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Wataru Tanigawa

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Wataru Tanigawa (谷川航, Tanigawa Wataru; born 23 July 1996) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He won a gold medal with the Japanese team at the 2024 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2022 World Championships, he won a silver medal in the team event and a bronze medal in the all-around. He also won team bronze medals at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Wataru Tanigawa is the 441st most popular gymnast (down from 262nd in 2024), the 6,149th most popular biography from Japan (down from 3,116th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Wataru Tanigawa ranks 441 out of 370. Before him are Vera Biryukova, Adem Asil, Kazuma Kaya, Gao Lei, Alexa Moreno, and Marco Lodadio. After him are Danell Leyva, Lieke Wevers, Giorgia Villa, Ahmet Önder, Asia D'Amato, and Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Wataru Tanigawa ranks 1,116. Before him are Ryota Ukai, Laila Youssifou, Claudia Sulewski, Ko Shimura, Bence Nádas, and Joey Bragg. After him are Christian McCaffrey, Laura Lindemann, Dariusz Kowaluk, Artem Chernousov, Masato Kojima, and Dean Wade.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Wataru Tanigawa ranks 6,162 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshihiro Shoji (1989), Robert Griffin III (1990), Ryota Suzuki (1994), Yuya Torikai (1988), Keisuke Oyama (1995), and Yuki Kotani (1991). After him are Shuto Kawai (1993), Tatsuya Wada (1994), Shuhei Matsubara (1992), Kenji Sekido (1990), Takuya Shigehiro (1995), and Ryoga Sekihara (1991).

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Among GYMNASTS In Japan

Among gymnasts born in Japan, Wataru Tanigawa ranks 24. Before him are Kazuhito Tanaka (1985), Shinnosuke Oka (2003), Mai Murakami (1996), Kenzō Shirai (1996), Ryōhei Katō (1993), and Kazuma Kaya (1996). After him are Hikaru Mori (1999), Aiko Sugihara (1999), Kazuki Minami (2000), Hatakeda Hitomi (2000), Hazuki Watanabe (2004), and Kaito Sugimoto (2000).

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