Ryōhei Katō
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Full name | Ryōhei Katō | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | September 9, 1993 (1993-09-09) (age 30) Numazu, Shizuoka Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Sōka, Saitama, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Juntendo University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Hiroyuki Kato | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ryōhei Katō (加藤 凌平, Katō Ryōhei, born 9 September 1993) is a Japanese gymnast.[2] He has won two Olympic medals in the men's artistic team all-around – silver in 2012 (London) and gold in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro).
Career
Kato together with Japanese teammates (Hiroki Ishikawa, Shogo Nonomura, Yusuke Tanaka, and Chihiro Yoshioka) competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan where Team Japan won the bronze medal. He won gold in Floor and bronze in Horizontal Bar final. Kato competed at the 2013 World Championships along with Kōhei Uchimura, Kenzo Shirai, Koji Yamamuro, Kohei Kameyama, and Kazuhito Tanaka. He competed in the all around final and placed second, nearly two points behind teammate Uchimura.
Personal life
Kato is the son of Hiroyuki Kato, a coach of Japan National team for gymnastics.[3]
References
- ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "Ryohei Kato". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ GYMNASTICS/ Coach guides son, athletes in bid for Olympic gold Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Ryohei KATO at the International Gymnastics Federation
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