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Ryohei Kato

*anese artistic gymnast

Ryōhei Katō (加藤 凌平, Katō Ryōhei, born 9 September 1993) is a *anese 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).

Contents

  • 1 Career
  • 2 Personal life
  • 3 References
  • 4 External links

Career

Kato together with *anese teammates (Hiroki Ishikawa, Shogo Nonomura, Yusuke Tanaka, and Chihiro Yoshioka) competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan where Team *an 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 *an National team for gymnastics.

References

    External links

    • Ryohei KATO at the International Gymnastics Federation