Ryōhei Katō

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).

Ryōhei Katō
Full name	Ryōhei Katō
Country represented	Japan
Born	September 9, 1993 (age 27) 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 Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2012 London Team World Championships 2015 Glasgow Team 2013 Antwerp All-around 2014 Nanning Team 2014 Nanning Parallel bars American Cup 2016 Newark All-around 2015 Arlington All-around Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Floor exercise 2013 Kazan Horizontal bar 2013 Kazan Team

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

1. "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
2. "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.
3. 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