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Masao Takemoto

1919 - 2007

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Masao Takemoto (竹本正男, Takemoto Masao, September 29, 1919 – February 2, 2007) was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals.At the 1952 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of the gold medal. Two years later he became world champion in the floor exercise, sharing the first placed with Valentin Muratov; he also won a silver medal with the Japanese team and a bronze at the parallel bars. At the 1956 Summer Olympics Takemoto won three bronze medals: in the horizontal bar, parallel bars and rings; he also received a silver medal as part of the Japanese team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masao Takemoto has received more than 19,744 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Masao Takemoto is the 52nd most popular gymnast, the 1,225th most popular biography from Japan and the 6th most popular Japanese Gymnast.

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  • 20k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Masao Takemoto ranks 52 out of 183Before him are Ferenc Kemény, Konrad Frey, Valentin Muratov, Pietro Bianchi, Veikko Huhtanen, and Haakon Sörvik. After him are Giorgio Zampori, George Eyser, Yelena Shushunova, Mikhail Voronin, Haruhiro Yamashita, and Szilveszter Csollány.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Masao Takemoto ranks 252Before him are George Cadle Price, Gisela Uhlen, Leona Woods, Grisha Filipov, Pauline Kael, and Forrest Tucker. After him are Jan Flinterman, Jorge de Sena, Manna Dey, Finn Helgesen, Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, and Cláudio Santoro. Among people deceased in 2007, Masao Takemoto ranks 273Before him are Raymond Kaelbel, Johanna Sällström, Gisela Uhlen, Madeleine L'Engle, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Kirka. After him are Ove Grahn, Chrisye, Eugen Walaschek, Fred Saberhagen, Ulrich Plenzdorf, and Tetsuo Okamoto.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masao Takemoto ranks 1,225 out of 6,048Before him are Nujabes (1974), Katsuyoshi Kuwahara (1944), Ukyo Katayama (1963), Shoichi Sakata (1911), Junichi Suwabe (1972), and Hiromi Tsuru (1960). After him are Michio Mado (1909), Nigo (1970), Tatsuhiko Seta (1952), Yoko Tawada (1960), Naohiro Ikeda (1940), and Masashi Tashiro (1956).

Among GYMNASTS In Japan

Among gymnasts born in Japan, Masao Takemoto ranks 6Before him are Sawao Kato (1946), Takashi Ono (1931), Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947), Yukio Endo (1937), and Akinori Nakayama (1943). After him are Haruhiro Yamashita (1938), Nobuyuki Aihara (1934), Shigeru Kasamatsu (1947), Shuji Tsurumi (1938), Eizo Kenmotsu (1948), and Kōji Gushiken (1956).