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Wataru Tanigawa

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Wataru Tanigawa (谷川航, Tanigawa Wataru; born 23 July 1996) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He won a gold medal with the Japanese team at the 2024 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2022 World Championships, he won a silver medal in the team event and a bronze medal in the all-around. He also won team bronze medals at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wataru Tanigawa is the 385th most popular gymnast (down from 260th in 2019), the 5,798th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,117th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Japanese Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Wataru Tanigawa ranks 385 out of 370Before him are Pauline Schäfer, Adem Asil, Kazuma Kaya, Gao Lei, Alexa Moreno, and Marco Lodadio. After him are Danell Leyva, Lieke Wevers, Giorgia Villa, Ahmet Önder, Asia D'Amato, and Martina Centofanti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Wataru Tanigawa ranks 939Before him are Raven Saunders, Ryota Ukai, Laila Youssifou, Ko Shimura, Bence Nádas, and Joey Bragg. After him are Laura Lindemann, Dariusz Kowaluk, Artem Chernousov, Masato Kojima, Dean Wade, and Junya Suzuki.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Wataru Tanigawa ranks 5,811 out of 6,245Before him are Yosuke Akiyama (1995), Yoshihiro Shoji (1989), Ryota Suzuki (1994), Yuya Torikai (1988), Keisuke Oyama (1995), and Yuki Kotani (1991). After him are Shuto Kawai (1993), Tatsuya Wada (1994), Shuhei Matsubara (1992), Kenji Sekido (1990), Takuya Shigehiro (1995), and Ryoga Sekihara (1991).

Among GYMNASTS In Japan

Among gymnasts born in Japan, Wataru Tanigawa ranks 22Before him are Yusuke Tanaka (1989), Kazuhito Tanaka (1985), Mai Murakami (1996), Kenzō Shirai (1996), Ryōhei Katō (1993), and Kazuma Kaya (1996). After him are Hikaru Mori (1999), Aiko Sugihara (1999), Kazuki Minami (2000), Hatakeda Hitomi (2000), Hazuki Watanabe (2004), and Kaito Sugimoto (2000).