Naoya Tsukahara

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Naoya Tsukahara
Country represented	Japan  Australia
Born	(1977-06-25) June 25, 1977 (age 47) Nagasaki, Japan
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team all-around World Championships 1999 Tianjin All-around 1999 Tianjin Parallel bars 1997 Lausanne All-around 1997 Lausanne Parallel bars 2003 Anaheim Team all-around 2006 Aarhus Team all-around

Naoya Tsukahara (Japanese:塚原 直也 Tsukahara Naoya, born June 25, 1977) is a former Japanese artistic gymnast and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist ^[1] now coaching and competing for Australia. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mitsuo Tsukahara, who was also a multiple gold medalist in the Olympic Games during the 1960s and 70s.^[2] He competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics as well as many World Championships for team Japan from 1996 until 2006. In 2009, he moved to Australia, gaining citizenship in 2012, and currently represents Australia's national gymnastics team, most recently competing at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.