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Sawao Kato

1946 - Today

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Sawao Katō (加藤 澤男, Katō Sawao; born October 11, 1946) is a Japanese former gymnast and one of the most successful Olympic athletes of all time. Between 1968 and 1976 he won twelve Olympic medals, including eight gold medals, making him the most successful Japanese Olympian by number of gold medals won. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sawao Kato is the 8th most popular gymnast (up from 10th in 2019), the 433rd most popular biography from Japan (up from 594th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Sawao Kato ranks 8 out of 370. Before him are Ágnes Keleti, Larisa Latynina, Olga Korbut, Věra Čáslavská, Carl Schuhmann, and Akinori Nakayama. After him are Hermann Weingärtner, Alfred Flatow, Louis Zutter, Leon Štukelj, Nikolai Andrianov, and Conrad Böcker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Sawao Kato ranks 147. Before him are François Bozizé, Vuk Drašković, Youssef Absi, Ajda Pekkan, Deepak Chopra, and Laurent Fabius. After him are Wim Jansen, Robert J. Shiller, Joop Zoetemelk, Rita Marley, Yusuke Omi, and Martin Kove.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sawao Kato ranks 433 out of 6,245. Before him are Seishirō Itagaki (1885), Hara Takashi (1856), Masamune (1300), Yumi Umeoka (1950), Shohei Imamura (1926), and Toru Takemitsu (1930). After him are Nobuyuki Oishi (1939), Emperor Yōzei (867), Yodo-dono (1569), Emperor Antoku (1178), Ihara Saikaku (1642), and Isao Iwabuchi (1933).

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Among GYMNASTS In Japan

Among gymnasts born in Japan, Sawao Kato ranks 2. Before him are Akinori Nakayama (1943). After him are 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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