Ryosuke Sakai
Japanese trampoline gymnast
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Ryosuke Sakai (堺亮介, Sakai Ryōsuke, born 24 July 1997) is a Japanese trampoline gymnast. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2018 Asian Games. He won a team silver medal at the 2021 World Championships, and he is the 2024 Pacific Rim individual champion.
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| Born | 24 July 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bandai Namco Amusement | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Masaki Ito | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gymnastics career
Sakai began the sport at the age of two because his mother was a gymnast. He also played association football as a child but began focusing solely on trampoline at the age of nine.[3][4]
Sakai competed at the junior level at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships and finished fourth in the individual event.[5] He competed with Daiki Kishi in synchro at the 2017 Valladolid World Cup, and they won the silver medal.[6]
Sakai and Kishi won a silver medal in synchro at the 2018 Brescia World Cup.[7] They went on the win the gold medal at the Loule World Cup.[8] He finished fourth as an individual at the 2018 Asian Games.[9]
At the 2019 Baku World Cup, Sakai and Kishi upset the reigning world champions to win the synchro title.[10] They then won the bronze medal at the Khabarovsk World Cup.[11] He finished fifth in the individual event at the 2019 World Championships and secured a berth to the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
Sakai represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 15th in the qualification round after making mistakes in both routines.[3] After the Olympics, he competed at the 2021 World Championships and helped Japan win the silver medal in the team event.[12] At the 2022 Rimini World Cup, Sakai teammed up with Hiroto Unno to win the synchro gold medal, and he also won the individual silver medal.[13] He returned to competing with Kishi at the Arosa World Cup, and they won the gold medal.[14]
Sakai and Unno competed at the 2023 Coimbra World Cup and won the bronze medal.[15] They then won the gold medal at the Palm Beach World Cup.[16] At the 2024 Pacific Rim Championships, Sakai won the individual title,[17] and he also won a team gold medal.[18]
Personal life
Sakai graduated from Kanazawa Seiryo University in 2020.[4]
