Kazuki Minami
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| Born | 24 January 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Sendai University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coaches | Hisashi Mizutori [national], Ryota Suzuki [club] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kazuki Minami (born 24 January 2000) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He turned senior in 2019 and became the 2019 World Cup gold medalist on Floor Exercise at Cottbus and Paris. At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he qualified for the floor exercise final in third place. In the final he took home the silver medal.
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2019 | World Cup Cottbus |  | |||||||
| World Cup Paris | | ||||||||
| 2021 | |||||||||
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| 2023 | |||||||||
| Doha World Cup | | 6 | |||||||
| 2025 | |||||||||
| World Championships | N/a | 8 | 8 |
Eponymous skills
At the 2023 Doha World Cup Minami became the first gymnast to successfully perform a "double salto bwd with 7/2 t." on floor. The skill was added to the Code of Points and was given the value H (0.8).
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty | Added to Code of Points |
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| Floor Exercise | Minami | Double salto bwd. tucked with 7/2 t. | H (0.8) | 2023 World Cup Doha |
References
- ↑ "50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Entry List (Men)". Longines Timing. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ↑ "Kazuki Minami". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ↑ "MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE FINAL - RESULTS". gym.longinestiming.com. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ↑ "Japan's Kazuma Kaya, Kazuki Minami seize silver at gymnastic worlds". Kyodo News. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
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