Tsukahara on the Origin of the Tsukahara Vault

When I was about 10 years old, I did my P Bar routine at the Calgary Stampede alongside Mitsuo Tsukahara and Shiro Tanaka. I was the local kid showing off with two of the best in the world.

Mitsuo Tsukahara is today best remembered for the Tsukahara Vault.

American gymnast Hal Shaw performed the same vault at the 1968 NCAA Championships, where it was known in the United States as the “O-Shaw.” 

At the 1970 World Championships in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, Mitsuo introduced the new vault to great international acclaim scoring 9.75.

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