Daiki Hashimoto

is a Japanese artistic gymnast. Widely regarded as the successor of Kohei Uchimura, he won two gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in all-around and horizontal bar, as well as a silver in team. His Tokyo individual gold medal win made him the youngest Olympic All-Around champion, at age 19 years, 355 days. At the world championships, he has also won 3 golds, 5 silvers, and 1 bronze.

Hashimoto became a member of the Japan men's national gymnastics team in 2019, while he was still studying at Funabashi Municipal High School. He has represented Japan in every major competition since then.

Career

2019 Hashimoto competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where his team placed third all around. On the pommel horse, he finished in 9th place, and on the horizontal bar, he finished in 4th place.

2021 Hashimoto's breakthrough arrived when he became the national all-around champion. His score of 88.532 was the highest of 2021 until being surpassed by Zhang Boheng's 88.565 result at the Chinese Olympic Trials. One month later, Hashimoto participated in NHK Trophy, and despite only achieving the second highest score of the night, he still won the title because the tournament also used the scores of All Japan AA Championships for the final results. In June, Hashimoto achieved another victory at the All Japan Event Championships. With such impressive performances, he was later selected in Japan men's national gymnastics team competing at the Olympics.

At the Olympics, Hashimoto competed in team event with Kazuma Kaya, Takeru Kitazono, Wataru Tanigawa & won the silver with only 0.103 points behind the ROC team. During the qualification round Hashimoto helped Japan qualify to the team final in second behind China. Individually he only qualified to the all-around final, missing out on his chance to defend his Olympic horizontal bar title after dropping to his hands while dismounting the apparatus. During the team final Hashimoto helped Japan defeat their long-time rival China. During the individual all-around final Hashimoto fell off of the pommel horse and was unable to make up the score deficit, ending the competition in sixth place.

Competitive history

+Competitive history of Daiki HashimotoYearEvent 2019 Valeri Liukin International Elite 5 4 4 National High School Selection Tournament 5 9 All-Japan Championships 6 7 6 10 NHK Trophy 6 National High School Championships 25 7 4 All-Japan Junior Championships National Sports Festival - Junior Division World Championships 9 4 Japanese All-around Super Final Toyota International 4 2020 American Cup 5 All-Japan Student Championships 5 8 All-Japan Championships 5 6 4 2021 All-Japan Championships 11 NHK Trophy Olympic Games All-Japan Student Championships 4 World Championships 4 2022 All-Japan Championships 4 7 6NHK Trophy All-Japan Student Championships World Championships 2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge DTB Pokal Mixed Cup All-Japan Championships 8 NHK Trophy World University Games All-Japan Student Championships 5 World Championships 7 2024 All-Japan Championships Olympic Games 6 All-Japan Event Championships 6 All-Japan Team Championships 2025 All-Japan Championships NKH Trophy World University Games World Championships 2026 American Cup NHK Trophy

Detailed results

2017–2021 Code of Points

2022-2024 Code of Points

Year Tournament Event Date AA 2022 All-Japan All-around Championships Qualification 22 April 85.864 14.733 14.466 14.166 14.700 13.266 14.533 AA Final 24 April 87.797 14.366 14.166 14.133 14.966 14.733 15.433 NHK Trophy 15 May 83.532 13.933 13.200 14.133 14.900 14.766 12.600 All-Japan Events Championships Qualification 18 June 14.600 14.033 14.000 13.100 Event Finals 19 June 14.700 13.300 13.300 All-Japan Student Championships 19–22 August 88.331 14.566 14.666 14.433 14.933 14.733 15.000 World Championships Qualification 30 October 84.665 14.466 11.666 14.000 14.700 14.733 15.100 Team Final 2 November 14.500 14.433 13.866 13.866 13.133 AA Final 4 November 87.198 14.666 14.333 13.866 14.900 15.000 14.433 Event Finals 5 - 6 November 14.500 14.700All-Japan Team Championships 11 December 81.364 13.866 11.600 14.133 14.266 12.866 14.633 2023 DTB Pokal Mixed Cup Team/QF 17 March 14.600 14.100 4.300 14.700 Event Finals 18 March 14.500 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 19 March 14.300 14.900 All-Japan All-around Championships Qualification 21 April 86.065 14.000 14.633 13.800 14.533 14.366 14.733 AA Final 23 April 85.432 13.966 14.400 13.800 14.200 14.766 14.300 NHK Trophy 21 May 84.098 13.966 13.066 14.133 14.833 14.900 13.200 All-Japan Event Championships Qualification 9 June 14.300 Event Finals 10 June 12.300 Summer Universiade Team Final 2 August 88.698 14.700 15.033 14.333 14.766 14.600 15.266 AA Final 4 August 12.233 12.966 All-Japan Student Championships 22 August 86.397 14.233 14.800 14.166 15.166 14.766 13.266 World Championships Qualification 30 September 85.432 14.500 13.266 13.700 14.366 14.600 15.000 Team Final 3 October 14.300 14.266 14.900 14.866 14.366 AA Final 5 October 86.132 13.466 14.366 14.000 15.000 14.800 14.500 Event Finals 7 - 8 October 14.233 15.233

Personal life Hashimoto was born in Narita, Japan. Demonstrating a natural talent for gymnastics from a young age, he received strong support from his parents in pursuing the sport. He trained during his early years and attended Funabashi Municipal High School, where he further developed his skills under professional coaching. In 2019, while still in high school, Hashimoto was selected to join the Japan men's national gymnastics team.

His two older brothers, Takuya and Kengo, who competed in artistic gymnastics at the club- and university-level in Japan, inspired Hashimoto to begin gymnastics at age seven at the Sawara Junior Club.

Hashimoto has received two awards. In 2019, he received the Excellence Award at the 2019 NHK Cup. In 2020, he was given the Road to 2020 Olympic Encouragement Award at the TV Asahi Big Sports Awards.