Ryōhei Katō

Ryōhei Katō
— Gymnast —
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)[1]
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior
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

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

  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. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  3. ↑ GYMNASTICS/ Coach guides son, athletes in bid for Olympic gold
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