Ryōhei Katō

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Ryōhei Katō
— Gymnast —
Full name Ryōhei Katō
Country represented  Japan
Born September 9, 1993 (1993-09-09) (age 30)
Height 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior

Ryōhei Katō (born 9 September 1993) is a Japanese gymnast.[2] He competed for the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's artistic team all-around.

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 Kohei Uchimura, Kenzo Shirai, Koji Yamamuro,Kohei Kameyama and Kazuhito Tanaka. He competed in the all around final and placed second, nearly two points behind team mate Uchimura.

Personal life

Kato is the son of Hiroyuki Kato, a coach of Japan National team for gymnastics.[3]

References

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