.[8] He also won the pommel horse event at the 2019 Baku World Cup.[9] He then won the silver medal at the 2019 Doha World Cup after losing the execution-score tiebreaker to Lee Chih-kai.[10]

Kameyama made his Olympic debut at the age of 32 when he participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as one of the two apparatus individuals allocated to the Japanese team. He qualified for the pommel horse final tied in second place with Rhys McClenaghan.[2] He ultimately placed fifth in the final.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kameyama Kohei". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "From despair to Olympic gymnastics debut: Japan's 'other Kohei'". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Shirai, Kameyama join Japanese gymnastics gold rush". Yahoo! Sports. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  4. ^ "First day Apparatus Finals WC 2013". Asian Gymnastics Union. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  5. ^ Etchells, Daniel (4 October 2014). "Uchimura primed to defend all-around title at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  6. ^ Hope, Nick (7 October 2014). "World Gymnastics: GB men finish fourth in team final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Japanese gymnasts dominate Toyota International". International Gymnastics Federation. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Steingruber, Japanese men conquer Koper World Challenge Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Gymnasts from nine nations golden at Baku World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Chinese gymnasts claim three titles at Doha World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics: Men's Pommel Horse Final – Results" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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