Ryōhei Katō

Ryōhei Katō
Personal information
Nationality:	Japan
discipline	Apparatus gymnastics
Society:	Juntendō University
Trainer:	Mutsumi Harada
Birthday:	September 9, 1993
Place of birth:	Shizuoka Prefecture
Size:	163 cm
Weight:	54 kg
Medals
Olympic games silver 2012 London team gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro team  World championships silver 2013 Antwerp All-around silver 2014 Nanning team bronze 2014 Nanning Ingots

Ryōhei Katō ( Japanese 加藤 凌 平 , Katō Ryōhei ; born September 9, 1993 in Shizuoka Prefecture ) is a Japanese gymnast .

One of his greatest successes was winning the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, which he was able to achieve for the first time in the all- around finals together with Kenzo Shirai , Kohei Uchimura , Yūsuke Tanaka and Koji Yamamuro. At the Olympic Games in 2012 he won a silver medal with the Japanese team, at the World Gymnastics Championships in 2013 a silver medal in the all-around and a silver medal in the team competition at the World Gymnastics Championships in 2014 .

He has been studying at Juntendō University since 2012 .

Web links

• Ryōhei Katō in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} ロ ン ド ン オ リ ン ピ ッ ク 2012 加藤 凌 平 （体操 ・ 体操 競技） プ ロ フ ィ ー ル . Japanese Olympic Committee, July 27, 2012, accessed October 29, 2014 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ Japan take gold in Rio 2016 team artistic gymnastics, Russia edge China for silver. In: Rio 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2016 . 
3. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/d3836412-34f1-4ede-9ea6-04471acb4277