among gymnasts who: do the basic vault in tucked, piked, or stretched position twist the opposite direction of their entry side, e.g. Gervasio Deferr, who repeated as Olympic Vault Champion in 2004 by premiering the Tsukahara with 2.5 twists do two saltos instead of just one, e.g. Leszek Blanik, the 2008 Olympic Vault Champion, who is one of many gymnasts to perform a Tsukahara double pike. Honors In November 2009, Tsukahara was awarded with a Medal of Honour with purple ribbon by the Government of Japan. See also List of multiple Olympic gold medalists List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists References External links Tsukahara (Horizontal bar) Tsukahara (Vault) 1947 births Living people Japanese male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Japan Gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics World champion gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Nippon Sport Science University alumni Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon Gymnasts from Tokyo