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Kōhei Uchimura

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Kōhei Uchimura (内村 航平, Uchimura Kōhei; born January 3, 1989) is a Japanese retired artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (team, all-around and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a 21-time World medalist (team, all-around, floor exercise, parallel bars and the horizontal bar). Uchimura was already considered by many in the sport to be one of the greatest gymnasts of all time after he completely dominated to unprecedented levels in all the major competitions for the entire quad, and finally finishing the season by winning the Olympic individual all-around gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Kōhei Uchimura is the 204th most popular gymnast (down from 174th in 2024), the 3,002nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,065th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Kōhei Uchimura ranks 204 out of 370. Before him are Holger Behrendt, Aliya Mustafina, Mary Lou Retton, Gabriela Potorac, Dimosthenis Tampakos, and Cristina Bontaș. After him are Sandra Izbașa, Epke Zonderland, Kateryna Serebrianska, Rebeca Andrade, Lu Li, and Li Xiaoshuang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Kōhei Uchimura ranks 418. Before him are Eugénie Le Sommer, Kim Ga-eun, Daniella Monet, Alexander Petrov, Sterling Knight, and Mindaugas Kuzminskas. After him are Stephen Kiprotich, Reina Tanaka, Aljamain Sterling, Aron Gunnarsson, Gabriel Torje, and Anna Veith.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kōhei Uchimura ranks 3,002 out of 6,245. Before him are Takuya Eguchi (1987), Omi Minami (1968), Shinji Kaneko (1987), Inesu Emiko Takeoka (1971), Mariya Ise (1988), and Daichi Suzuki (1967). After him are Princess Tsuguko of Takamado (1986), Akinobu Yokouchi (1967), Hideaki Takizawa (1982), Eri Kitamura (1987), Yuki Takita (1967), and Shota Fujisaki (1994).

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Among GYMNASTS In Japan

Among gymnasts born in Japan, Kōhei Uchimura ranks 13. Before him are Shuji Tsurumi (1938), Masao Takemoto (1919), Eizo Kenmotsu (1948), Shigeru Kasamatsu (1947), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), and Kōji Gushiken (1956). After him are Naoya Tsukahara (1977), Daiki Hashimoto (2001), Koji Yamamuro (1989), Yusuke Tanaka (1989), Kazuhito Tanaka (1985), and Shinnosuke Oka (2003).

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