About Sawao Katō
Sawao Katō 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. They won the team competition, with Sawao also taking gold medals in the all-around and on the floor. Katō won gold medals all-around and in the parallel bars and silvers on the horizontal bar and pommel horse. Katō is one of only ten athletes to have won eight or more Olympic gold medals.
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