fullname birth_place level height discipline birth_date article_title name
kazuhito tanaka wakayama , japan senior international elite 166 cm ftin on mag 16 may 1985 kazuhito tanaka
 kazuhito tanaka
kazuhito tanaka

kazuhito tanaka -lrb- born may 16 , 1985 -rrb- is a japanese gymnast , olympic silver medallist and three-time world medallist .
his younger sister is rie tanaka and younger brother is yusuke tanaka , both professional gymnasts .
tanaka 's first major international competition was the 2009 world championships , where he qualified 10th to the individual all-around with a score of 86.650 .
in the final , he placed fourth with a score of 88.300 , a tenth of a point behind third place .
he won the bronze medal in the parallel bars final , scoring 15.500 .
his team matched this feat the next year at the 2011 world championships , where he contributed scores of 15.500 on parallel bars and 15.141 on high bar .
he also qualified seventh to the parallel bars final , and placed eight with a score of 15.166 .
in the olympic games , he competed on all six apparatuses during qualification , where he qualified in twenty-second place to the individual all-around final with a total score of 86.841 , was named as the third reserve for the rings final with a score of 15.100 , and qualified second to the parallel bars final with a score of 15.725 , .141 behind his brother yusuke .
during the team final 2012 olympics , he contributed scores of 13.733 on floor , 13.433 on pommel horse , 15.366 on parallel bars , and 15.166 on high bar towards the japanese team 's second-place finish .
in the parallel bars final , he once again just missed out on a medal , placing fourth with a score of 15.500 .
