Kohei Uchimura is a Japanese former artistic gymnast widely regarded as one of the greatest all-around gymnasts in history, nicknamed King Kohei. He won the men's individual all-around gold medal at both the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, and he won a record six consecutive World Championship all-around titles between 2009 and 2015. His long streak of dominance in the sport's most prestigious individual event was unmatched in the modern era of gymnastics.
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Career HighlightWon 3 Olympic gymnastics gold medals and 10 World Championship all-around titles, first gymnast to capture every major all-around title in an entire single Olympic cycle, achieved twice. 2 Classification
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Kōhei Uchimura (内村 航平, Uchimura Kōhei; born January 3, 1989) is a Japanese retired artistic gymnast.
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He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (team, all-around and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a 21-time World medalist.
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He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (team, all-around and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a 21-time World medalist.
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Uchimura also took the individual all-around silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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Uchimura was already considered by many in the sport to be one of the greatest gymnasts of all time after he completely dominated to unprecedented levels in all the major competitions for the entire quad, and finally finishing the season by winning the Olympic individual all-around gold medal at the
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However, he then extended those accomplishments even further when he followed it up with continued and uninterrupted victories of every major competition again throughout the next Olympic cycle, replicating the feat he achieved in the last quad, which led him to win two additional gold medals on tea
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