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Akinori Nakayama

1943 - 2025

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Akinori Nakayama (中山 彰規, Nakayama Akinori; March 1, 1943 – March 9, 2025) was a Japanese gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. Nakayama was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, and is a graduate of Chukyo University in Nagoya. Nakayama is one of only three gymnasts to become an Olympic Champion in rings twice. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akinori Nakayama is the 7th most popular gymnast (up from 21st in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 925th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Akinori Nakayama ranks 7 out of 370. Before him are Nadia Comăneci, Ágnes Keleti, Larisa Latynina, Olga Korbut, Věra Čáslavská, and Carl Schuhmann. After him are Sawao Kato, Hermann Weingärtner, Alfred Flatow, Louis Zutter, Leon Štukelj, and Nikolai Andrianov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Akinori Nakayama ranks 115. Before him are Reinaldo Arenas, Robert Lefkowitz, Vint Cerf, Richard J. Roberts, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, and Conchata Ferrell. After him are Otoya Yamaguchi, Grover Washington Jr., Eric Idle, Paul Van Himst, Michael Spence, and Stanley Fischer. Among people deceased in 2025, Akinori Nakayama ranks 64. Before him are David Lodge, Joe Don Baker, Vitold Fokin, Frits Bolkestein, Ferdi Tayfur, Trần Đức Lương, Svetlana Gerasimenko, Marcel Ophüls, Anastasios of Albania, Vlastimil Hort, and Lee Shau-kee. After him is Thanin Kraivichien.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akinori Nakayama ranks 393 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Kōbun (648), Hidesaburō Ueno (1872), Ichirō Hatoyama (1883), Sakae Takahashi (null), Emperor Sushun (520), and Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659). After him are Kikunae Ikeda (1864), Akira Matsunaga (1914), Otoya Yamaguchi (1943), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535), and Koji Sasaki (1936).

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Among GYMNASTS In Japan

Among gymnasts born in Japan, Akinori Nakayama ranks 1. After him are Sawao Kato (1946), Takashi Ono (1931), Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947), Yukio Endo (1937), Haruhiro Yamashita (1938), Shuji Tsurumi (1938), Masao Takemoto (1919), Eizo Kenmotsu (1948), Shigeru Kasamatsu (1947), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), and Kōji Gushiken (1956).

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