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Akinori Nakayama

1943 - 2025

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Akinori Nakayama (中山 彰規, Nakayama Akinori, March 1, 1943 – March 9, 2025) was a Japanese gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. Nakayama was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, and is a graduate of Chukyo University in Nagoya. Nakayama is one of only three gymnasts to become an Olympic Champion in rings twice. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akinori Nakayama is the 21st most popular gymnast, the 925th most popular biography from Japan and the 4th most popular Japanese Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Akinori Nakayama ranks 21 out of 370. Before him are Louis Zutter, Paavo Aaltonen, Nellie Kim, Takashi Ono, Mitsuo Tsukahara, and Alfred Schwarzmann. After him are Viktor Chukarin, Yukio Endo, Ioannis Mitropoulos, Conrad Böcker, Alina Kabaeva, and Miroslav Cerar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Akinori Nakayama ranks 291. Before him are Valerie Perrine, Frederick Chiluba, Penny Marshall, Sylvester McCoy, Peter Hyams, and Larry Clark. After him are Stanislav Galić, Marcos Valle, Tadao Onishi, Teun A. van Dijk, Nikolay Shmatko, and Mulatu Astatke. Among people deceased in 2025, Akinori Nakayama ranks 63. Before him are Trần Đức Lương, Svetlana Gerasimenko, Marcel Ophüls, Anastasios of Albania, Vlastimil Hort, and Lee Shau-kee. After him are Thanin Kraivichien, Mauricio Funes, Peter Lax, Per Nørgård, Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Friðrik Ólafsson.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Akinori Nakayama ranks 925 out of 6,245. Before him are Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Naoya Shiga (1883), Sayuri Yoshinaga (1945), Yuji Kishioku (1954), Genichi Taguchi (1924), and Moriteru Ueshiba (1951). After him are Haruo Nakajima (1929), Shigeru Umebayashi (1951), Kiyoshi Shiga (1871), Masakatsu Miyamoto (1938), Sakuma Shōzan (1811), and Ninomiya Sontoku (1787).

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Among GYMNASTS In Japan

Among gymnasts born in Japan, Akinori Nakayama ranks 4. Before him are Sawao Kato (1946), Takashi Ono (1931), and Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947). After him are Yukio Endo (1937), Shuji Tsurumi (1938), Haruhiro Yamashita (1938), Masao Takemoto (1919), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), Shigeru Kasamatsu (1947), Eizo Kenmotsu (1948), and Kōji Gushiken (1956).

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