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Within Vinony's link graph, Sawao Katō is referenced by 297 other articles, and connects out to Yukio Endō, Kōji Gushiken and Sports Reference, LLC.
It sits within the topics 1946 births, 20th-century Japanese sportsmen and Academic staff of the University of Tsukuba.
Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1946-10-11 ) October 11, 1946 (age 79) , Gosen, Niigata , Japan
- Height
- 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
- Discipline
- Men's artistic gymnastics
- Country represented
- Japan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Katō
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Niigata
- Sibling
- Takeshi Katō
- Occupation
- professor
- Educated at
- University of Tsukuba
- Employer
- University of Tsukuba
- Sport
- artistic gymnastics
- Mass
- 59
- Image
- Sawao Kato 1970.jpg
- Height
- 1.63
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- date of birth
- 1946-10-11
- Commons category
- Sawao Katō
- name in kana
- かとう さわお
- name in native language
- 加藤澤男
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sawao Katō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.