Shinnosuke Oka

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{{Nihongo|Shinnosuke Oka|岡慎之助|Oka Shinnosuke|born 31 October 2003}} is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is the 2024 Olympic all-around champion, as well as a member of the Japanese team, which also won gold at the 2024 games. He also won the Olympic title on the horizontal bar and the bronze medal on the parallel bars.

He is also the 2023 Asian and 2019 Junior World all-around champion. He won silver medals on the parallel bars and horizontal bar at the 2023 Asian Championships.

Early life

Oka was born on 31{{nbsp}}October 2003 in Okayama to Yachiyo and Yasumasa Oka, and grew up in the {{ill|Kojo region|ja|興除地域}} of Minami-ku, Okayama.{{cite news |last1=森岡 [Morioka] |first1=紗衣 [Sae] |title=岡山市出身・岡慎之助選手が男子体操団体で「金」郷土勢第１号のメダルに地元は歓喜 [Okayama native Shinnosuke Oka wins gold in the men's gymnastics team event, becoming the first local athlete to win a medal and the locals rejoice] |url=https://www.ohk.co.jp/data/34840/pages/ |agency=Okayama Broadcasting |date=30 July 2024 |language=ja}} He has a brother named Kyoiki. He began gymnastics when he was four years old. In 2019, he moved away from his family at age 16 to train at the Tokushukai Gymnastics Club in Kamakura.{{cite web |title=Oka Shinnosuke - FIG Athlete Profile |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=71565 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=25 July 2024}}{{cite web |title=Oka Shinnosuke |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/shinnosuke-oka_1919480 |website=Paris 2024 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=25 July 2024}}

Career

= Junior =

Oka competed at the 2018 Junior Asian Championships where the Japanese team won the silver medal behind China. Individually, he won the all-around bronze medal behind Shi Cong and Yin Dehang.{{cite web |title=Chinese boys, girls win individual and team titles |url=https://agu-gymnastics.com/chinese-boys-girls-win-individual-and-team-titles/ |website=Asian Gymnastics Union |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=27 April 2018}} Then in the event finals, he won the gold medal on the horizontal bar and the silver medals on the floor exercise and parallel bars, and the bronze medal on the still rings.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 Asian Junior Championships Men's Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/04/30/2018-asian-junior-championships-mens-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=30 April 2018}}

Oka won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 2019 Junior World Championships held in Győr, Hungary. On the first day, he won the gold medal both in the team and individual all-around events.{{Cite news |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081282/oka-wins-all-around-title-as-japan-dominate-opening-day-of-artistic-gymnastics-junior-world-championships |title=Oka wins all-around title as Japan dominate opening day of Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships |date=27 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617143942/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081282/oka-wins-all-around-title-as-japan-dominate-opening-day-of-artistic-gymnastics-junior-world-championships |archive-date=17 June 2020 |url-status=live |last1=O’Kane |first1=Patrick |publisher=Inside the Games}}{{cite web |title=Japan dominate on historic opening day of Junior Worlds |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2513200 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=27 June 2019}} Then in the first day of event finals, he won the silver medal on the pommel horse behind teammate Takeru Kitazono.{{Cite news|last=Etchells|first=Daniel|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081396/gold-medals-shared-five-ways-on-first-day-of-apparatus-finals-at-artistic-gymnastics-junior-world-championships|title=Gold medals shared five ways on first day of apparatus finals at Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships|date=29 June 2019|work=Inside the Games|access-date=22 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=Gymnasts hail 'outstanding' standard as six different nationalities win individual golds |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2517466 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=29 June 2019}} Then on the final day, he won the bronze medal in the parallel bars behind Kitazono and China's Yang Haonan.{{Cite news|last=Payne|first=Ned|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081438/russian-teenage-sensation-wins-third-gold-of-artistic-gymnastics-junior-world-championships|title=Russian teenage sensation wins third gold of Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships|date=30 June 2019|work=Inside the Games|access-date=22 April 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701164404/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081438/russian-teenage-sensation-wins-third-gold-of-artistic-gymnastics-junior-world-championships|archive-date=1 July 2019}}{{cite web |title=Gyor brilliance offers a glimpse of Gymnastics' future |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=2519979 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=30 June 2019}} He then placed eighth all-around at the 2019 All-Japan Junior Championships.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 All-Japan Junior Championships Men's Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/08/22/2019-all-japan-junior-championships-mens-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=22 August 2019}} At the 2020 All-Japan Championships, he finished 44th in the all-around.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |url=https://thegymter.net/2020/12/13/2020-all-japan-championships-mens-results/ |title=2020 All-Japan Championships Men's Results |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=13 December 2020}}

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| image3 = 2019-06-27 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Men's All-around competition Subdivision 2 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 257.jpg

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= Senior =

Oka placed 60th in the all-around at the 2021 All-Japan Championships.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2021 All-Japan Championships Men's Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2021/04/20/2021-all-japan-championships-mens-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=20 April 2021}} He tore his right ACL at the 2022 All-Japan Championships.{{cite web |last1=Kano |first1=Shintaro |title=NHK Trophy 2024 gymnastics: Oka Shinnosuke seizes the day and a quota for Paris Games |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/nhk-trophy-2024-gymnastics-men-day-two-results |website=Paris 2024 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=19 May 2024}}

Oka returned to competition at the 2023 All-Japan Championships and placed 10th in the all-around.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2023 All-Japan Championships Men's Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2023/04/25/2023-all-japan-championships-mens-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=25 April 2023}} He then finished 11th in the all-around at the NHK Trophy.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2023 NHK Trophy Men's Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2023/05/21/2023-nhk-trophy-mens-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=21 May 2023}} Then at the 2023 All-Japan Event Championships, he won a bronze medal on the floor exercise.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2023 All-Japan Event Championships Men's Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2023/06/11/2023-all-japan-event-championships-mens-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=11 June 2023}} Oka won the all-around title at the 2023 Asian Championships in an upset over Carlos Yulo.{{cite web |title=2023 in review: Hashimoto is still king in Men's Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4073616 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=14 December 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Kwek |first1=Kimberly |title=Japan's Oka wins first senior international title at Asian Gymnastics C'ships, China top in team |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/japan-s-oka-wins-first-senior-international-title-at-asian-gymnastics-c-ships |website=The Straits Times |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=16 June 2023}} The Japanese team won the silver medal behind China.{{cite web |title=China Clinches Team Championship, Japan Takes Individual Crown in Opening Day of Asian Senior Gymnastics Championships |url=https://agu-gymnastics.com/3608-2/ |website=Asian Gymnastics Union |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=16 June 2023}} In the event finals, Oka won silver medals on the parallel bars and the horizontal bar.{{cite web |last1=Atencio |first1=Peter |title=Carlos Yulo honored to compete against Japan's ace gymnast |url=https://manilastandard.net/?p=314343209 |website=Manila Standard |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=24 June 2023}}

Oka began the 2024 season at the All-Japan Championships where he won the all-around silver medal behind Daiki Hashimoto.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2024 All-Japan Championships Men's Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2024/04/16/2024-all-japan-championships-mens-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=16 April 2024}} He then won the all-around title at the 2024 NHK Trophy and earned a place on Japan's 2024 Olympic team. He will compete alongside Hashimoto, Kazuma Kaya, Takaaki Sugino and Wataru Tanigawa.{{cite web |last1=Crumlish |first1=John |title=Miyata, Oka win NHK Cup all-around titles; Japanese Olympic teams named |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/news/miyata-oka-win-nhk-cup-all-around-titles-japanese-olympic-teams-named/ |website=International Gymnast Magazine |access-date=25 July 2024 |date=19 May 2024}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Olympics: Japan edges China to win gymnastics team gold in Paris |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/07/c103f3dc5c05-urgent-japan-earns-olympic-gold-in-mens-team-artistic-gymnastics.html |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Kyodo News+}} The team won the all-around gold on July 29 defeating long-time rival China. Oka went on to win gold medals in the individual all-around and horizontal bar, as well as a bronze medal in the parallel bars.{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/gymnastics-mens-final-japan-china-daiki-hashimoto-b2587909.html | title=Daiki Hashimoto's redemption earns Japan thrilling gymnastics gold as China collapse | website=Independent.co.uk | date=29 July 2024 }}

Competitive history

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colspan="10" \| Junior
rowspan="2" \| 2018
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \|Junior Asian Championships	{{silver2}}	{{bronze3}}	{{silver2}}	5	{{bronze3}}	{{silver2}}	{{gold1}}
rowspan="3" \| 2019
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \|align=left\|Junior World Championships	{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}		{{silver2}}	5	{{bronze3}}
align=left\|All-Japan Junior Championships		8
rowspan="1" \| 2020	align=left\|All-Japan Championships		44
colspan="10" \| Senior
rowspan="1" \| 2021	align=left\|All-Japan Championships		60
rowspan="4" \| 2023	align=left\|All-Japan Championships		10
align=left\|NHK Trophy		11
align=left\|All-Japan Event Championships			{{bronze3}}			6
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \|Asian Championships	{{silver2}}	{{gold1}}	6	5	6	{{silver2}}	{{silver2}}
rowspan="3" \| 2024	align=left\|All-Japan Championships		{{silver2}}
align=left \| NHK Trophy		{{gold1}}
bgcolor=98FB98 \| align=left \| Olympic Games	{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}				{{bronze3}}	{{gold1}}
rowspan="3" \| 2025	align=left \| All-Japan Championships		{{silver2}}
align=left \| NKH Trophy		{{gold1}}
bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \| Asian Championships	{{gold1}}	{{gold1}}	7	6	4	{{gold1}}

References

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Category:Living people

Category:2003 births

Category:Japanese male artistic gymnasts

Category:Medalists at the Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen

Category:Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic gymnasts for Japan

Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Japan

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Japan