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Yukio Endo

1937 - 2009

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Yukio Endō (遠藤 幸雄, Endō Yukio; January 18, 1937 – March 25, 2009) was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 1964 he won the first individual all-around Olympic gold medal for Japan. He was the flag bearer at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yukio Endo is the 43rd most popular gymnast (down from 23rd in 2019), the 1,173rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 963rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Yukio Endo ranks 43 out of 370. Before him are Carl Albert Andersen, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Axel Ljung, István Pelle, Margit Korondi, and Veikko Huhtanen. After him are Charles Champaud, Arvid Holmberg, Josip Primožič, Guido Boni, Estella Agsteribbe, and Zoltán Magyar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Yukio Endo ranks 318. Before him are Marlene Schmidt, Bobby Driscoll, Luiz Bueno, Manorama, Jorge Cafrune, and Teresa Ciepły. After him are Harry Wu, Glen A. Larson, Joe Henderson, Richard H. Truly, Roger Penske, and Galimzyan Khusainov. Among people deceased in 2009, Yukio Endo ranks 203. Before him are Jack Kramer, Grigore Vieru, Janet Jagan, Riccardo Cassin, Kim Manners, and Ron Silver. After him are Clodovil Hernandes, Willem Johan Kolff, Lei Clijsters, Juvenal Amarijo, Adolf Merckle, and Henri Pousseur.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yukio Endo ranks 1,173 out of 6,245. Before him are Naoki Matsushita (1978), Toshio Furukawa (1946), Kyoko Kuroda (1969), Yuriko Shima (1959), Shoichi Sakata (1911), and Kosuke Suzuki (1981). After him are Kusuo Kitamura (1917), Kanno Sugako (1881), Tsuru Aoki (1892), Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928), Bunzō Hayata (1874), and Seiko Matsuda (1962).

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Among GYMNASTS In Japan

Among gymnasts born in Japan, Yukio Endo ranks 5. Before him are Akinori Nakayama (1943), Sawao Kato (1946), Takashi Ono (1931), and Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947). After him are 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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