BIOGRAPHY Hiroyuki Tomita, born November 21, 1980, in Osaka Prefecture, is a Japanese gymnast. He is a top Japanese gymnast with three Olympic medals from the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.
Tomita's exciting gymnastics with his elegant execution, plus his rugged good looks have won him many fans. Tomita began gymnastics at the age of eight with his mother getting him started into the sport. He attended Ronan High School and began competing in the All-Japan Highschool Games in 1996. In this first competition, he ranked 10th in the all-around. The next year saw a meteoric rise in Tomita's competition results with a 1st in the all-around.
Tomita made his debut in world championships competition at the 2002 World Championships. On this competition, he placed 4th in the event finals of still rings. The following year, he was a member of the Japanese men's team which won a bronze in the 2003 World Championships. In his first Olympics in 2004, Tomita led the men's team in an upset when the Japanese team captured the Olympic title for the first time since 1976, winning over the highly favored Chinese men's team. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Tomita finished sixth in the all-around qualifier and his Japan men's team received a total of 278.875 points (just seven points shy from China's), which was good for the silver medal.
When not doing gymnastics, Tomita enjoys watching baseball and football. View GALLERY:
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