Kohei Uchimura

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Born

:03 Jan,1989

Age

:30 years, 7 months

Location

:Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

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About Kohei Uchimura

Kohei Uchimura is a Japanese artistic gymnast.He is a five-time Olympic medalist (all-around, team and floor exercise), winning a gold and four silvers, a 16-time World medalist (all-around, team, floor, high bar, and parallel bars) and is considered by many to be the greatest gymnast of all time.

Gymnastic career:

2007

Uchimura joined Japan's National Team in 2007.He made his senior debut at the 2007 Paris World Cup in March, a major international event. Here he won bronze on vault and placed ninth on floor

Summer Universiade-In August, he won team gold and 1st on floor and 3rd on vault at 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok.

Japan's national championships-At Japan's national championships in October, he placed 7th in the all around.A month later, at the international "Good Luck Beijing" event, he won silver with the Japanese team and placed 7th on floor exercise.

2008

Uchimura started the 2008 season by winning gold on floor at the World Cup in Tianjin in May.

2009

In October 2009 Uchimura competed at the 2009 World Championships. Here, he dominated both the qualifications and the all around final. He won the all around title by a margin of 2.575 points ahead of Daniel Keatings, marking top scores for floor, rings, vault, and horizontal bar.

2010

In October 2010 Uchimura headed to the 2010 World Championships again as a member of the Japanese national team. As in the previous year, he dominated the qualifications and the all around final, winning his second consecutive all around title by a margin of 2.251 points ahead of Philipp Boy.

2011

On October 14, 2011 Uchimura won the all-around final for the 3rd time at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

At the 2011 Worlds, Uchimura also won the Longines Prize for Elegance along with Romania's Ana Porgras. The prize is given at each world championships to the male and female gymnasts who demonstrate "the most remarkable elegance". Unanimously declared the winners by a panel of judges, Uchimura and Porgras were each awarded a trophy, Longines watch, and $5000USD.Uchimura was especially pleased to win this award, since he collects watches

In November 2011, Uchimura won 4 gold medals at the 65th Japanese Championships. Besides the all-around title, he also picked up titles on half of the apparatuses: floor exercise, pommel horse, and high bar.

2013

During qualifications, Uchimura dominated garnering an all-around total of 91.924 (which was 2.392 points ahead of the closest competitor). He qualified for the Floor Exercise finals in third place with a 15.333, 1st for the Parallel Bars final with 15.400 and third in the Horizontal Bar final with a 15.658. He qualified as a reserve for the Pommel Horse final with a 15.133.

2014

On October 9, 2014 Uchimura once again made history, winning a record fifth consecutive all around world championship at Nanning. He totaled 91.965 points, 1.492 points above Great Britain’s Max Whitlock to capture the title