Endo has one of gymnastics’s most impressive biographies:
–17 World and Olympic medals
– Member of three Japanese Olympic gold medal winning teams — 1960, 1964, 1968
– Inventor of a move that is among the most commonly used on uneven bars and high bar for both men and women. The move, the Endo, is a forward stalder
–1964 Olympic all-around champion at the Tokyo Games
– International Gymnastics Hall of Fame inductee
Rest in peace, Mr. Endo.
Endo is featured in the excellent French documentary “Gymnastics in the Summer Olympics,” which chronicles the sport from 1956 to 1996.
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