Full name Ryohei Kato Name Ryohei Kato Height 1.62 m | Level Senior Role Gymnast Weight 54 kg Parents Yumi Kato, Hiroyuki Kato | |
Born September 9, 1993 (age 31) ( 1993-09-09 ) Discipline Men\'s artistic gymnastics Olympic medals Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men\'s artistic team all-around Similar People Profiles | ||
Ryohei Kato (JPN) - Floor Exercise - 2016 AT&T American Cup
KATO Ryohei (JPN) – 2014 Artistic Worlds, Nanning (CHN) – Qualifications Floor
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).
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- Ryohei Kato JPN Floor Exercise 2016 ATT American Cup
- KATO Ryohei JPN 2014 Artistic Worlds Nanning CHN Qualifications Floor
- Career
- Personal life
- References
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.
