Full kit belonging to Kohei UCHIMURA (JPN), artistic gymnastics double gold medal-winning Olympic champion, London 2012 Full kit belonging to Kohei UCHIMURA (JPN), artistic gymnastics double gold medal-winning Olympic champion, London 2012 Kohei UCHIMURA dazzled everyone with his style and elegance. In 2016 in Rio, “King Kohei” became the first gymnast to retain his title since his compatriot, Sawao KATO (1968 and 1972). This was also the seventh Olympic medal for UCHIMURA, and his third gold. “Beauty in movement is my only goal,” he said. “My father said that 100 imperfect movements are not worth one that is magnificently executed. And that’s what I’ve always kept in mind. I could do harder things, but if I did then it would give me problems. So what I always try to do is strike a balance between technical difficulty and quality of execution. That’s where the beauty of gymnastics lies. I want to show through my performances how high scores can be achieved, by striving for beauty in execution. If you don’t do that, then it’s impossible to have an impact.”