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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
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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.