Kyoko Oshima
Japanese artistic gymnast (born 1986)
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Kyoko Oshima (大島 杏子, Oshima Kyoko; born 5 August 1986)[1] is a Japanese former artistic gymnast. She is a double Olympian, competing at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games and has competed at eight World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, the most by any Japanese female gymnast.[2] She is a four-time Asian Games medalist and a four-time Asian Championships medalist.
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Japan (2002-2012)
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| Born | 5 August 1986 Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 149 cm (4 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Japan (2002-2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Asahi Seimei Gymnastics Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gymnastics career
Oshima represented Japan at the 2002 Asian Games and won a bronze medal in the team competition.[3] She competed on the vault and the floor exercise at the 2002 World Championships but did not advance into either event final.[4] At the 2003 Asian Championships, she won a silver medal in the team event and also won a bronze medal on the balance beam, behind Zhang Nan and Fan Ye.[5] She then competed at the 2003 World Championships, where Japan placed 14th in the team qualifications.[6]
Oshima was selected to represent Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She finished 51st in the all-around qualifications and did not advance into any finals.[7] At the 2005 East Asian Games, she won the all-around bronze medal and a team silver medal.[8] She advanced into the all-around final at the 2005 World Championships and placed 19th.[9] She helped Japan win the team bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Championships.[10] She also helped Japan win the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games, which was later upgraded to a silver medal after North Korea was disqualified for age falsification.[11][12] Oshima finished 34th in the all-around qualifications at the 2006 World Championships, making her the fourth reserve for the final.[13] She competed with the Japanese team that placed 12th at the 2007 World Championships.[14]
Oshima won the all-around title at the 2008 NHK Cup, her first time winning the competition since 2002. As a result, she was selected to represent Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics alongside Mayu Kuroda, Yu Minobe, Yuko Shintake, Kōko Tsurumi, and Miki Uemura.[15] She helped Japan advance into the team finals in eighth place, and she also advanced into the individual all-around final.[16] Oshima competed on three events during the team final to help Japan finish fifth.[17] She then finished 20th in the all-around final.[18] After the Olympic Games, she helped the Japanese team win the gold medal at the 2008 Asian Championships.[19]
Oshima competed on the uneven bars and the floor exercise at the 2009 World Championships but did not advance into either apparatus final.[20] She represented Japan at the 2010 Asian Games, helping the team win the silver medal behind China.[21] At the 2010 World Championships, she finished fifth with Japan in the team final.[22]
Oshima won a silver medal with the Japanese team at the 2011 Summer Universiade.[23] She then competed at the 2011 World Championships, where Japan finished seventh in the team final.[24] She was not selected to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[25]
