Rie Tanaka (gymnast)

Rie Tanaka
Tanaka Rie at 42nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championship 2010.
Personal information
Full nameRie Tanaka
Country representedJapan
Born (1987-06-11) June 11, 1987 (age 37)
Iwade, Wakayama, Japan
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2008–2012
Head coach(es)Seo Kyoko
Medal record
Representing Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou All-Around
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade Team

Rie Tanaka (田中 理恵, Tanaka Rie, born 11 June 1987) is a Japanese retired artistic gymnast.[1] She won the 2010 Longines Prize for Elegance[2] and competed at the 2012 London Olympics. Her brothers, Kazuhito Tanaka and Yusuke Tanaka, were also Olympic artistic gymnasts.[3][4]

  1. ^ Profile in London2012.com Archived August 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Rie Tanaka and Philipp Boy win the Longi... - 22/10/2010 | Longines Media Center". mediacenter.longines.com. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "Family affair: Rie Tanaka, two brothers earn spots on Olympic gymnastics squad". The Japan Times Online. May 6, 2012. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  4. ^ Beech, Hannah (July 30, 2012). "Team China Dominates in Men's Gymnastics as Japan Takes Silver". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved March 16, 2020.