Ryōhei Katō

Ryōhei Katō
— Gymnast —
Full name	Ryōhei Katō
Country represented	Japan
Born	September 9, 1993 (age 22)
Height	157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Medal record Competitor for  Japan Olympic Games 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 Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Floor Exercise 2013 Kazan Horizontal Bar 2013 Kazan Team

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

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

External links

• Ryohei Kato at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique