About Takeru Kitazono

Takeru Kitazono (北園 丈琉, Kitazono Takeru, born 21 October 2002) is a Japanese male artistic gymnast. At the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he won five gold medals in the all-around, floor, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar competitions. He was the first artistic gymnast ever to achieve such a feat in a single Youth Olympic Games.