Kōko Tsurumi

Kōko Tsurumi (鶴見虹子, Tsurumi Kōko) (born September 28, 1992) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She is the 2009 World all-around bronze medalist, uneven bars silver medalist, and a two-time Olympian (2008, 2012).

Kōko Tsurumi
2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Personal information
Full nameKōko Tsurumi
Alternative name(s)鶴見 虹子
Country represented Japan
Born (1992-09-28) September 28, 1992
Tokyo, Japan
HometownTokyo, Japan
Height140 cm (4 ft 7 in)
Weight32 kg (71 lb)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior
Years on national team2006 -
ClubAsahi Seimei Gymnastic Club
Head coach(es)Sergei Butsula
Former coach(es)Chieko Tsukahara
ChoreographerAlina Kozich
Retired2015
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2009 LondonUneven Bars
2009 LondonAll-Around
World Cup Final
2008 MadridUneven Bars
Asian Games
2010 GuangzhouTeam
2010 GuangzhouUneven Bars
Asian Championships
2008 DohaTeam
2008 DohaAll-Around
2008 DohaUneven Bars
2008 DohaFloor Exercise
Japanese name
Kanji鶴見 虹子
Hiraganaつるみ こうこ

Tsurumi was a member of the 2008 Japanese Olympic Team. The women's gymnastics team placed 5th in team competition. Individually, Tsurumi placed 17th in the all-around final and 8th in the balance beam event final.

Tsurumi competed at the 2009 American Cup and placed 7th all-around.

At the 2009 World Championships in London, Koko Tsurumi competed a historic performance to win the individual all-around bronze medal. During event finals, Tsurumi won the silver medal on uneven bars and placed 6th on balance beam. Tsurumi is the first Japanese woman gymnast to win a World Championships medal in 43 years.

Koko competed at the 2010 Japan Cup and placed second all-around behind Ksenia Afanasyeva. At that competition, Tsurumi scored a 15.400 on uneven bars. She debuted a new bars routine with an ono turn to half turn connected to a Tkachev and an ono turn connected to a Jaegar. At the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Tsurumi experienced problems with consistency and failed to make any event finals and placed 21st in the All Around, behind countrywoman Rie Tanaka.

At the 2011 Japan Cup, Koko placed 2nd place with the Japanese team in the team competition and won the gold medal in the all around competition. She placed 0.100 higher than 2nd-place finisher, Chinese gymnast Sui Lu. Later that year she placed seventh on Uneven Bars at the World Championships and seventh with the team.

In 2012, Koko was part of Japan's Olympic team in London, where she placed seventh in the bars final and eighth with the team.

She made her elite comeback at the 2015 WOGA Classic in Plano, Texas, scoring 15.000 on bars and 13.850 on beam.[1]

At the NHK Cup, Tsurumi suffered an achilles tendon injury and will be out for the remainder of the 2015 season.[2] She retired in 2015.

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References

Notes
  1. http://thegymter.net/2015/02/14/2015-woga-classic-results/
  2. http://www.wogymnast.com/2015/05/japans-koko-tsurumi-suffers-injury.html
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