Kōhei Uchimura

Japanese airteestic gymnast (1989-)

Kōhei Uchimura (内村 航平, born Januar 3, 1989 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefectur) is a Japanese airtistic gymnast.[1] He is a five-time Olympic medallist (aw-aroond, team an floor exercise), winnin a gowd an fower sillers, a nine-time Warld medallist (aw-aroond, team, floor, heich bar, an parallel bars) an is considered bi mony tae be the greatest male gymnast o aw time.[2][3][4] He is weel-kent for becomin the first gymnast (male or female) tae win ivery major aw-aroond title in a single Olympic cycle, includin three consecutive warld aw aroond titles (2009, 2010 an 2011)[5] an the 2012 Olympic Aw-Aroond Champion. He is kent for deliverin difficult an accurately executit routines an aw. His gymnastics skills wis praised bi Internaitional Gymnast Magazine as a "combination o tremendous difficulty, supreme consistency an extraordinary elegance o performance."[6]

Kōhei Uchimura
Kōhei Uchimura in 2011
Personal information
Born (1989-01-03) 3 Januar 1989 (age 35)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefectur
Hicht5 ft 3.5 in (1.61 m)
Wecht55kg
Sport
Kintra Japan
ClubKONAMI
Coached biHiroyuki Kato

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  1. Sports Reference Archived 2008-12-31 at the Wayback Machine Kohei Uchimura
  2. "uchimura-goat-no-says-comaneci". Reuters. Archived frae the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  3. "london-2012-kohei-uchimura-gymnastics". Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  4. "Kohei Uchimura wins all-around gold, proves he's pretty much the best gymnast ever". Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  5. Emma John (13 Julie 2012). "London 2012: Kohei Uchimura can bring perfection back to gymnastics". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 Julie 2012.
  6. International Gymnast Magazine December 2010, "Superman", by Christian Ivanov, page 52

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