TAMANE Kenji
Canada
CAN
Title
Mr
Lastname
TAMANE
Firstname
Kenji
Gender
male
Country
Canada
Place of birth
Toronto
Year of birth
2001 (23 y.o.)
Discipline(s)
Men's Artistic Gymnastics
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Occupation
Athlete
Education
Computer Science - University of Nebraska: United States
Spoken languages
English
Club
Laval Excellence: Canada
Coach
Adrian Balan [club]; Ed Van Hoof [national]
Sporting relatives
His brother Colin has competed in artistic gymnastics at national level in Canada. (huskers.com, 01 Jan 2020; cg2019.gems.pro, 01 Jan 2019; Gymnastics Ontario Facebook page, 28 May 2016)
Injuries
In 2017 he began experiencing pain in his right wrist, which then required surgery the following year. "I started getting pain in my wrist, and apparently my ulnar [bone] was longer than my radius [bone], so I had to get that shortened." (CityNews YouTube channel, 17 Sep 2018; Instagram profile, 30 May 2018)
Start sporting career
He took up gymnastics at age six.
Reason for taking up the sport
"Originally I was in judo, and my mum put me in gymnastics to be stronger for judo, but I ended up liking gymnastics more than judo."
Hero / Idol
Japanese artistic gymnast Kohei Uchimura. (cg2019.gems.pro, 01 Jan 2019)

Last update : 2024-07-22

Continental Championships

2022 - 2022 Senior Pan American Championships RIO DE JANEIRO (BRA)

All-Around
Rank Final
8
Score Final
77.067 
Rank Qualif.
-
Score Qualif.
-
Floor Exercise
Rank Final
8
Score Final
13.333
Rank Qualif.
11
Score Qualif.
13.333
Pommel Horse
Rank Final
4
Score Final
13.100
Rank Qualif.
4
Score Qualif.
13.100