Ryōhei Katō facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Ryōhei Katō |
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| Full name | Ryōhei Katō | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Japan |
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| Born | September 9, 1993 (age 31) Numazu, Shizuoka Japan |
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| Hometown | Sōka, Saitama, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Juntendo University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Hiroyuki Kato | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryōhei Katō (加藤 凌平, Katō Ryōhei, born 9 September 1993) is a Japanese gymnast. 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.
See also
In Spanish: Ryōhei Katō para niños
