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{{short description|Japanese artistic gymnast}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|All-around]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Pommel horse]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Horizontal bar]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Horizontal bar]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Pommel horse]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Parallel bars]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1970 Ljubljana]] | Team}}
{{MedalGold| [[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1970 Ljubljana]] | All-around}}
{{MedalGold| [[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1970 Ljubljana]] | Horizontal bar}}
{{MedalGold| [[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]] | Team}}
{{MedalGold| [[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]] | Parallel bars}}
{{MedalGold| [[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1978 Strasbourg]] | Team}}
{{MedalGold| [[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1978 Strasbourg]] | Parallel bars}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1970 Ljubljana]] | Floor}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1970 Ljubljana]] | Pommel horse}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1970 Ljubljana]] | Parallel bars}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1978 Strasbourg]] | All-around}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Fort Worth]] | Team}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]] | All-around}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]] | Pommel horse}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1974 Varna]] | Horizontal bar}}
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{{Nihongo|'''Eizo Kenmotsu'''|監物永三|Kenmotsu Eizō|extra=born February 13, 1948}} is a former Japanese artistic [[gymnastics|gymnast]], who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the [[Nippon Sport Science University]] and vice president of the Japan Gymnastics Association. In 2006, Kenmotsu was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]].<ref name=sr>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/eizo-kenmotsu-1.html Eizo Kenmotsu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725040135/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/eizo-kenmotsu-1.html |date=2016-07-25 }}. sports-reference.com</ref><ref>[http://www.ighof.com/honorees/2006_Eizo_Kenmotsu.php Eizo Kenmotsu]. [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]]</ref>

Kenmotsu was 20 years and 8 months old in October 1968 when he became the youngest Japanese artistic gymnast in history to win an Olympic gold medal after the team event finals at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in [[Mexico City]]. He held on to that longstanding record for almost 48 years until recently when it was finally broken by [[Kenzō Shirai]], who in August 2016 acquired the honour when only 19 years and 11 months old, at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]]–also after the team event finals. Coincidentally, they had both similarly won one other Olympic medal, each an individual event bronze–Kenmotsu on the horizontal bar and [[Kenzō Shirai|Shirai]] on the vault–at their respective first Olympic Games.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.gymnaflash.com/pb_kenmotsu_a.htm Kenmotsu(Technique of parallel bars)]
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[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Japanese male artistic gymnasts]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gymnasts for Japan]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in gymnastics]]
[[Category:Nippon Sport Science University alumni]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Okayama Prefecture]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen]]


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