1946 - Today
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sawao Kato has received more than 71,572 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Sawao Kato is the 11th most popular gymnast (up from 14th in 2019), the 758th most popular biography from Japan (down from 750th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Gymnast.
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Among gymnasts, Sawao Kato ranks 11 out of 183. Before him are Carl Schuhmann, Alfred Flatow, Ágnes Keleti, Hermann Weingärtner, Leon Štukelj, and Nikolai Andrianov. After him are Alina Kabaeva, Takashi Ono, Boris Shakhlin, Louis Zutter, Mitsuo Tsukahara, and Nellie Kim.
1869 - 1946
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 5
1869 - 1942
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 6
1921 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 7
1864 - 1919
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 8
1898 - 1999
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 9
1952 - 2011
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 10
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 11
1983 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 12
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 13
1932 - 2008
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 14
1865 - 1946
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 15
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 16
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 17
Among people born in 1946, Sawao Kato ranks 221. Before him are Richard Axel, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Cheng Pei-pei, Renaud Camus, Arnoldo Alemán, and Al Green. After him are Silvio Rodríguez, Birutė Galdikas, Miguel Reina, René Jacobs, Jim Kelly, and Grigory Margulis.
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 215
1946 - 2016
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 216
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 217
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 218
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 219
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 220
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 221
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 222
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 223
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 224
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 225
1946 - 2013
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 226
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 227
Among people born in Japan, Sawao Kato ranks 758 out of 6,048. Before him are Mamoru Hosoda (1967), Yoji Yamada (1931), Kiko, Princess Akishino (1966), Takiji Kobayashi (1903), Motoo Tatsuhara (1913), and Prince Koreyasu (1264). After him are Tadao Horie (1913), Osachi Hamaguchi (1870), Takashi Mizuno (1931), Shūji Terayama (1935), Shō Hashi (1371), and Shō Shin (1465).
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 752
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 753
1966 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 754
1903 - 1933
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 755
1913 - 1984
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 756
1264 - 1326
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 757
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 758
1913 - 2003
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 759
1870 - 1931
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 760
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 761
1935 - 1983
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 762
1371 - 1439
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 763
1465 - 1526
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 764
Among gymnasts born in Japan, Sawao Kato ranks 1. After him are Takashi Ono (1931), Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947), Yukio Endo (1937), Akinori Nakayama (1943), Masao Takemoto (1919), Haruhiro Yamashita (1938), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), Shigeru Kasamatsu (1947), Shuji Tsurumi (1938), Eizo Kenmotsu (1948), and Kōji Gushiken (1956).
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 1
1931 - Present
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 2
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 3
1937 - 2009
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 4
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 5
1919 - 2007
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 6
1938 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 7
1934 - 2013
HPI: 43.67
Rank: 8
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 9
1938 - Present
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 10
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 11
1956 - Present
HPI: 38.63
Rank: 12