Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Kōhei Uchimura: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Superman • King Kōhei
Born January 3, 1989 (age 37) • Kitakyūshū • Japan
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

Photos

Kohei Uchimura of Japan, wearing a red and white uniform, performs a routine on the pommel horse during the men's gymnastics final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Soaring with grace
See All Images →
The most-decorated American gymnast
Simone Biles
American gymnast
Olympic gymnast Věra Čáslavská
Věra Čáslavská
Czech gymnast
Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Andrianov
Soviet gymnast
Katō Sawao
Katō Sawao
Japanese gymnast
Gabby Douglas
Gabby Douglas
American gymnast
Soviet gymnast Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Soviet athlete
Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina performs a floor routine, leaping with one leg extended, during the women's compulsory exercises at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Larisa Latynina
Soviet athlete
Belarusian gymnast Vitaly Scherbo
Vitaly Scherbo
Belarusian athlete
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Soviet gymnast
Katie Ledecky smiles and points while celebrating in the pool after setting a world record at the 2013 FINA World Championships, with FINA signage in the background.
Katie Ledecky
American swimmer
Allyson Felix smiles and raises the relay baton as she crosses the finish line to win gold in the women's 4x400-meter relay at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Allyson Felix
American athlete
Ashton Eaton
Ashton Eaton
American decathlete
Shilese Jones
Shilese Jones
American gymnast
Suni Lee on the balance beam at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Suni Lee
American gymnast
Bart Conner
Bart Conner
American gymnast
Nastia Liukin, wearing a red leotard, leaps with arms and legs extended during the floor exercise at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Nastia Liukin
American gymnast
Nadia Comăneci
Nadia Comăneci
Romanian gymnast
Mary Lou Retton smiles and poses in a red, white, and blue leotard with stars and stripes, during a gymnastics competition.
Mary Lou Retton
American gymnast
Gymnastics champion Viktor Chukarin
Viktor Chukarin
Soviet athlete
default image
Li Ning
Chinese gymnast and entrepreneur

Related Quizzes

Cricket bat and ball. cricket sport of cricket.Homepage blog 2011, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics
Sports Quiz
Usain Bolt of Jamaica reacts after breaking the world record with a time of 19.30 to win the gold medal as Churandy Martina (left) of Netherlands Antilles and Brian Dzingai of Zimbabwe come in after him in the Men's 200m Final at the National Stadium during Day 12 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 20, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Summer Olympics, track and field, athletics)
I Am the Greatest (Athlete)
Silhouette of hand holding sport torch behind the rings of an Olympic flag, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; February 3, 2015.
The Olympics Quiz