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Ryōhei Katō

Ryōhei Katō
Full name Ryōhei Katō
Country represented  Japan
Born September 9, 1993 (1993-09-09) (age 23)
Numazu, Shizuoka Japan
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

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).

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.

Kato is the son of Hiroyuki Kato, a coach of Japan National team for gymnastics.


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