Olympics and Paralympics

Olympics and Paralympics

Nippon Sport Science University has produced an outstanding number of Olympians and Olympic medalists. Our mission is to encourage and develop the culture of sports in Japan and take a leading role in supporting the Olympic movement as we look to use the power of sport to promote international peace and harmony. 

NSSU Olympic results

Gold
49
Silver
53
Bronze
51
Olympic Games Competition Event Gold Medalist
PARIS 2024Judo - Men's 66kg
Hifumi Abe
Greco-Roman Wrestling - 60kg
Kenichiro Fumita
Greco-Roman Wrestling - 77kg
Nao Kusaka
Freestyle Wrestling - 53kg
Akari Fujinami
Freestyle Wrestling - 57kg
Rei Higuchi
Freestyle Wrestling - 65kg
Kotaro Kiyooka
BEIJING 2022Speed Skating - 1000mMiho Takagi
TOKYO 2020
 Judo - Women's 52kg Uta Abe
Judo - Men's 66kg Hifumi Abe
Boxing - Women's Featherweight Sena Irie
PYEONG CHANG 2018
Speed Skating - team pursuit
Miho Takagi
RIO DE JANEIRO 2016
 Gymnastics - Team Kenzo Shirai
Gymnastics - Individuals All-around
Gymnastics - Team		 Kohei Uchimura
Gymnastics - Team Koji Yamamuro
LONDON 2012 Gymnastics - Individuals All-around Kohei Uchimura
BEIJING 2008 Swimming - Men's 100m Breaststroke
Swimming - Men's 200m Breaststroke		 Kosuke Kitajima
Softball Motoko Fujimoto
ATHENS 2004
 Judo - Women's 48kg Ryoko Tani
Swimming - Men's 100m Breaststroke
Swimming - Men's 200m Breaststroke		 Kosuke Kitajima
Gymnastics - Men's Team Hisashi Mizutori
SYDNEY 2000 Judo - Women's 48kg Ryoko Tamura
BARCELONA 1992 Judo - Men's 71kg Toshihiko Koga
SEOUL 1988 Freestyle Wrestling - 52kg Mitsuru Sato
LOS ANGELES 1984 Gymnastics - Individuals All-around
Gymnastics - Rings		 Koji Gushiken
Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar Shinji Morisue
MONTREAL 1976
 Gymnastics - Team Eizo Kenmotsu
Gymnastics - Team Shun Fujimoto
Gymnastics - Team
Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar		 Mitsuo Tsukahara
Freestyle Wrestling - 52kg Yuji Takada
MUNICH 1972
 Gymnastics - Team Eizo Kenmotsu
Gymnastics - Team Teruichi Okamura
Gymnastics - Team
Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar		 Mitsuo Tsukahara
Volleyball Jungo Morita
MEXICO 1968 Gymnastics - Team Mitsuo Tsukahara
Gymnastics - Team Eizo Kenmotsu
TOKYO 1964 Gymnastics - Team Shuji Tsurumi
Gymnastics - Team
Gymnastics - Horse Vault		 Haruhiro Yamashita
Greco-Roman Wrestling - Flyweight Class Tsutomu Hanahara
ROME 1960 Gymnastics - Team Masao Takemoto
Gymnastics - Team Shuji Tsurumi
Gymnastics - Team
Gymnastics - Floor Exercise		 Nobuyuki Aihara
Olympic Games Competition Event Silver Medalist
PARIS 2024Judo - Mixed team
Uta Abe
Judo - Mixed team
Hifumi Abe
BEIJING2022Speed Skating - 500m
Speed Skating - 1500m
Speed Skating - team pursuit		Miho Takagi
TOKYO 2020Judo - Mixed team Uta Abe
Judo - Mixed team Hifumi Abe
Greco-Roman Wrestling - 60kg Kenichiro Fumita
PYEONG CHANG 2018
Speed Skating - 1500mMiho Takagi
RIO DE JANEIRO 2016 Freestyle Wrestling - 57kg Rei Higuchi
Greco-Roman Wrestling - 59kg Shinobu Ota
LONDON 2012 Gymnastics - Floor Exercises
 Gymnastics - Team		 Kohei Uchimura
Gymnastics - Team Koji Yamamuro
Swimming - 4x100m Medley Relay Men Kosuke Kitajima
Football Yukari Kinga
Football Karina Maruyama
Football Nahomi Kawasumi
BEIJING 2008 Gymnastics - Individuals All-around
 Gymnastics - Team		 Kohei Uchimura
Gymnastics - Team Makoto Okiguchi
Gymnastics - Team Takuya Nakase
Freestyle Wrestling - 55kg Tomohiro Matsunaga
Freestyle Wrestling - 60kg
Kenichi Yumoto
ATHENS 2004 Synchronized Swimming - Team Michiyo Fujimaru
Archery Hiroshi Yamamoto
SYDNEY 2000 Softball Juri Takayama
400m Individual Medley Yasuko Tajima
Wrestling Greco-Roman - 69kg Katsuhiko Nagata
ATLANTA 1996 Judo - Men's 78kg Toshihiko Koga
Baseball Daishin Nakamura
BARCELONA 1992 Athletics - Marathon Yuko Arimori
Gymnastics - Floor Exercises Yukio Iketani
LOS ANGELES 1984 Gymnastics - Parallel Bars Nobuyuki Kajitani
Gymnastics - Horse Vault Koji Gushiken
Freestyle Wrestling - 82kg Hideyuki Nagashima
Gymnastics - Horse Vault Shinji Morisue
MONTREAL 1976 Gymnastics - Pommel Horse
 Gymnastics - Parallel Bars		 Eizo Kenmotsu
Gymnastics - Horse Vault Mitsuo Tsukahara
MUNICH 1972 Gymnastics - Individuals All-around Eizo Kenmotsu
MEXICO 1968 Greco-Roman Wrestling - Featherweight Hideo Fujimoto
Volleyball Jungo Morita
TOKYO 1964 Gymnastics - Individuals All-around
Gymnastics - Horse Vault
Gymnastics - Parallel Bars		 Shuji Tsurumi
ROME 1960 Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar Masao Takemoto
MELBOURNE 1956 Gymnastics - Floor Exercise
Gymnastics - Team		 Nobuyuki Aihara
Gymnastics - Team Akira Kono
Gymnastics - Team Masao Takemoto
HELSINKI 1952 Gymnastics - Floor Exercise Tadao Uesako
Gymnastics - Horse Vault Masao Takemoto
Olympic Games Competition Event Bronze Medalist
PARIS 2024Fencing - Women's Foil Team
Sera Azuma
TOKYO 2020 Archery - Men's team Yuki Kawata 
Gymnastics - Floor Exercises Mai Murakami
Greco-Roman Wrestling - 77kg Shohei Yabiku
PYEONG CHANG 2018
Speed Skating - 1000mMiho Takagi
Ski Jump - Normal Hill
Sara Takanashi
curling
Mari Motohashi
RIO DE JANEIRO 2016 Gymnastics - Vaulting Table Kenzo Shirai
Synchronized Swimming - Team Aika Hakoyama
LONDON 2012 Archery - Team Ren Hayakawa
Greco-Roman Wrestling - 69kg Ryutaro Matsumoto
BEIJING 2008 Swimming - Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Kosuke Kitajima
Judo - Women's 48kg Ryoko Tani
Swimming - Women's 200m Backstroke Reiko Nakamura
ATHENS 2004 Swimming - Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Kosuke Kitajima
Baseball Masahide Kobayashi
Softball Juri Takayama
Freestyle Wrestling - 55kg Chikara Tanabe
Swimming - Women's 200m Backstroke Reiko Nakamura
ATLANTA 1996 Athletics - Marathon Yuko Arimori
Freestyle Wrestling - 74kg Takuya Ota
BARCELONA 1992 Gymnastics - Team Yutaka Aihara
Gymnastics - Team Yukio Iketani
Gymnastics - Team Yoshiaki Hatakeda
SEOUL 1988Gymnastics - Team Hiroyuki Konishi
Gymnastics - Team Takahiro Yamada
Judo - Men's 65kg Yosuke Yamamoto
LOS ANGELES 1984 Archery Hiroshi Yamamoto
Weightlifting - 56kg Masahiro Kotaka
Weightlifting - 82.5kg Ryoji Isaoka
Gymnastics - Team Nobuyuki Kajitani
Gymnastics - Team Shinji Morisue
Gymnastics - Team
 Gymnastics - Floor Exercises		 Koji Sotomura
Gymnastics - Team
 Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar		 Koji Gushiken
Freestyle Wrestling - 52kg Yuji Takada
MONTREAL 1976 Gymnastics - Individuals All-around
 Gymnastics - Parallel Bars		 Mitsuo Tsukahara
MUNICH 1972 Gymnastics - Parallel Bars
 Gymnastics - Pommel Horse Men		 Eizo Kenmotsu
Gymnastics - Rings Mitsuo Tsukahara
MEXICO 1968 Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar Eizo Kenmotsu
TOKYO 1964 Gymnastics - Team Toshiko Aihara
Gymnastics - Team Keiko Ikeda
Gymnastics - Team Ginko Chiba
ROME 1960 Gymnastics - Pommel Horse Men Shuji Tsurumi
MELBOURNE 1956 Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar
 Gymnastics - Parallel Bars
 Gymnastics - Rings		 Masao Takemoto
HELSINKI 1952 Gymnastics - Horse Vault Tadao Uesako

NSSU Paralympic results

Gold
2
Silver
7
Bronze
6
Olympic Games Competition Event Gold Medalist
PARIS 2024Para-Badminton - Men's singles WH2
Daiki Kajiwara
TOKYO 2020 Para-Badminton - Men's singles WH2 Daiki Kajiwara

Olympic Games Competition Event Silver Medalist
PARIS 2024Athletics - 400m (T11)
Ryota Fukunaga
Para-Swimming - Men's 100m Backstroke
(Vision impairment: S8)
Kota Kubota
TOKYO 2020 Para-Swimming - Men's 400m Freestyle
100m Butterfly
(Vision impairment: S11)		 Uchu Tomita
Wheelchair Basketball - Men Yoshinobu Takamatsu
Wheelchair Basketball - Men Ryuga Akaishi
RIO DE JANEIRO 2016
Road Bicycle Racing(pilot) - tandem road time trial (visual impairment)
Mai Tanaka

Olympic Games Competition Event Bronze Medalist


PARIS 2024		Para-Swimming - Men's 100m Butterfly
(Vision impairment: S11)
Uchu Tomita
Para-Swimming - Men's 400m Freestyle
(Vision impairment: S11)
Uchu Tomita
TOKYO 2020
 Para-Swimming - Men's 200m Individual medley
 (Vision impairment: S11)		 Uchu Tomita
Para-Badminton - Men's doubles (wheelchair) Daiki Kajiwara
RIO DE JANEIRO 2016
Athletics - 400m (T47)
Sae Thuji