Gymnast
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Gymnasts are people who participate in the sport
s of either artistic gymnastics
, trampolining
, or rhythmic gymnastics
.
See gymnasium (ancient Greece)
for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
s of either artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...
, trampolining
Trampolining
Trampolining is a competitive Olympic sport in which gymnasts perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. These can include simple jumps in the pike, tuck or straddle position to more complex combinations of forward or backward somersaults and twists....
, or rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time...
.
See gymnasium (ancient Greece)
Gymnasium (ancient Greece)
The gymnasium in ancient Greece functioned as a training facility for competitors in public games. It was also a place for socializing and engaging in intellectual pursuits. The name comes from the Ancient Greek term gymnós meaning "naked". Athletes competed in the nude, a practice said to...
for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.
Female artistic
- Lauren MitchellLauren MitchellLauren Mitchell is an Australian artistic gymnast. She is the 2010 World Champion on floor and the 2009 World Championships silver medalist on balance beam and floor. Mitchell is only the second Australian woman gymnast to win medals at a World Championships, and the first to win gold...
(b. 1991) - Daria JouraDaria JouraDaria "Dasha" Joura is an Australian gymnast. She is a triple Australian senior all around champion and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2006 and 2007.-Personal life:Daria Joura was born in Russia...
(b. 1990) - Monette RussoMonette RussoMonette Simone Russo is an Australian Artistic Gymnast. She made Australian history by becoming the first Australian gymnast ever to win an individual World Championship medal at the 2005 Melbourne Artistic Gymnastics World Championships when she came third in the all-around competition...
(b. 1988) - Allana SlaterAllana SlaterAllana Amy Slater is a retired Australian artistic gymnast. The Australian senior all-around National Champion in 2000, 2003 and 2004 and a multiple medalist at the Commonwealth Games, Slater is considered to be one of Australia's most internationally successful gymnasts.-Early life and...
(b. 1984) - Trudy McIntosh (b. 1984)
- Lisa SkinnerLisa SkinnerLisa Maree Skinner is an Australian gymnast who competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. She is notable as the first Australian gymnast ever to qualify for an individual event final at the Olympic Games.Skinner began gymnastics in 1987 at Lawnton Academy...
(b. 1981)
- Svetlana Boguinskaya (USSR / BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
) (b. 1973) - Olga KorbutOlga KorbutOlga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team....
(USSR / BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
) (b. 1955) - Svetlana Baitova (USSR / BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
) (b. 1972)
- Nelli Kim (USSR / BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
) (b. 1957) - Yelena Piskun (USSR / BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
) (b. 1977) - Svetlana Taresevich (USSR / BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
)
- Aagje Vanwalleghem (b. 1987)
- Daniele HypólitoDaniele HypolitoDaniele Matias Hypólito is a Brazilian gymnast who competed in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Hypólito was the first athlete from Brazil ever to win a medal at the World Championships, a silver on floor exercise in 2001...
(b. 1984) - Luisa Parente (b. 1973)
- Daiane dos SantosDaiane dos SantosDaiane Garcia dos Santos is one of Brazil's most successful female gymnasts. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, at age 20, she won the world title on her specialty apparatus, the floor exercise.-Personal life:...
(b. 1983) - Jade BarbosaJade BarbosaJade Fernandes Barbosa is a Brazilian gymnast.-Junior career:Barbosa won the gold medal in the Junior Championships in the All-Around, Floor, Balance Beam and Vault....
(b. 1991)
- Deliana Vodenitcharova
- Diana Dudeva
- Khabrina Kharova
- Snejana Hristakieva
- Maja Hristova
- Gael MackieGael MackieGael Briane Mackie is a Canadian gymnast and Olympic athlete. Gael came to prominence on the Canadian gymnastics scene by winning the senior national championship at age 14. She currently resides in the city of Coquitlam.Mackie competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece in the Women's...
(b. 1988) - Melanie BanvilleMelanie BanvilleMelanie Louise Banville is a Canadian gymnast.Born in Cornwall, Ontario she lives in nearby Long Sault, Ontario and trains in Ottawa. Starting gymnastics at age five she was highly motivated by the competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics and then made it her goal to reach an Olympic games...
(b. 1987) - Elyse Hopfner-HibbsElyse Hopfner-HibbsElyse Hopfner-Hibbs is a Canadian gymnast. She was born in Mississauga, Ontario. She first started gymnastics in 1993, and competed in her first international event in 2001...
(b. 1989) - Aisha GerberAisha GerberAisha Gerber is a world-class Canadian artistic gymnast.Starting as a member of the Cambridge Kips gymnastics club at the age of three, Gerber was coached by former Soviet Olympic champion Elvira Saadi and Vladimir Kondratenko...
(b. 1990) - Karen KelsallKaren KelsallDr. Karen Kelsall is a chiropractor and a retired Canadian gymnast and dancer. She was the youngest competitor at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and was one of the first Canadian gymnasts to attract attention from the international gymnastics community.Although she was born in Canada,...
(b. 1962) - Lise LeveilleLise LeveilleLise Annique Leveille is a French Canadian gymnast who represented Canada at the 2000 Olympic Games. After graduating from Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver, British Columbia, she became part of Stanford University's gymnastics team and is currently a medical student in...
- Vanessa MelocheVanessa MelocheVanessa Meloche is a Canadian gymnast and 2002 Canadian National Uneven Bars Champion.During most of her competitive career, Vanessa trained at Parkettes in Allentown, Pennsylvania....
(b. 1985) - Heather PurnellHeather PurnellHeather Mary Purnell is a Canadian gymnast who represented Canada at the 2004 Olympic Games. She trained at Ottawa Gymnastics Centre with coaches Tobie Goreman and Lori Iurello. In 1999 she was the Canadian All-Around Artistic Gymnastics Champion.-External links:*...
(b. 1986) - Kate Richardson (gymnast)Kate Richardson (gymnast)Kate Richardson is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She began gymnastics at age three. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she placed 7th in the floor exercise event and 15th all-around. She graduated UCLA in 2007 with a degree in psychobiology.Member of Canada's Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team, 1996-2004...
(b. 1984) - Elfi SchlegelElfi SchlegelElfi Schlegel-Dunn is a sportscaster for NBC Sports and a former college and national champion gymnast from Canada.- Early years :...
(b. 1964) - Lori Strong (b. 1972)
- Stella Umeh
- Yvonne TousekYvonne TousekYvonne Tousek is a retired artistic gymnast who competed for her native Canada in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney...
(b. 1980) - Kristina Vaculik (b. 1992)
- Eva BosákováEva BosákováEva Bosáková-Hlaváčková, née Věchtová was a Czech gymnast whose career spanned at least from the 1954 World Championships to the 1962 World Championships...
- Věra ČáslavskáVera CáslavskáVěra Čáslavská is a Czech gymnast. Blonde, cheerful and possessing impressive stage presence, she was generally popular with the public and won a total of 22 international titles...
(b. 1942) - Vlasta DěkanováVlasta DekanováVlasta Děkanová was a Czechoslovak/Czech gymnast two-time World All-Around Gymnastics Champion who also competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics....
(b. 1909) - Zdenka PodkapováZdenka PodkapováZdenka Podkapová is a Czech adult model, actress and former gymnast. Podkapová was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia . She is sometimes credited as Zdenka, Zdenka Popová or Zdenka Novotna...
(b. 1977) - Jana KomrskováJana KomrskováJana Komrsková is an artistic gymnast from Czech Republic, who participated in 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympic Games.- Career to 2000 :...
(b. 1983)
- Cheng FeiCheng FeiCheng Fei is a Chinese gymnast. She is a three-time World Champion on the vault and 2006 World Champion on floor exercise. She was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese teams for the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Aarhus, Denmark and 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China...
(b. 1988) - Deng LinlinDeng LinlinDeng Linlin is a Chinese gymnast. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the team gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and is a three-time World Cup gold medalist...
(b. 1992) - Fan Ye (b. 1988)
- Kui YuanyuanKui YuanYuanKui Yuanyuan is a Chinese Gymnast born on June 23, 1981. She is strong on 3 events: Balance Beam, Floor Exercise and Vault. She participated in two Olympic Games, two World Championships and qualified for the 1998 World Cup Final...
(b. 1981) - Li LiLi Li (gymnast)Li Li is an artistic gymnast from China. She competed during the early 1990s, and retired in 1994. An Olympian, World Cup medallist and national champion, the beam was her best apparatus. Here, she pioneered the exceptionally difficult and innovative 1 1/4 turning back spin...
(b. 1975) - Li ShanshanLi ShanshanLi Shanshan is a Chinese gymnast who is especially strong on balance beam. She was a member of the Chinese silver medal-winning team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where she also medalled on the balance beam...
(b. 1992) - Li YaLi YaLi Ya is a former Chinese gymnast. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the team competition at the 2006 World Championships and was a member of the 2004 Olympic Team...
(b. 1988) - Liu XuanLiu Xuan (gymnast)Liu Xuan is a Chinese Gymnast. She was coached by Guo Xinming and Zhang Zhen.Liu said she took up gymnastics with encouragement from her mom, who had to cease gymnastics training during her younger years because of the closure of the gym during the Cultural Revolution...
(b. 1979) - Lu LiLu LiLu Li is a Chinese gymnast.Lu made the Chinese national team in late 1991. However, liver illness almost prevented her from competing in the Olympics...
(b. 1976)
- Jiang Yuyuan (b. 1991)
- Ma YanhongMa YanhongMa Yanhong is a retired Chinese Olympic athlete. She was the first Chinese gymnast, male or female, to win a gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships and the Olympic Games....
(b. 1964) - Mo HuilanMo HuilanMo Huilan is a Chinese gymnast who competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. She was one of China's most successful gymnasts in the 1990s. She is known for performing routines of exceptional difficulty and technique, but also for inconsistency....
(b. 1979) - He KexinHe KexinHe Kexin is a Chinese gymnast. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing she won gold medals on the uneven bars and as a member of the Chinese Artistic Gymnastics team. In 2008, she won two World Cup titles on the uneven bars. On the bars she was one of the few gymnasts in the world to score over 17.00...
(b. 1992) - He NingHe NingHe Ning is a Chinese gymnast born in the province of Zhejiang.-Competitive history:She is known from the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. She won 2 gold medals in Team and All-Around competitions...
(b. 1990) - Sang LanSang LanSang Lan is a former Chinese gymnast, television personality and student.-Athletic career and injury:Sang achieved excellence in gymnastics at a young age, winning the all-around and every single event final at the 1991 Zhejiang Province Championships. By 1995 she was competing nationally...
(b. 1981) - Xiao ShaXiao ShaXiao Sha , born on 15 June 1992, is a Chinese gymnast. She is an all-rounder, with a balance of skills on all four apparatus, while her strongest apparatus is the balance beam.-Gymnastics career:Xiao Sha started training in gymnastics at the age of 6...
(b. 1992) - Yang YilinYang YilinYang Yilin is a Chinese gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic all-around bronze medalist and a member of the gold medal winning Chinese Olympics gymnastics team. Yang was also the 2007 World Championships bronze medalist on the uneven bars.-Gymnastic career:...
(b. 1992) - Zhang Nan (b. 1986)
- Zhou ZhuoruZhou ZhuoruZhou Zhuoru born September 14, 1988 is a World Champion Chinese Gymnast from Fushun, Liaoning, Peoples Republic of China.Zhou Zhuoru was named alternate for the 2004 Chinese Olympic team. Following steady improvement and development, she was named to the Chinese team to compete at the 2006 World...
(b. 1988)
- Sherine El Zeiny (b.1991)
- Ludivine FurnonLudivine FurnonLudivine Furnon is a retired Olympic athlete from France. She was the first French female gymnast ever to medal at the World Gymnastics Championships....
(b. 1980) - Émilie Lepennec (b. 1987)
- Elvire TezaElvire TezaElvire Teza is a retired French gymnast who competed at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. She was the French National Champion in gymnastics in 1997, 1999 and 2000....
(b. 1981)
- Katja Abel (b. 1983)
- Daria BijakDaria BijakDaria Eva Bijak is a German Gymnast raised in Cologne. Bijak is a two time German National Champion and has competed for Germany at 4 World Championships. Bijak placed a very respectable 8th in the All Around competition at the 2005 World Championships, her best result to date...
(b. 1985) - Anja BrinkerAnja BrinkerAnja Brinker is a German artistic gymnast.Brinker is currently student and lives in Seelze-Lathwethren. Her former coach was Dieter Koch, the husband of the current German National Coach Ulla Koch. Now she is coached by Oleg Tchekmarov.She started training in her hometown of Melle at age six...
(b. 1991) - Karin Büttner-JanzKarin Büttner-JanzKarin Büttner-Janz Karin Büttner-Janz Karin Büttner-Janz (born 17 February 1952 in Hartmannsdorf a district of Lübben (Spreewald), German Democratic Republic (GDR, commonly:East Germany) is a medical doctor, Olympic medal winner in artistic gymnastics and, since March 1990, chief physician of...
(b. 1952) - Maxi GnauckMaxi GnauckMaxi Gnauck is a retired Artistic Gymnast. With a total of 27 medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, and European Championships she is considered one of the most successful woman gymnast that Germany has ever produced.Her parents were expecting a boy and they planned to name...
(b. 1964) - Marie-Sophie Hindermann (b. 1991)
- Dagmar KerstenDagmar KerstenDagmar Kersten is a former East German gymnast and competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She is an Olympic medalist and has won many international competitions...
(b. 1970) - Steffi KrakerSteffi KrakerStefanie "Steffi" Kraker is a retired East German gymnast who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games.Kraker began competing on the GDR national team in 1976...
(b. 1960) - Joeline Möbius (b. 1992)
- Erika ZucholdErika ZucholdErica Zuchold , is a former East German gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid 1960s to early 1970s....
(b. 1947)
- Lisa MasonLisa MasonLisa Elena Jane Mason is a British gymnast who trained at Huntingdon Gym Club, starting at the age of five, and competed at both domestic and international level....
(b. 1982) - Annika ReederAnnika ReederAnnika Louise Reeder is a British artistic gymnast. She was the first gymnast from Great Britain to compete in two Olympic Games, in 1996 and 2000....
(b. 1979) - Beth TweddleBeth TweddleElizabeth "Beth" Kimberly Tweddle MBE is an English gymnast. Tweddle is a three time world champion having won the 2010 World Championships and 2006 World Championshipson the uneven bars and the 2009 World Championships on the floor...
(b. 1985) - Becky DownieBecky DownieRebecca Lauren Downie is a British gymnast from Nottingham, England.-Early career:Downie began training in gymnastics at the age of 7 at Bigwood Gymnastics Club before moving to Notts Gymnastics Club as she continued to succeed. There, coached by Claire Starkey, she has won many junior titles...
(b. 1992) - Joanna SimeJoanna SimeJoanna Sime was a Junior and Senior International Gymnast who represented Great Britain in the late 1970s.-Competition record:Major Championships competed in:...
(b. 1962) - Denise JonesDenise JonesDenise Radon Masters Jones is one-third of the Contemporary Christian music group Point of Grace. She has won 12 Dove Awards with Point of Grace.-Background:...
(b. 1963)
- Luisa Portocarrero (b.1977)
- Ágnes KeletiÁgnes KeletiÁgnes Keleti is a retired Hungarian artistic gymnast. The winner of 10 Olympic medals including five gold medals, she is considered to be one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes of all time. She was the most successful athlete at the 1956 Summer Olympics.-Career:Keleti is Jewish, and...
(b. 1921) - Henrietta ÓnodiHenrietta ÓnodiHenrietta Ónodi is an Olympic gold winner Hungarian gymnast who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics....
(b. 1974)
- Franco MenichelliFranco MenichelliFranco Menichelli is an Italian former gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he received bronze medals in floor exercise and team combined exercises, and at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he received a gold medal in floor exercises, a silver...
(b. 1941) - Vanessa FerrariVanessa FerrariVanessa Ferrari , is a World Champion Gymnast from Italy. Her mother, Galya, is Bulgarian and her father, Giovanni, is Italian....
(b. 1990)
- Nurul Fatihah Hamid (b.1986)
- Denisse LópezDenisse LópezDenisse López Sing is a retired Mexican gymnast. She was the first gymnast from Mexico ever to qualify for an event final at the World Gymnastics Championships and the Olympic Games....
(b. 1976) - Brenda MagañaBrenda MagañaBrenda Magaña Almaral is a Mexican artistic gymnast. Magana is best known for being the first woman to successfully complete a triple back somersalt from the bars! which she did at the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Debrecen. This move is unusual even amongst male gymnasts, and in...
(b. 1977) - Laura del Carmen Moreno (b. 1978)
- Iyérida Mogollón (b.1985)
- Elsa GarciaElsa GarciaElsa García Rodriguez Blancas, born February 8, 1990, is a Mexican gymnast from Monterrey. She trains at the Regio Club Gimnástico where she is coached by husband and wife Antonio Barraza and Teresa Lopez. Elsa trains alongside national team member Marisela Cantú. Her coaches describe Elsa as a...
(1990) - Maricela Cantú (1990)
- Erika Garcia (1990)
- Kim Gwang SukKim Gwang SukKim Gwang-Suk is a North Korean female gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics...
(b. circa 1976-78) - Jo Hyun JooJo Hyun JooJo Hyun-Joo is currently the highest ranked artistic female gymnast representing the Republic of Korea. She represented the Republic of Korea in three World Gymnastics Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.At the 2008 Olympic Games, she fell on the uneven bars and...
(1992)
- Kathrine Hansson (b. 1984)
- Julie Hansson (b. 1984)
- Åge StorhaugÅge StorhaugÅge Storhaug is a Norwegian gymnast who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.He was born in Klepp and represented the club Klepp IL. He participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics and at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won several Norwegian championships and Nordic championships...
(b. 1938)
- Helena RakoczyHelena RakoczyHelena Rakoczy , also Rákóczy or Rákóczi was a world champion Polish gymnast. She was born in Kraków, Poland....
(b. 1921)
- Nadia ComăneciNadia ComaneciNadia Elena Comăneci is a Romanian gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the first female gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is also the winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer...
(b. 1961)
- Elena DolgopolovaElena DolgopolovaElena Vladimirovna Dolgopolova is a Russian gymnast, who competed in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and won a silver medal with her team. She was also in the running for the 2000 team, but was left out. A specialist on vaults, she posted the 1996 team's highest score on this apparatus...
(b. 1980) - Ludmila EzhovaLudmila EzhovaLudmila Ezhova Grebenkova, , born 4 March 1982, is a Russian gymnast of olympic calibre.A mainstay of the Russian team from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s, she helped her team to a Silver Medal at the 2001 World Championships and to a Bronze Medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
(b. 1982) - Rozalia GaliyevaRozalia GaliyevaRozaliya Ilfovna Galiyeva or Roza Galieva is a gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics....
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
/ UzbekistanUzbekistanUzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
) (b. 1977) - Ksenia Kekkonen (b. 1983)
- Svetlana KhorkinaSvetlana KhorkinaSvetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina is a popular Russian gymnast and seven-time Olympic medalist, who is now a deputy at the Russian State Duma. With an unprecedented nine gold, eight silver, and three bronze World Championships medals, she is one of the most successful female gymnasts of her era and has...
(b. 1979) - Anastasiya KolesnikovaAnastasiya KolesnikovaAnastasiya Nikolayevna Kolesnikova is a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, winning silver medal.-External links:*...
(b. 1984) - Dina KotchetkovaDina KotchetkovaDina Anatolyevna Kochetkova is a Russian gymnast who competed at the 1996 Olympics. Stylistically, Dina was considered by many to be the "last of the Soviets," performing difficult skills with elegant, clean technique...
(b. 1977) - Anna Kovalyova (b. 1983)
- Natalia KuchinskayaNatalia KuchinskayaNatalia Alexandrovna Kuchinskaya , also known as Natasha Kuchinskaya is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast....
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1949) - Yekaterina LobaznyukYekaterina LobaznyukYekaterina Ludmilovna Lobaznyuk is a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, winning three medals...
(b. 1983) - Sofia MuratovaSofia MuratovaSofia Ivanovna Muratova was a Soviet gymnast, who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow, and won eight Olympic medals.-Early life:...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1929) - Anna PavlovaAnna Pavlova (gymnast)Anna Anatolyevna Pavlova , is a Russian artistic gymnast training at MGFSO Dynamo in Moscow who was a double bronze medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She is well known for her beautiful balletic style and clean technique. She is trained by her mother Nataliya Evgenevna Pavlova...
(b. 1987) - Ekaterina KramarenkoEkaterina KramarenkoEkaterina Kramarenko , born on April 22, 1991 in St Petersburg, Russia is a Russian artistic gymnast.At the 2007 European Gymnastics Championships, Kramarenko placed 5th in the All Around Final and won the Bronze medal on the Uneven Bars....
(b. 1991) - Yelena ProdunovaYelena ProdunovaYelena Sergeyevna Produnova, also known as Elena, is a female Russian gymnast, living in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia.Her senior international career lasted from 1995 to 2000, and earned her multiple world and Olympic medals, though gold always eluded her...
(b. 1980) - Ksenia SemenovaKsenia SemenovaKsenia Andreyevna Semenova is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2007 World Champion on the uneven bars, and the 2008 European Champion on the uneven bars and the balance beam. She was a member of the silver-medal-winning Russian team at the 2008 European Championships...
(b. 1992) - Natalia ShaposhnikovaNatalia ShaposhnikovaNatalia Vitalyevna Shaposhnikova , , married name Natalia Sout, was a Soviet gymnast, two-time Olympic Champion, Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. She was born in Rostov on Don, Russian SFSR. She was known for her risky and original skills along with her expressive choreography, especially on...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1961) - Elena ZamolodchikovaElena ZamolodchikovaElena Mikhailovna Zamolodchikova , nicknamed "Zamo", was a two-time Olympic gymnast. She began gymnastics at the age of six. In 1999 she participated in her first major senior competition, the World Gymnastics Championships, where she won the gold in vault, the bronze in the all-around...
(b. 1982) - Yulia LozhechkoYulia LozhechkoYulia Aleksandrovna Lozhechko is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the only child of Olga and Aleksandr. Yulia began gymnastics at age 7 and was coached by her mother Olga...
(b. 1989) - Ksenia SemenovaKsenia SemenovaKsenia Andreyevna Semenova is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2007 World Champion on the uneven bars, and the 2008 European Champion on the uneven bars and the balance beam. She was a member of the silver-medal-winning Russian team at the 2008 European Championships...
(b. 1992) - Tatiana NabievaTatiana Nabieva- Junior career :She competed at the 2008 Junior European Gymnastics Championships, earning gold medals with the team, on balance beam and floor exercise. She earned a silver medal on vault and uneven bars...
(b. 1994) - Aliya MustafinaAliya MustafinaAliya Fargatovna Mustafina , born 30 September 1994 in Yegorievsk, Russia is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2010 All Around World Champion. She also won Gold with the Russian team at the same championships and was the 2009 Russian national champion in the all around and on the balance beam...
(b. 1994) - Viktoria KomovaViktoria KomovaViktoria Aleksandrovna Komova was born 30 January 1995 in Voronezh, Russia. She is a Russian artistic gymnast and is the 2010 All-Around Youth Olympic Games Champion...
(b. 1995) - Anastasia Grishina (b. 1996)
- Laura Muñoz (b. 1970)
- Eva Rueda (b. 1971)
- Patricia MorenoPatricia MorenoPatricia Moreno is a Spanish artistic gymnast. Moreno began gymnastics in 1995 and admires Romanian Simona Amânar. She took Spanish Women's Artistic Gymnastics first ever Olympic medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where she was third on floor with score of 9.487...
(b. 1988) - Sara Moro (b. 1984)
- Elena GómezElena GómezElena Gómez Servera is a Spanish artistic gymnast. She is the 2002 World Champion on the floor exercise, where she was the only gymnast to perform a quadruple turn , and the first-ever Spanish female gymnast to win the World title...
(b. 1985) - Lenika de Simone (b.1988)
- Polina AstakhovaPolina AstakhovaPolina Astakhova was a Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast who won ten medals at the Summer Olympics, where she participated as a member of the USSR team in 1956, 1960 and 1964.-Biography:Astakhova became interested in artistic gymnastics at age 13,...
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1936 - d. 2005) - Nina BocharovaNina BocharovaNina Antonovna Bocharova is a former Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast, who won five medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics....
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1924) - Olesya DudnikOlesya DudnikOlesya [alternate spelling Olessia] Vitalyevna Dudnik is a gymnastics coach and former artistic gymnast who competed internationally for the Soviet Union between 1988 and 1990...
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1974) - Maria GorokhovskayaMaria GorokhovskayaMaria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya was a Ukrainian gymnast. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, she won seven medals, the most medals won by any woman in a single Olympics....
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1921 - d. 2001) - Larisa Latynina (USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
(b. 1934) - Lilia PodkopayevaLilia PodkopayevaLilia Alexandrivna Podkopayeva ; born August 15, 1978 in Donetsk) is a retired Ukrainian gymnast who became the 1996 Olympic all-around champion, the 1995 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships all-around champion and the 1996 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships all-around champion...
(b. 1978) - Oksana OmelianchikOksana Omelianchik-Early life and career:Omelianchik was born on January 2, 1970 or December 31, 1969 in Ulan-Ude, USSR). She was originally a figure skater, and participated in her first skating meet at the age of 6. She began gymnastics on the recommendation of her skating choreographer, who believed she had...
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1969 or 1970) - Ludmilla TourischevaLudmilla TourischevaLudmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967...
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1952) - Irina YarotskaIrina YarotskaIrina Yarotska is a Ukrainian female artistic gymnast. Irina was born August 29, 1985 in Kiev, Ukraine and is coached by Ghalina Chieghimagha. She started gymnastics at age 6 and began her career as a senior elite gymnast at 16, in 2001...
(b. 1985) - Stella ZakharovaStella ZakharovaStella Zakharova is a retired gymnast who competed internationally for the former Soviet Union between 1977 and 1982. She was an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist in team competitions, and won individual all-around titles at other events.Zakharova won her first all-around championship...
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1963) - Olga Teslenko (USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) - Lyubov Sheremeta (USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) - Tatiana GutsuTatiana GutsuTatiana Konstantinivna Gutsu is a Ukrainian gymnast, winner of the 1992 Olympic all-around title. Renowned as a trickster, the routines she competed were some of the most difficult ever in the sport...
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1975) - Tatiana Lyssenko (USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1974)
- Jeanette Antolin (b. 1981)
- Mary Beth Arnold (b. 1981)
- Vanessa AtlerVanessa AtlerVanessa Marie Atler is a retired American elite gymnast. She was the 1996 junior all-around National Champion, the 1997 senior all-around National Champion and the 1998 Goodwill Games gold medalist on the floor exercise and vault. At the 1999 American Cup, Atler became the first female American...
(b. 1982) - Kendall BeckKendall BeckKendall Rhea Beck is an artistic gymnast from the United States.She was a member of the US junior national team from 1996–1997, and was the US national junior vault champion that year. She was a member of the senior national team from 1997–2000. In 1997, she was the US national beam champion, and...
(b. 1981) - Alyssa BeckermanAlyssa BeckermanAlyssa Erin Beckerman is an American gymnast and student.-Biography:Beckerman was a member of the United States National Gymnastics Team from 1997 to 2000. Her highest honor was making the 1999 World Gymnastics Championships although she was unable to compete due to a wrist injury...
(b. 1981) - Mohini BhardwajMohini BhardwajMohini Bhardwaj is a retired American gymnast who competed at the 1997 and 2001 World Championships and earned a team silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...
(b. 1978) - Jana BiegerJana BiegerJana Lyn Bieger is an American gymnast of German descent. Raised in the U.S. and a citizen, Bieger has competed only for the U.S. At the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she won three silver medals...
(b. 1989) - Amanda BordenAmanda BordenAmanda Kathleen Borden is a retired American gymnast, who was one of the members of the gold medalist United States team in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Magnificent 7. Borden was the team captain of the Magnificent Seven, with all six other members submitting her name in the vote, including the...
(b. 1977) - Alexis Brion (b. 1982)
- Rebecca BrossRebecca BrossRebecca Bross is an American artistic gymnast. She won the all-around and three events at the junior national championships in 2007. At the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil, Bross won a team gold, individual all-around second, and the first place in floor exercise. She was a member of the U.S...
(b. 1993) - Wendy BruceWendy BruceWendy Bruce is a retired gymnast from the United States of America. She was part of the U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain....
(b. 1973) - Michelle Campi (b. 1976)
- Monique Chang (b. 1984)
- Nicole Childs (b. 1989)
- Nicole ChillingworthNicole ChillingworthNicole Chillingworth is a rhythmic gymnast.-Early life:Nicole has been a dancer since she was 3. At age 7 her family moved to Australia and moved back to southern California when she was 10...
(b. 1992) - Amy ChowAmy ChowAmy Yuen Yee Chow is a retired American gymnast and a member of the famous Magnificent 7, the first American team to win Olympic gymnastics gold...
(b. 1978) - Jamie DantzscherJamie DantzscherJamie Annette Dantzscher is a retired American gymnast. She was a member of the bronze medal winning US team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney...
(b. 1982) - Dominique DawesDominique DawesDominique Margaux Dawes is a retired United States artistic gymnast. She was 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team, the 1994 U.S. all-around senior National Champion, a three-time Olympian, a World Championships silver medalist and a member of the gold-medal winning "Magnificent...
(b. 1976) - Erin Dooley (b. 1982)
- Rhonda FaehnRhonda FaehnRhonda Faehn is an American college gymnastics coach and former college and elite gymnast. Faehn is the current head coach of the Florida Gators women's gymnastics team of the University of Florida...
(b. 1971) - Marie Fjordholm (b. 1983)
- Monica Flammer (b. 1980)
- Bianca Flohr (b. 1990)
- Larissa Fontaine (b. 1977)
- Marcia Frederick (b. 1963)
- Kelly Garrison (b. 1967)
- Julissa GomezJulissa GomezJulissa D'anne Gomez was an American gymnast whose rapid rise through the ranks of elite gymnastics in the mid-1980s was cut short by a vaulting accident in 1988 that left her a quadriplegic...
(b. 1972 - d. 1991) - Hilary GrivichHilary GrivichHilary Coplin Grivich was a world-class American gymnast and diver. She was a member of the silver medal-winning American team at the 1991 World Championships and the 1990 junior all-around U.S. National Champion in gymnastics....
(b. 1977 - d. 1997) - Muriel Grossfeld (b. 1940)
- Nicole Harris (b. 1988)
- Annia HatchAnnia HatchAnnia Portuondo Hatch is a Cuban-American gymnast who competed for the United States at the 2004 Olympics.Hatch began gymnastics in her native Cuba at the age of five...
(b. 1978) - Katie HeenanKatie HeenanKatherine "Katie" Elaine Heenan, , is a seven time national gymnast, and four time team NCAA champion, with the Georgia Gym Dogs.- Early life :...
(b. 1985) - Christy HenrichChristy HenrichChristina "Christy" Renee Henrich was a world-class American artistic gymnast whose death from anorexia nervosa at 22 led to major reforms in the way women's gymnastics is covered on television and in the news media....
(b. 1972 - d. 1994) - Ivana HongIvana HongIvana Hong is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal American team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the all-around bronze medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games. Hong was named an alternate to the 2008 U.S. Olympic team and was a member of the U.S...
(b. 1992) - Terin HumphreyTerin HumphreyTerin Marie Humphrey is a United States gymnast. She was a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team in Athens, Greece where she helped the team to a silver medal. This was the best ever result achieved by an American Olympic gymnastics team away from home. Her teammates were Mohini Bhardwaj, Annia...
(b. 1986) - Allyse Ishino (b. 1988)
- Carly JanigaCarly JanigaCarly Janiga is an American former gymnast. She attended and competed for Stanford University. She has won gold medals in IAAF World Cup competitions and was NCAA champion in the uneven bars in 2010...
(b. 1988) - Brandy JohnsonBrandy JohnsonBrandy Johnson, also known as Brandy Johnson-Scharpf is a retired American gymnast, gymnastics judge and stuntwoman....
(b. 1973) - Kathy JohnsonKathy JohnsonKathy Johnson, also known as Kathy Johnson Clarke is an American commentator and retired artistic gymnast...
(b. 1959)
- Shawn JohnsonShawn JohnsonShawn Machel Johnson is an American artistic gymnast. She was the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and all-around, and floor exercise silver medalist, the 2007 all-around World Champion, and the 2007 and 2008 U.S. all-around champion...
(b. 1992) - Nina Kim (b. 1986)
- Beth Kline Rybacki (b. 1966)
- Theresa Kulikowski (b. 1980)
- Ashely Kupets (b. 1984)
- Courtney KupetsCourtney KupetsCourtney Anne Kupets is an American gymnast. She is best known for her 2003 and 2004 all-around national championships ; her membership on the 2002 and 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2004 Olympic teams; and her individual bronze medal on the uneven bars at the 2004...
(b. 1986) - Mattie LarsonMattie LarsonMattie Larson is an elite American gymnast. She is a member of the U.S. National Team and is the 2010 National Champion on floor exercise. Additionally, she was the 2005 Level 10 State, Regional, and National Champion. Her parents, Eric Larson and Gail Boggs, are actors.Though expected to...
(b. 1992)
- Nastia LiukinNastia LiukinAnastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin is a Russian-American artistic gymnast. She was the 2008 Olympic individual all-around Champion, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World Champion on the uneven bars...
(b. 1989) - Tanya Maiers (b.1981)
- Kristen MaloneyKristen MaloneyKristin Ann Maloney , also known as Kristen Maloney, is a retired gymnast from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, United States, who was coached by Jack Carter in the 2000 Olympics and won bronze in the Team Event. Maloney was also the U.S...
(b. 1981) - Sabrina Mar (b. 1970)
- Courtney McCoolCourtney McCoolCourtney Lynn McCool is an American gymnast, who was a team member in the 2004 Summer Olympics women's artistic gymnastic team. Although she didn't compete in the team finals, she helped the team place second, earning the silver medal behind Romania...
(b. 1988) - Chellsie MemmelChellsie MemmelChellsie Marie Memmel is an American gymnast. She is the 2005 World All-Around Champion, making her the third American woman, after Kim Zmeskal and Shannon Miller, to become World Champion in the All-Around. She is also a World Champion on the uneven bars and as part of the U.S. team...
(b. 1988) - Ashley MilesAshley MilesAshley Miles is a retired gymnast who competed for the U.S. women’s artistic gymnastics team at the 2001 World Gymnastics Championships in Ghent, Belgium. The U.S...
(b. 1985)
- Shannon MillerShannon MillerShannon Lee Miller is a former artistic gymnast from Edmond, Oklahoma. She is the most decorated gymnast in U.S. History, and considered one of the greatest gymnasts the United States has ever produced...
(b. 1977) - Phoebe MillsPhoebe MillsPhoebe Mills is an American attorney and athlete who has been active in the sports of artistic gymnastics, diving, speed skating, and snowboarding.-Personal life:...
(b. 1972) - Dominique MoceanuDominique MoceanuDominique "Domi" Helena Moceanu is an American gymnast who was a member of the Olympic Gold medal winning 1996 U.S...
(b. 1981) - Joan Moore Gnat (b. 1954)
- Betty OkinoBetty OkinoElizabeth Anne Okino is an American actress, and former gymnast and Olympic medalist.Born in Africa, Okino moved to the United States with her family and began gymnastics at the relatively late age of 9. By 1988, only four years later, she had progressed to the elite level, placing 17th at that...
(b. 1975) - Tia Orlando (b. 1988)
- Carly PattersonCarly PattersonCarly Rae Patterson is an American singer and former gymnast. She is the 2004 Olympic All-Around Champion and a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame...
(b. 1988) - Samantha PeszekSamantha PeszekSamantha Nicole Peszek is an American national team gymnast. She was a member of the United States' 2008 Olympic women's gymnastics team.-Career:In 2007, Peszek competed on the gold medal-winning U.S...
(b. 1991) - Jaycie PhelpsJaycie PhelpsJaycie Lynn Phelps is a United States Olympic gymnast and member of the 1996 Olympic Gold medal U.S. women's gymnastics team, Magnificent 7.-External links:*...
(b. 1979) - Kristie PhillipsKristie PhillipsKristie Phillips-Bannister , formerly known as Kristie Phillips, is a retired American elite gymnast. The 1987 senior U.S. National Champion and one of the American team's strongest and most visible competitors in the mid-1980s, Phillips was considered to be one of the front-runners for the 1988...
(b. 1972) - Ashley PostellAshley PostellAshley Postell is an American artistic gymnast. Postell was a member of the United States National Gymnastics Team from 1997 - 2004...
(b. 1986) - Kristy Powell (b. 1980)
- Kassi Price (b. 1989)
- Ashley PriessAshley PriessAshley Priess is an American artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships for Team USA and earned a team silver medal. She currently attends the University of Alabama and competes for their gymnastics team....
(b. 1990) - Elise RayElise RayMary Elise Ray is an American gymnast who represented the United States at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 1999 World Championships.-Biography and early career:...
(b. 1982) - Mary Lou RettonMary Lou RettonMary Lou Retton is an American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. She was the first female gymnast from outside Eastern Europe to win the Olympic all-around title, after 14 Eastern Bloc countries boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.-Personal life:Retton was born in Fairmont, West...
(b. 1968) - Cathy RigbyCathy RigbyCathleen Roxanne Rigby , best known as Cathy Rigby, is a former gymnast, actress and speaker.-Early life:Rigby was born in Los Alamitos, California in 1952....
(b. 1952) - Kyla RossKyla RossKyla Ross is a United States gymnast from Aliso Viejo, California. Kyla trains at Gym-Max in Costa Mesa, California, where she is coached by Jenny Zhang and Howie Liang...
(b. 1996) - Marie RoethlisbergerMarie RoethlisbergerMarie Roethlisberger is a former gymnast who was a 1984 United States Olympic gymnastics alternate. She happens to be almost completely deaf. She is the daughter of United States 1968 Olympic Gymnast Fred Roethlisberger and the sister of 1992 and 1996 Olympic gymnast John Roethlisberger...
(b. 1966)
- Alicia SacramoneAlicia SacramoneAlicia Marie Sacramone is an American artistic gymnast.Sacramone began gymnastics at the age of eight, began competing in the elite ranks in 2002 and joined the U.S. national team in 2003. At US National Championships from 2004 to 2008, she won twelve medals, including four golds on vault and two...
(b. 1987) - Jennifer SeyJennifer SeyJennifer Sey is an American writer, producer and former gymnast. She began competing in the sport of gymnastics at the age of six and went on to become 1986 National Gymnastics Champion and seven-time national team member...
(b. 1969) - Tasha SchwikertTasha SchwikertTasha Schwikert Warren is an American gymnast who is a 2000 Olympic bronze medalist, a World Gymnastics Championships team gold medalist, the 2001 and 2002 U.S...
(b. 1984) - Emily Sciberras (b. 1996)
- Samantha ShapiroSamantha ShapiroSamantha 'Sami' Shapiro is an American gymnast. She is a five time member of the USA Gymnastics National Team.-Personal life:...
(b. 1993) - Kolleen ShieldsKolleen ShieldsKolleen Casey Shields was a gymnast who competed for the United States in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. She finished 41st in the vault, an event won by Nadia Comăneci. She was the 1975 U.S. national champion in vault. Shields competed for Southwest Missouri State University from 1977 to 1979...
(b. 1954) - Melanie Sinclair (b. 1987)
- Bridget SloanBridget SloanBridget Elizabeth Sloan is an American gymnast. She is the 2009 All-Around World Champion and the 2009 All-Around U.S. National Champion. Sloan was a member of the silver medal U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Olympics....
(b. 1992) - Hope Spivey (b. 1971)
- Chelle Stack (b. 1973)
- Kerri Strug (b. 1977)
- Tracee TalaveraTracee TalaveraTracee Talavera is a retired artistic gymnast of Mexican-American descent who competed for the United States at the Olympics and World Championships. She was the 1981 and 1982 U.S...
(b. 1966) - Grace TaylorGrace TaylorGrace Taylor is an American gymnast.- Early career :Taylor spent her club career at Aiken Gymnastics in Aiken, South Carolina. She trained with coaches Draha Krizova and Radek Kriz...
(b. 1988) - Jennie Thompson (b. 1981)
- Rachel Tidd (b. 1984)
- Tiffany Tolnay (b. 1987)
- Liz Tricase (b. 1986)
- Donna Turnbow (b. 1962)
- Kristal UzelacKristal UzelacKristal Dawn Uzelac is a retired American gymnast. She was considered to be one of the United States' most promising junior gymnasts in the late 1990s, and was the U.S. junior all-around National Champion for three consecutive years....
(b. 1986) - Lindsay Vanden Eykel (b. 1986)
- Hollie ViseHollie ViseHollie Diane Vise is an American female gymnast. A two-time World Champion, Vise is currently attending the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.-Early career:...
(b. 1987) - Jordyn WieberJordyn WieberJordyn Marie Wieber is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2011 All-Around World Champion, the 2011 U.S. Senior National Champion and the 2011 American Cup Champion. She was also the 2008 U.S. Junior National Champion and the 2009 American Cup Champion.-Personal life:Wieber was born in...
(b. 1995) - Kaitlyn White (b. 1986)
- Morgan WhiteMorgan White-Career and film information:Best known to a generation of Hawaii viewers as "Pogo Poge" in the locally-produced Checkers & Pogo show, White also wrote and produced several episodes of the show. Checkers & Pogo, which ran from 1967 to 1982 and produced by KGMB/Honolulu, is considered the...
(b. 1983) - Lindsay Wing (b. 1982)
- Shayla WorleyShayla WorleyShayla Worley is an American gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal-winning American team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She has been training at Orlando Metro Gymnastics where she is coached by Jeff Wood and Christi Barineau, since she was a Level 6 gymnast...
(b. 1990) - Tabitha YimTabitha YimTabitha Yim is a Korean American artistic gymnast. She is a former elite gymnast and current collegiate athlete for the Stanford Cardinal gymnastics team.-Biography:Tabitha Yim was born in Los Angeles, California...
(b. 1985) - Vanessa Zamarripa (b. 1990)
- Kim ZmeskalKim ZmeskalKimberly Lynn "Kim" Zmeskal Burdette is a retired American gymnast and a former national and world gymnastics champion in the early 1990s.-Early life and training:...
(b. 1976)
- Polina AstakhovaPolina AstakhovaPolina Astakhova was a Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast who won ten medals at the Summer Olympics, where she participated as a member of the USSR team in 1956, 1960 and 1964.-Biography:Astakhova became interested in artistic gymnastics at age 13,...
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1936 - d. 2005) - Olga BicherovaOlga BicherovaOlga Anatolyevna Bicherova was a Soviet gymnast, who won the women's all-round gold medal at the 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships....
(b. 1966 or 1967) - Nina BocharovaNina BocharovaNina Antonovna Bocharova is a former Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast, who won five medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics....
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1924) - Svetlana Boguinskaya (USSR / BelarusBelarusBelarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
) (b. 1973) - Oksana ChusovitinaOksana ChusovitinaOksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina is an Olympic medalist and World Champion gymnast who has competed for Germany since 2006. She was formerly a citizen of, and a competitor for, the Soviet Union and Uzbekistan ....
(USSR / UzbekistanUzbekistanUzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
) (b. 1975) - Olesya DudnikOlesya DudnikOlesya [alternate spelling Olessia] Vitalyevna Dudnik is a gymnastics coach and former artistic gymnast who competed internationally for the Soviet Union between 1988 and 1990...
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1974) - Maria FilatovaMaria FilatovaMaria Evgenievna Filatova is a retired Soviet gymnast who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.Filatova began competing for the USSR junior team in 1974...
(b. 1961) - Rozalia GaliyevaRozalia GaliyevaRozaliya Ilfovna Galiyeva or Roza Galieva is a gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics....
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1977) - Maria GorokhovskayaMaria GorokhovskayaMaria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya was a Ukrainian gymnast. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, she won seven medals, the most medals won by any woman in a single Olympics....
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1921 - d. 2001) - Svetlana GrozdovaSvetlana GrozdovaSvetlana Khristoforovna Grozdova is a retired Soviet Russian gymnast.She started training in gymnastics at age 8 and was coached by Russian gymnastics coach Ruslan Lavrov in a gym in Rostov-on-Don...
(b. 1959) - Natalia IlienkoNatalia IlienkoNatalia Ilienko was a Soviet gymnast born March 26, 1967 in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. Her biggest accomplishment was becoming world floor champion in 1981....
(b. 1967) - Nellie KimNellie KimNellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics...
(b. 1957) - Natalia KuchinskayaNatalia KuchinskayaNatalia Alexandrovna Kuchinskaya , also known as Natasha Kuchinskaya is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast....
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1949)
- Larisa Latynina (USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1934) - Tamara LazakovichTamara LazakovichTamara Vasilyevna Lazakovich , born 11 March 1954 in village Gusevo in the Pravdinskiy rayon of the Kaliningrad region of Russia, was an Soviet gymnast whose competed at the European, World, and Olympic level during the early 1970s.Described as a "perky sparrow" with a "purity of line", Lazakovich...
(b. 1954 - d. 1992) - Tamara ManinaTamara ManinaTamara Ivanovna Manina is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. She competed for Burevestnik sports society, in Leningrad....
(b. 1934) - Olga MostepanovaOlga MostepanovaOlga Vasilyevna Mostepanova is a retired prominent Soviet gymnast. Her birth year has been variously reported as 1968 or 1969, but Mostepanova herself has stated that she was actually born in 1970.-Gymnastics career:...
(b. 1970) - Elena MukhinaElena MukhinaElena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina , born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, was a former Soviet gymnast who won the All-Around title at the 1978 World Championships at Strasbourg, France...
(b. 1960 - d. 2006) - Sofia MuratovaSofia MuratovaSofia Ivanovna Muratova was a Soviet gymnast, who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow, and won eight Olympic medals.-Early life:...
(b. 1929) - Oksana OmelianchikOksana Omelianchik-Early life and career:Omelianchik was born on January 2, 1970 or December 31, 1969 in Ulan-Ude, USSR). She was originally a figure skater, and participated in her first skating meet at the age of 6. She began gymnastics on the recommendation of her skating choreographer, who believed she had...
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1969 or 1970) - Galina ShamraiGalina ShamraiGalina Yakovlevna Shamray is a retired Soviet gymnast and the first women's all-around World Champion from the USSR....
(b. 1931) - Natalia ShaposhnikovaNatalia ShaposhnikovaNatalia Vitalyevna Shaposhnikova , , married name Natalia Sout, was a Soviet gymnast, two-time Olympic Champion, Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. She was born in Rostov on Don, Russian SFSR. She was known for her risky and original skills along with her expressive choreography, especially on...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1961) - Elena Shushunova (b. 1969)
- Ludmilla TourischevaLudmilla TourischevaLudmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967...
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1952) - Zinaida VoroninaZinaida VoroninaZinaida Voronina, born Zinaida Borisovna Druzhinina was a Soviet gymnast who competed at the European, World, and Olympic level from the mid 1960s to early 1970s...
(b. 1947 - d. 2001) - Natalia YurchenkoNatalia YurchenkoNatalia Vladimirovna Yurchenko was a Soviet artistic gymnast, who was the women's all-around gold medalist at the 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships...
(b. 1965) - Stella ZakharovaStella ZakharovaStella Zakharova is a retired gymnast who competed internationally for the former Soviet Union between 1977 and 1982. She was an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist in team competitions, and won individual all-around titles at other events.Zakharova won her first all-around championship...
(b. 1963)
- Oksana ChusovitinaOksana ChusovitinaOksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina is an Olympic medalist and World Champion gymnast who has competed for Germany since 2006. She was formerly a citizen of, and a competitor for, the Soviet Union and Uzbekistan ....
(USSR / UzbekistanUzbekistanUzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
/ GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) (b. 1975)
Male artistic
- Philippe RizzoPhilippe RizzoPhilippe Rizzo Philippe Rizzo Philippe Rizzo (born 9 February 1981 in Sydney, is an Australian gymnast. He became the first Australian to win a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships when he won silver on the horizontal bar in Ghent in 2001. He is also the first Australian to win a...
(b. 1981) - Joshua JefferisJoshua JefferisJoshua Jefferis is an Australian artistic gymnast.He attended Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane.-External links:...
(b. 1985) - Damian IstriaDamian IstriaDamian Istria is an Australian artistic gymnast who was commemorated on Australian postage stamps following his gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.Damian is nowadays an acrobat at Cirque du Soleil-External links:...
(b. 1982)
- Ivan IvankovIvan IvankovIvan Ivankov is an artistic gymnast who competed for Belarus. The 1994 and 1997 all-around World Champion and the 1994 and 1996 all-around European Champion, Ivankov has competed for over a decade on the international circuit...
(b. 1975) - Vitaly ScherboVitaly ScherboVitaly Venediktovich Scherbo , born 13 January 1972 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, is a Belarusian and former Soviet artistic gymnast...
(b. 1972)
- Diego HypólitoDiego HypolitoDiego Matias Hypólito is a Brazilian gymnast and the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the floor exercise. He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to medal at the World Championships...
(b. 1986) - Mosiah Rodrigues (b. 1981)
- Yordan Yovchev (b. 1973)
- R. Tait McKenzieR. Tait McKenzieRobert Tait McKenzie was an internationally renowned Canadian-born sculptor, doctor, soldier, physical educator, athlete and Scouter...
(b. 1885)
- Gilbert LaroseGilbert LaroseGilbert Larose was a gymnast who was named NCAA all-around champion for the University of Michigan in 1963 and competed for Canada in the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics...
(b. 1942) - Andre SimardAndré SimardAndré Simard is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on November 29, 2010, representing the electoral district of Kamouraska-Témiscouata. He is a member of the Parti Québécois.-References:...
(b. 1945) - Jean GagnonJean GagnonJean Gagnon is a Canadian-born former ice hockey player who played 20 seasons of professional hockey, including 6 seasons with HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the Swiss National League A.-Awards and honours:-External links:...
(b. 1970) - Jean Choquette (b. 1972)
- Philip Chartrand (b. 1976)
- Kyle ShewfeltKyle ShewfeltKyle Keith Shewfelt is a Canadian gymnast. His gold medal in the men's floor exercise competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics was the first medal ever by a Canadian in an artistic gymnastics event and was the first Canadian gold of the 2004 Olympics...
(b. 1982) - Douglas Dehr (b. 1986)
- Li NingLi NingLi Ning is a well-known Chinese gymnast and entrepreneur. He was born in an ethnic Zhuang family.-Gymnastics career:...
(b. 1963) - Yang WeiYang Wei (gymnast)Yang Wei is a male gymnast from China.-Career:Yang Wei won the silver medal in the individual all-around competition and won the gold in the team event at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney....
(b. 1980)
- Li XiaopengLi Xiaopeng (gymnast)Li Xiaopeng is a male Chinese gymnast, who specializes in parallel bars and vault. He currently holds 16 world titles, more than any other gymnasts in China...
(b. 1981) - Lou Yun (b. 1964)
- Xiao QinXiao QinXiao Qin is a male Chinese gymnast. He specializes in the horizontal bar and parallel bars, but is best known for his work on the pommel horse for which he has won Olympic, world, national, East Asian Games, and World Cup titles. He joined the Chinese National Team in 1999 and is part of the...
(b. 1985)
- Chen YibingChen YibingChen Yibing is a Chinese gymnast, a four-times world champion on still rings. Chen was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011 and the Asian Games in 2006 and 2010...
(b. 1984) - Zou KaiZou KaiZou Kai is a Chinese gymnast. He was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2006 Asian Games...
(b. 1988)
- Mahmoud SafwatMahmoud SafwatMahmoud Safwat Ali is an intelligence officer in the Egyptian General Intelligence and Security Service and a former gymnastics player in the Egyptian Gymnastics team competing in the Olympic Games in Finland Helsinki 1952...
(b.1929)
- Louis SéguraLouis SéguraLouis Ségura was an French gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He won the bronze medal in the individual all-around in 1908 as well as the silver medal in 1912.-External links:**...
(b. 1889) - Marco Torrès (b. 1888)
- Paavo AaltonenPaavo AaltonenPaavo Johannes Aaltonen was a Finnish gymnast and a three-time Olympic champion.Aaltonen was the second most successful gymnast at the 1948 Summer Olympics taking home four medals, of which three were gold. His fellow countryman, Veikko Huhtanen, managed five medals including three golds...
(b. 1919) - Veikko HuhtanenVeikko HuhtanenVeikko Aarne Aleks Huhtanen was a Finnish gymnast and a three-time Olympic champion.Huhtanen was the most successful gymnast at the 1948 Summer Olympics by taking home five medals, of which three were golden...
(b. 1919) - Heikki SavolainenHeikki Savolainen (athlete)Heikki Ilmari Savolainen was one of the most successful Finnish gymnasts and a two-time Olympic winner....
(b. 1907 - d. 1998)
- Roland BrücknerRoland BrücknerRoland Brückner is a multichampion in gymnastics, who won many titles of the world, in his era and competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He is still now a trainer in Switzerland by the NKL Liestal with Maxi Gnauck.-External links:***-References:...
(b. 1955) - Konrad FreyKonrad FreyKonrad Frey was a German gymnast.With 3 Gold and 6 medals in total at the 1936 Summer Olympics, he had beaten team-mate Alfred Schwarzmann by one Silver for the honours of becoming the most successful competitor in term of total medals won, and the most successful competitor of host nation Germany...
(Unified Germany, pre-WWII) (b. 1909) - Sylvio Kroll (b. 1965)
- Sven Tippelt (b. 1965)
- Andreas WeckerAndreas WeckerAndreas Wecker is a former German gymnast who had a long and successful career. His greatest achievement was the gold medal on high bar at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, he beat gymnasts of such quality as Vitaly Scherbo and Alexei Nemov...
(b. 1970) - Fabian Hambuechen (b. 1987)
- Vlasios MarasVlasios MarasVlasis Maras is a Greek gymnast. His hometown is Athens. In the 2004 Summer Olympics he was the local favorite in the men's bar competition, but failed to qualify for the final after finished 13th in the qualification.-External links:...
(b. 1983)
- Szilveszter CsollánySzilveszter CsollánySzilveszter Csollány is a former gymnast from Hungary.He won gold in the men's rings at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with a score of 9.85. This achievement earned him the title 2000 Hungarian Sportsman of the year...
(b. 1970) - Zoltán MagyarZoltan MagyarZoltán Magyar was the premier pommel horse gymnast in the world in the 1970s...
(b. 1953) - Zoltán SupolaZoltan SupolaZoltan Supola is a Hungarian professional basketball player. He is a combo guard for Albacomp in Hungary. He was selected to play at the U16s, U18s and U20s European Championships. Previously, he played for Leeds Carnegie in the United Kingdom...
(b. 1970)
- Alberto BragliaAlberto BragliaAlberto Braglia was an Italian gymnast. He won gold overall at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, 3 olympic gold medals throughout his career....
(b. 1883) - Igor CassinaIgor CassinaIgor Cassina is an Italian gymnast who won gold in the men's horizontal bar at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This competition saw a crowd protest over a low score for a routine by Alexei Nemov of Russia, which lasted for fifteen minutes until the score was raised...
(b. 1977) - Yuri Chechi (b. 1969)
- Romeo NeriRomeo NeriRomeo Neri was an Italian gymnast from Rimini, and three times Olympic Champion. He won three gold medals at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming, along with Helene Madison of United States, the most successful athlete there. He previously obtained a silver medal in the 1928 Summer...
(b. 1903) - Giorgio ZamporiGiorgio ZamporiGiorgio Zampori was an Italian gymnast who competed in the Summer Olympic Games in 1912, 1920 and 1924.He was part of the Italian team that won three consecutive gold medal in the gymnastics men's team event. He also won the gold medal in the Individual all-round in 1920.-External links:*...
(b. 1887)
- Koji GushikenKoji Gushikenwas an Olympic gymnast for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won a total number of five medals, including two gold. Born November 12, 1956. He currently coaches other Olympic contenders.-References:* *...
(b. 1956) - Takehiro KashimaTakehiro Kashimais a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kashima won a gold medal in the team all-around and a bronze medal in pommel-horse at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...
(b. 1980) - Sawao KatoSawao KatoSawao Kato is a Japanese gymnast and one of the most successful athletes of all time at the Olympic Games...
(b. 1946) - Hisashi MizutoriHisashi Mizutori, is a Japanese gymnast. He was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal in the team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the team to win the silver medal in the team event at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships...
(b. 1980) - Akinori NakayamaAkinori Nakayamais a Japanese gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. He is a graduate of Chukyo University.Winning six gold medals, two silver medals, and two bronze medals, Nakayama was an important factor in the Japanese men's gymnastics team winning the team competition in the 1968 and 1972 summer Olympic games...
(b. 1943) - Takashi OnoTakashi Onois a Japanese gymnast who won five gold medals at the Olympic Games.Competing in four Summer Olympics, he took the Olympic Oath at Tokyo in 1964.Ono was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1998....
(b. 1931) - Yoshihiro Saito (b. 1976)
- Masao TakemotoMasao Takemotowas a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals.His first of seven Olympic medals he achieved in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won the silver medal at the vault with a score of 19.150, which was 0.050 short of gold medalist Viktor Chukarin...
(b. 1919) - Mitsuo TsukaharaMitsuo TsukaharaMitsuo Tsukahara is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He was five times an Olympic Gold Medalist. His remained active in the sport after his retirement from competition...
(b. 1947) - Naoya TsukaharaNaoya TsukaharaNaoya Tsukahara is a Japanese artistic gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist. He is the son of the former Japanese gymnast, Mitsuo Tsukahara, who was also a multi Gold Medalist in Olympic Games...
(b. 1977) - Hiroyuki TomitaHiroyuki TomitaHiroyuki Tomita is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita has three Olympic medals from the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.-Early life:...
(b. 1980) - Kōhei UchimuraKohei UchimuraKōhei Uchimura is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a two-time Olympic silver medalist and a nine-time World medalist . He is famous for winning three consecutive world all around titles and for delivering difficult and accurately executed routines...
(b. 1989) - Isao YonedaIsao Yonedais a Japanese gymnast. He was raised in Tokyo. He is the 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the team event and the bronze medalist in the high bar.-External links:...
(b. 1977)
- Matt Maletroit (b. 1987)
- Pae Gil Su (b. 1972)
- Yang Taeyoung (b. 1980)
- KIM Daeeun (b. 1984)
- Kim Jihoon (b. 1984)
- YOO Wonchul (b. 1984)
- KIM Seungil (b. 1985)
- Kim Soomyun (b. 1986)
- Evgeni Sapronenko (b. 1978)
- Igors VihrovsIgors VihrovsIgors Vihrovs is a Latvian gymnast, who won the Golden Medal in floor exercise at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the Bronze Medals in floor exercise in 2000 European Championships and 2001 World Championships. He was the first Olympic gold medalist for Latvia ever.-References:...
(b. 1978)
- Guy Jung (b. 1962)
- Daniel Corral (1990)
- Luis Sosa (1987)
- Santiago Lopez Viana (1986)
- Yuri van GelderYuri van GelderYuri van Gelder is a Dutch gymnast, whose best discipline is the rings. His nickname is "Lord of the rings".Born in Waalwijk, Netherlands, Van Gelder took the gold in the men's rings at the 2005 European Championships held in Debrecen, Hungary. He became world champion in the same discipline at...
(b. 1983) - Jeffrey Wammes (b. 1987)
- Luis Rivera (b. 1986)
- Luis Vargas (b. 1986)
- Marian DrăgulescuMarian DragulescuMarian Drăgulescu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. During his senior gymnastics career he has won an impressive number of 26 medals at Olympic games, World or European Championships among which eight gold medals at World Championships...
(b. 1980) - Ioan Silviu SuciuIoan Silviu SuciuIoan Silviu Suciu is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. His best event was the pommel horse. One of his closest rivals was his team mate and pommel horse Olympic champion Marius Urzică, who was defeated by Suciu in Ljubljana, 2004, when the latter won the title while Urzică took 8th place...
(b. 1977) - Marius UrzicăMarius UrzicaMarius Daniel Urzică is a Romanian gymnast. Urzică is an Olympic champion, a three-time world champion and a three-time European champion on pommel horse. He competed at three Olympic games, medaling each time on pommel horse and contributed to the team bronze in Athens 2004...
(b. 1975) - Nicolae Vieru (b. 1932)
- Aurelia DobreAurelia DobreAurelia Dobre is a former artistic gymnast from Romania, who was the 1987 World Champion. She is still held in high esteem by many gymnastics fans today for her clean technique as well as balletic and artistic flair...
(b. 1972)
- Nikolai AndrianovNikolai AndrianovNikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1952) - Dmitry BilozerchevDmitry BilozerchevDmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev is a Soviet/Russian gymnast. One of the most accomplished gymnasts in history, he is a two-time World All-Around Champion and three-time Olympic Champion. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow....
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1966) - Alexei BondarenkoAlexei BondarenkoAlexei Bondarenko is a gymnast who competed for Russia from 1996 to 2004. His coach was Valery Alfosov and he trained at Dynamo Moscow...
(b. 1978) - Yuri KorolevYuri KorolevYuri Nikolaevich Korolev , born August 25, 1962 in Vladimir, Russia is an artistic gymnast who competed for The USSR during the 1980s, winning many World and European Medals...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1962) - Nikolai KryukovNikolai KryukovNikolai Vyacheslavovich Kryukov is a Russian artistic gymnast. A three-time Olympian, he was also the World Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Champion at the 1999 World Gymnastics Championships in Tianjin, China.-External links:*...
(b. 1978) - Yevgeny Krylov (b. 1977)
- Alexei NemovAlexei NemovAlexei Yurievich Nemov is a gymnast from Russia and one of the most medaled gymnasts, male or female, of all time. He has won 12 Olympic medals, including more Olympic bronze medals than any other athlete. Nemov's sense of showmanship and his difficult routines have won him many fans...
(b. 1976) - Valeri LiukinValeri LiukinValeri Viktorovich Liukin is a retired competitive artistic gymnast who competed for the former Soviet Union. Liukin is the 1988 Olympic Champion in the team competition and individually on the horizontal bar and Olympic silver medalist in the all-around and the parallel bars...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1969) - Boris ShakhlinBoris ShakhlinBoris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1932 - d. 2008) - Yuri TitovYuri TitovYuri Yevlampiyevich Titov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He received a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games .-Olympics:...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1935) - Alexander Tkachyov (USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1957) - Mikhail VoroninMikhail VoroninMikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1945 - d. 2004)
- Mitja PetkovšekMitja PetkovšekMitja Petkovšek is a Slovenian gymnast. Petkovšek competes on the parallel bars, where he is World Champion , World Cup Finals Champion , and European Champion...
(b. 1977) - Miro Cerar (b. 1939)
- Aljaž PeganAljaž PeganAljaž Pegan, born June 2, 1974, is a Slovenian gymnast.Pegan is one of the best Slovenian gymnasts, he competes on Horizontal Bar, where he is world and European champion...
(b. 1974) - Leon ŠtukeljLeon ŠtukeljLeon Štukelj was a Yugoslav gymnast of Slovene nationality, Olympic gold medalist and athlete.Štukelj was born in Novo Mesto, Austria-Hungary . He is a noted figure in Slovenian sporting history...
(b. 1898 - d. 1999)
- Joaquín BlumeJoaquín BlumeJoaquín Blume was a Spanish gymnast. Born in Barcelona, he competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics of Helsinki, and was a favourite for the 1956 Summer Olympics of Melbourne, until Spain boycotted the games in protest against the presence of the USSR, after their brutal suppression of the Hungarian...
(b. 1933 - d. 1959) - Jesus Carballo, Jr. (b. 1976)
- Gervasio DeferrGervasio DeferrGervasio Deferr Angel is a former gymnast from Spain, who started in gymnastics at the age of five, and became the number one athlete of his country in that sport....
(b. 1980) - Rafael MartinezRafael Martínez (gymnast)Rafael Martínez Barrera is a Spanish artistic gymnast. He has represented Spain at the World Championship, European and Olympic Level....
(b. 1983)
- Eugen MackEugen MackEugen Mack was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics, winning a total of two Olympic gold medals, four silver medals and two bronze medals.-References:...
(b. 1907)
- Alexander BereschAlexander BereschAlexander Beresch , alternative transliteration Oleksandr Beresh, was a gymnast from Ukraine and Olympic medallist at the 2000 Sydney Games....
(b. 1977 - d. 2004) - Roman Zozulya (b. 1979)
- Valeri GoncharovValeri GoncharovValeri Goncharov , born 19 September 1977, is a gymnast from Ukraine. He won gold in the men's parallel bars apparatus at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...
(b. 1977)
- Bart ConnerBart ConnerBart Wayne Conner is a former American gymnast who, as a member of the gold medal-winning men's gymnastics team at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games won an individual gold on the parallel bars...
(b. 1958) - Tim DaggettTim DaggettTimothy P. Daggett is an American gymnast born in Springfield, Massachusetts and an Olympic gold medalist. He is a graduate of West Springfield High School and UCLA, who competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, along with Bart Conner, Peter Vidmar and Mitch Gaylord...
(b. 1965) - George EyserGeorge EyserGeorge Eyser was a German-American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, earning six medals in one day, including three gold and two silver medals. Eyser competed with a wooden prosthesis for a left leg, having lost his real leg after being run over by a train...
(b. 1871 - d. ????) - Mitch GaylordMitch GaylordMitchell Jay Gaylord , is an American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist.Gaylord was born in Van Nuys, California, son of Fred and Linda Gaylord. While attending UCLA, he won the All-Around in the 1983 and 1984 U.S...
(b. 1961) - Morgan HammMorgan HammMorgan Carl Hamm is an American artistic gymnast. He represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the silver medal in the team competition. He was a member of the silver-medal winning team at the 2003 World Artistic...
(b. 1982) - Paul HammPaul HammPaul Elbert Hamm is an American artistic gymnast. He is a World Champion gymnast and three-time Olympic medalist. He won the all-around competition at the 2004 Olympic Games.-Career:...
(b. 1982) - Anton HeidaAnton HeidaAnton Heida was an American gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He is most notable for winning 5 gold medals in 1 year including vault, horizontal bar, pommel horse, team competition and all-around, becoming the most successful athlete at the 1904 Olympics.-References:...
(b. 1878 - d. ????) - Peter Korman
- Brett McClure (b. 1981)
- Kurt ThomasKurt Thomas (gymnast)Kurt Bilteaux Thomas is an American Olympic gymnast.While at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, Thomas became a member of the US Olympic team at the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1978, Thomas was the first American male gymnast to win a gold medal in floor exercise in a world championship...
(b. 1956) - Peter VidmarPeter VidmarPeter Glen Vidmar is an American gymnast and Olympic medalist. He won gold medals in the men's all-around team competition and the pommel horse competition, as well as a silver medal in the men's all-around individual gymnastics competition at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He was...
(b. 1961) - Blaine WilsonBlaine WilsonBlaine Carew Wilson is an American gymnast from Columbus, Ohio.Wilson won his first World Championships medal at the 2003 Worlds when he helped the team to a silver-medal finish. Months later, at the 2004 Visa American Cup, Wilson tore his left biceps tendon, and vowed to return for the 2004...
(b. 1974) - Johnathan Horton (b. 1985)
- Alexander ArtemevAlexander ArtemevAlexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Artemev is an American artistic gymnast. He is the 2006 all-around U.S. National Champion, the 2007 and 2008 U.S. National Champion on the pommel horse and an individual bronze medalist at the 2006 World Championships. Artemev was a member of the bronze medal...
(b. 1985) - Raj BhavsarRaj BhavsarRaj Bhavsar is an American artistic gymnast of Indian descent. He was a member of the 2001 and 2003 World Champion U.S. team. He earned a bronze medal as a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, becoming the third Indian-American ever to medal at the Olympics, after Mohini Bhardwaj and Alexi Grewal...
(b. 1980) - Justin SpringJustin SpringJustin Edward Spring is a retired American gymnast. He is a member of the bronze medal winning U.S. team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He was also a top gymnast in NCAA competition, where he represented the University of Illinois....
(b. 1984) - Kevin TanKevin Tan-Early life:Tan was born in Fremont, California in 1981 to immigrants from Taiwan. He graduated from Mission San Jose High School, Class of 2000.He is of Chinese descent. His Chinese and legal name is Kai Wen and that is the name he uses in international competition...
(b. 1981)
- Nikolai AndrianovNikolai AndrianovNikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
(b. 1952) - Albert AzaryanAlbert AzaryanAlbert Vagharshakovich Azaryan is a Soviet Armenian artistic gymnast who competed internationally representing the Soviet Union. He is the 1956 and 1960 Olympic champion on the still rings...
(USSR / ArmeniaArmeniaArmenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
) (b. 1929) - Valery BelenkyValery BelenkyValery Vladimirovich Belenky is a retired Soviet/Azerbaijani/German artistic gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.He is Jewish, and was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR....
(USSR / GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) (b. 1969) - Dmitry BilozerchevDmitry BilozerchevDmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev is a Soviet/Russian gymnast. One of the most accomplished gymnasts in history, he is a two-time World All-Around Champion and three-time Olympic Champion. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow....
(USSR/RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
(b. 1966) - Viktor ChukarinViktor ChukarinViktor Ivanovich Chukarin was the first of the great Soviet gymnasts. He won total of eleven medals including seven gold medals at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and was the All-around World Champion in 1954...
(b. 1921 - d. 1984) - Alexander DityatinAlexander DityatinAlexander Nikolaevich Dityatin is a Russian gymnast, three-time Olympic Champion, and Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. Winning eight medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he set the record for achieving the most medals of any type at a single Olympic Games. The American swimmer Michael Phelps...
(b. 1957) - Yuri KorolevYuri KorolevYuri Nikolaevich Korolev , born August 25, 1962 in Vladimir, Russia is an artistic gymnast who competed for The USSR during the 1980s, winning many World and European Medals...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1962) - Valeri LiukinValeri LiukinValeri Viktorovich Liukin is a retired competitive artistic gymnast who competed for the former Soviet Union. Liukin is the 1988 Olympic Champion in the team competition and individually on the horizontal bar and Olympic silver medalist in the all-around and the parallel bars...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1969) - Boris ShakhlinBoris ShakhlinBoris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1932 - d. 2008) - Yuri TitovYuri TitovYuri Yevlampiyevich Titov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He received a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games .-Olympics:...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1935) - Alexander Tkachyov (USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1957) - Mikhail VoroninMikhail VoroninMikhail Jakovlievitch Voronin was one of the world's strongest Russian gymnasts, who competed for the USSR in the late 1960s-early 1970s.Voronin trained at Dynamo in Moscow, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1966. He won gold, silver and bronze medals in the 1968 and 1972...
(USSR / RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) (b. 1945 - d. 2004)
Female rhythmic
- Kimberly MasonKimberly MasonKimberly Mason is Australia's current premier Rhythmic Gymnast . She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1996 originally at PLC Sydney New South Wales, under head coach Nicole Higham, herself an ex rhythmic gymnast...
(b. 1989) - Penelope BlackmorePenelope BlackmorePenelope "Penny" Blackmore is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. Penny attended Korowa Anglican Girls' School in Melbourne from 1989. In 1997, her family moved to Sydney, Australia and Penny relocated to MLC School in Burwood, Sydney...
(b. 1984) - Danielle LeRayDanielle LeRayDanielle Le Ray is a Australian gymnast. She started gymnastics in 1989 at the age of 6. She represented Australia as an Olympic competitor at the Sydney Olympics in rhythmic gymnastics in 2000 and in the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998....
(b. 1982) - Kasumi TakahashiKasumi TakahashiKasumi Takahashi is a Japanese-Australian rhythmic gymnast who lives in Los Angeles, California, United States. She was born to a Japanese father and an Australian mother on 6 May 1980 in Tokyo, Japan....
(b. 1980) - Naazmi JohnstonNaazmi Johnston'Naazmi Johnston is an Australian rhythmic gymnast that represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics as well as the 2006 Commonwealth Games.-Career:...
(b. 1988)
- Dinara GimatovaDinara GimatovaDinara Gimatova is an Azerbaijani gymnast of Tatar ethnicity, 4 time Azerbaijan champion, participant of World and European championships and many international tournaments...
(b. 1986) - Anna GurbanovaAnna GurbanovaAnna Gurbanova is an Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast.She is the champion of Azerbaijan in ball performance, a participant of the Olympic Games held in Athens in 2004, World and European Championships and the world cup final. At the World Championships - 2005 in Baku and the European Championships...
(b. 1986) - Aliya GarayevaAliya GarayevaAliya Garayeva is an Azerbaijani gymnast. She became a two-time Azerbaijan champion in 2006 for her separate performances...
(b. 1988) - Zeynab JavadliZeynab JavadliZeynab Javadli is an Azerbaijani gymnast.Javadli was born in Baku. She has won the national championship of Azerbaijan several times. She was a participant in the European Championships-2006 in the junior section ; she won the 4th place in the World Club Championships held in Japan in 2006...
(b. 1991)
- Larissa LoukianenkoLarissa LoukianenkoLarissa Loukianenko Russian: Лариса Лукьяненко Larisa Luk'yanenko was a Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast....
(b. 1973) - Yulia RaskinaYulia RaskinaYulia Raskina is a former Individual rhythmic gymnast who won the All-Around Silver at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She is Jewish....
(b. 1982) - Inna ZhukovaInna ZhukovaInna Zhukova Belarusian: Іна Іванаўна Жукава Ina Ivanawna Zhukava Russian: Инна Ивановна Жукова Inna Ivanovna Zhukova, born on September 6, 1986 in Krasnodar, Soviet Union, is a Belarusian individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1990 at age 4...
(b. 1986)
- Teodora AlexandrovaTeodora AlexandrovaTeodora Alexandrova is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1986.She was the 1995 European Junior Champion.-External links:...
(b. 1981) - Neshka RobevaNeshka RobevaNeshka Robeva is a Bulgarian former Rhythmic Gymnast and coach.Born in Rousse, Robeva graduated from the Bulgarian State Choreography School in "Bulgarian Dances" in 1966 and since then had been a member of the Bulgarian national rhythmic gymnastics squad until 1973. She took part in four World...
(b. 1946) - Maria GigovaMaria GigovaMaria Gigova is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She was the first gymnast to become a triple world champion in rhythmic gymnastics with her titles in 1969, 1971, and 1973...
(b. 1947) - Bianka PanovaBianka PanovaBianka Panova is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She was the first rhythmic gymnast to get a clean sweep of all 5 gold medals at the 1987 world championships in Varna with the perfect score of 40.00 points.She retired from the sport in 1989 and became a coach in Italy where she coached...
(b. 1970) - Maria PetrovaMaria Petrova (rhythmic gymnast)Maria Petrova is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She shares the world record for the most individual world all-around rhythmic gymnastics titles of all time and has never placed lower than seventh in any competition in her entire career.-Career:Petrova began her training at the age of five at...
(b. 1975) - Simona PeychevaSimona PeychevaSimona Peycheva is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast considered by many to be the best Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast of late for her extreme flexibility, technical brilliance and that she is a great audience teaser....
(b. 1985) - Elizabeth PaisievaElizabeth PaisievaElizabeth Paisieva is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she finished 12th overall in the rhythmic individual all-around competition.-External links:*...
(b. 1986) - Boyanka AngelovaBoyanka AngelovaBoyanka Angelova is a Bulgarian gymnast, known for complex and difficult combinations in rhythmic gymnastics. She has mistakenly been identified as the grand-daughter of Nadia Comaneci, the first gymnast to receive a perfect 10, in a series of viral videos.In 2007 Boyanka Angelova was ranked first...
(b. 1994)
- Lori FungLori FungLori Fung Methorst, CM, OBC is a Canadian gymnastics coach and retired rhythmic gymnast.Fung was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, she was the first gold medal winner awarded for the sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics. She has been a coach for the Canadian National Team,...
(b. 1963) - Alexandra OrlandoAlexandra OrlandoAlexandra Michel Orlando is a Canadian rhythmic gymnast. She was born in Toronto and attended Havergal College.Orlando has swept to win every rhythmic gymnastics event at the Canadian National Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007...
(b. 1987) - Mary SandersMary SandersMary Sanders is an individual Rhythmic Gymnast. Mary holds dual citizenship of both the United States and Canada, as her father was from the US and her mother is Canadian. She began her career representing Canada but began to compete for the USA in late 2002. Sanders is a two-time Canadian...
(b. 1985)
- Ling ZhongLing ZhongZhong Ling is one of China's most successful individual rhythmic gymnasts. She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1991 and her first international event was in 1995. She trains at the Beijing Sports University....
(b. 1983)
- Eva SerranoEva SerranoEva Serrano was an individual rhythmic gymnast. She started gymnastics at age seven. She retired in December 2000.-External links:*...
(b. 1978) - Nathalie FauquetteNathalie FauquetteNathalie Fauquette is a French Rhythmic Gymnast. She started the sport at the age of 7. She currently trains at the Rhythmic Club in Calais under Katia Guillère.-External links:...
(b. 1987)
- Lisa IngildeevaLisa IngildeevaLisa Ingildeeva is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast from Germany.Ingildeeva was born in Moscow, Russia. When she was 6 years old she moved to Germany. In Berlin coaches noticed her talent and sent her to Fellbach-Schmiden to consult the coach, Galina Krylenko...
(b. 1988)
- Eleni AndriolaEleni AndriolaEleni Andriola is a Greek rhythmic gymnast.Born in Athens, she started rhythmic gymnastics in 1994, and she has been on the Greek National Team since 1998. Eleni's first international event was the 2001 World Championships in Madrid, Spain.Andriola was the top Greek rhythmic gymnast in 2004, as...
(b. 1986)
- Olena DvornichenkoOlena Dvornichenko-Biography:Dvornichenko is Jewish, and was born in Ukraine.She and her teammates competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and placed 6th in the finals as a part of the Israeli National Rhythmic Gymnastic Team....
(b. 1990) - Katia PisetskyKatia PisetskyKaterina Yevgenyevna "Katia" Pisetsky is an Israeli rhythmic gymnast.-Biography:She is Jewish, and started rhythmic gymnastics at age 6 in Zaporozhie, after her parents enrolled her...
(b. 1986) - Irina RisenzonIrina RisenzonIrina Risenzon is an Israeli rhythmic gymnast.-Biography:Rizenson is Jewish, and has been coached by Ira Vigdorchik of Holon. She competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, china, placing 9th in the individual all-around competition...
(b. 1988) - Neta Rivkin (b. 1991)
- Maria SavenkovMaria Savenkov-Biography:Savenkov is Jewish, and was born in Volgograd, Russia.She and her teammates placed 6th in the finals on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, as a part of the Israeli National Rhythmic Gymnastic Team....
(b. 1988) - Rahel VigdozchikRahel Vigdozchik-Biography:Vigdozchik is Jewish, and was born in Holon, Israel.She and her teammates placed 6th in the finals on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a part of the Israeli National Rhythmic Gymnastic Team....
(b. 1989) - Veronika VitenbergVeronika VitenbergVeronika Vitenberg is an Israeli Rhythmic Gymnast and Olympic Finalist.Vitenberg made history when she won 6th place at the finals on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, as a part of the Israeli National Rhythmic Gymnastic Team....
(b. 1988) - Polina ZakaluznyPolina ZakaluznyPolina Zakaluzny is an Israeli rhythmic gymnast.She and her Israeli teammates placed 5th in the 2009 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in both Hoops and All-Around in Mie, Japan....
(b. 1992)
- Aliya YussupovaAliya YussupovaAliya Yussupova is an individual Rhythmic Gymnast of Kazakh ethnicity, who competes for Kazakhstan, coached by the Russian coach, Irina Viner.At the 2004 Athens Olympics she qualified for the finals in 5th...
(b. 1984)
- Aleksandra SzutenbergAleksandra SzutenbergAleksandra Szutenberg , born 15 October 1988, is a Polish rhythmic gymnast. She started gymnast training at the age of 6.Results :* 2002 - Polish Nationals --- 2...
(b. 1988)
- Amina ZaripovaAmina ZaripovaAmina Zaripova is a retired rhythmic gymnast with Tatar roots. She competed for Russia. Her older sister, Venera Zaripova, is also a retired rhythmic gymnast. Her husband is Alexei Kortnev, lead singer of Neschastny Sluchai.-External links:...
(b. 1976) - Yulia BarsukovaYulia BarsukovaYulia Vladimirovna Barsukova is Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She is the 2000 Olympic Champion in the All-Around.-Biography:At age five, she began figure skating in the Izmaylovo District of Moscow where she lived. One day, when she was eight years old, she was passing a sports club, and in the...
(b. 1978) - Natalia LipkovskayaNatalia LipkovskayaNatalia Lipkovskaya is a retired rhythmic gymnast from Russia.Natalia started gymnastics training in 1983, taking 2nd place in the national championship in 1993 and 1995....
(b. 1979) - Yanina Batyrchina (b. 1979)
- Alina KabaevaAlina KabaevaAlina Maratovna Kabaeva is a Russian Honored Master of Sports, retired rhythmic gymnast, and politician. Since 2007, she has been a State Duma deputy from the United Russia party....
(b. 1983) - Olga KapranovaOlga KapranovaOlga Sergeyevna Kapranova is a rhythmic gymnast from Moscow, Russia.She first took up the sport of rhythmic gymnastics in 1993 and trained with Elena Nefedova...
(b. 1987) - Irina TchachinaIrina TchachinaIrina Viktorovna Tchachina is an Individual rhythmic gymnast born 24 April 1982 in Omsk, Russia. Known for her jumps and clean technique, Irina is considered to be one of the most elegant and technical gymnasts ever. She has been quoted as saying “Besides your body, you should train your mind too...
(b. 1982) - Vera SessinaVera SessinaVera Sessina is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She trains in Moscow at the MGFCO - Dinamo Club. She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1993....
(b. 1986) - Eugenia Kanaeva (b. 1990)
- Alexandra ErmakovaAlexandra ErmakovaAleksandra Andreevna Ermakova , born November 24, 1992 in Russia, is a rhythmic gymnast training at the Irina Viner School in Moscow and competing for Team Gazprom/Russia.2008...
(b. 1992) - Daria DmitrievaDaria DmitrievaDaria Andreyevna Dmitrieva is a Russian rhythmic gymnast she was born on June 22 of 1993 in Irkutsk, Russia. She won the ribbon gold medal at the 2010 World Championships in Moscow....
(b. 1993)
- Carmen AcedoCarmen AcedoCarmen Acedo Jorge was an individual rhythmic gymnast from Spain. She is married to race walker Jesús Ángel García.-External links:*...
(b. 1975) - Carolina PascualCarolina PascualCarolina Pascual Gracia was an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. Pascual was doing ballet when at age seven her ballet teacher told her mother that her daughter had excellent qualities for Rhythmic Gymnastics...
(b. 1976) - Estela GiménezEstela GiménezEstela Giménez Cid is a Spanish former rhythmic gymnast that won gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the group all-around event. The team was formed by Estela, Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Lorena Guréndez, Estíbaliz Martínez and Tania Lamarca.She was also in the cover of Your Shape game...
(b. 1979) - Marta BaldóMarta BaldóMarta Baldó Marín is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast and Olympic Champion. She won a gold medal with the Spanish group at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The team was formed by Marta, Estela Giménez, Nuria Cabanillas, Lorena Guréndez, Estíbaliz Martínez and Tania Lamarca.-References:...
(b. 1979) - Nuria CabanillasNuria CabanillasNuria Cabanillas Provencio is a Catalan-born and Extremaduran adoption rhythmic gymnast and Olympic Champion. She won a gold medal with the Spanish group at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The team was formed by Nuria, Estela Giménez, Marta Baldó, Lorena Guréndez, Estíbaliz Martínez and Tania...
(b. 1980) - Estíbaliz MartínezEstíbaliz MartínezEstíbaliz Martínez is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast and Olympic Champion. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and won a gold medal with the Spanish group. The team was formed by Estíbaliz, Estela Giménez, Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Lorena Guréndez and Tania Lamarca.-References:...
(b. 1980) - Tania LamarcaTania LamarcaTania Lamarca Celada is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast and Olympic Champion. She won a gold medal with the Spanish group at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The team was formed by Tania, Estela Giménez, Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Lorena Guréndez and Estíbaliz Martínez.-References:...
(b. 1980) - Almudena Cid (b. 1980)
- Lorena GuréndezLorena GuréndezLorena Guréndez is a Spanish rhythmic gymnast and Olympic Champion. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and won a gold medal with the Spanish group. The team was formed by Lorena, Estela Giménez, Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Estíbaliz Martínez and Tania Lamarca.-References:...
(b. 1981) - Carolina Rodríguez (b. 1986)
- Anna BessonovaAnna BessonovaAnna Bessonova is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast who was born in Kiev, Ukraine. Her father is the Dynamo Kiev football player Vladimir Bessonov and her mother, Viktoria, was a two time world champion group rhythmic gymnast....
(b. 1984) - Natalia GodunkoNatalia GodunkoNatalia Godunko Ukrainian: Наталія Годунко Natalija Godunko is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started rhythmic gymnastics in 1990 at age 6. She trains in Kiev under the mother/daughter coaching team of Albina and Irina Deriugina...
(b. 1984) - Oxana SkaldinaOxana SkaldinaOxana Skaldina is a former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started training in gymnastics at the age of 5 with Liudmilla Koval...
(USSR / UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) (b. 1972) - Ekaterina SerebrianskayaEkaterina SerebrianskayaKateryna Serebrianskaya is a former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She was born in Simferopol, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union - in present day Ukraine. She started gymnastics in 1982 at age 4, her mother Liubov was her coach, at the Gratsia club in Simferopol...
(b. 1976) - Olena Vitrichenko (b. 1976)
- Tamara YerofeevaTamara YerofeevaTamara Yerofeyeva was a Rhythmic Gymnast. She was born in Kiev, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union - in present day Ukraine.She won the 2001 world championships because of the disqualifications of Alina Kabaeva and Irina Tchachina...
(b. 1982) - Alina MaksimenkoAlina MaksimenkoAlina Oleksandrivna Maksymenko is an Individual Rhythmic Gymnast who was born in Zaporozhie, Ukraine. In 2008 she participated as a member of the Ukrainian group team. In the 2009 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Ise, Mie, Japan she placed 16th in the All-Around Final...
(b. 1991)
- Mary SandersMary SandersMary Sanders is an individual Rhythmic Gymnast. Mary holds dual citizenship of both the United States and Canada, as her father was from the US and her mother is Canadian. She began her career representing Canada but began to compete for the USA in late 2002. Sanders is a two-time Canadian...
(b. 1985) - Diane Simpson-BundyDiane Simpson-BundyDiane Simpson-Bundy is an American athlete and an eight-time Rhythmic gymnastics national team member, and was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame, Class of 2004....
(b. 1969)
- Irina DeriuginaIrina DeriuginaIrina Deriugina is a Ukrainian former individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She is the only Soviet rhythmic gymnast who possesses two all around world titles, which she won in 1977 and 1979. Her mother, Albina, was her coach...
(b. 1958) - Oxana KostinaOxana KostinaOksana A. Kostina, was a former Soviet Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She was born in Irkutsk, Russia.For years Oksana Kostina remained in the shadow of the two Ukrainian gymnasts Oxana Skaldina and Alexandra Timoshenko, even though she won many international events before her excellent results at...
(b. 1972) - Marina LobatchMarina LobatchMarina Vikentyevna Lobatch was a Soviet Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She currently lives in Minsk with her husband, Dmitry Bogdanov, and their daughter, Irina, Where she is a coach and judge for the Belarusian Gymnastics Federation...
(b. 1970) - Galina Shugurova (b. 1955)
- Oxana SkaldinaOxana SkaldinaOxana Skaldina is a former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started training in gymnastics at the age of 5 with Liudmilla Koval...
(USSR/UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, b. 1972) - Alexandra TimoshenkoAlexandra TimoshenkoOlexandra Olexandrivna Tymoshenko born 18 February 1972 in Boguslav, Ukraine, USSR) is a former Soviet Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started gymnastics in 1980 at age 8 and she retired at age 20 in 1992. She was coached by the famous mother/daughter combination of Albina and Irina Deriugina...
(USSR/UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, b. 1972)
- Milena ReljinMilena ReljinMilena Reljin is a Yugoslavian rhythmic gymnast. She is the child of Mita Reljin, a basketball player and coach, and Vukosava Milanović-Reljin, a basketball player for Radnički and later, Partizan...
(b. 1967)
See also
- International Gymnastics Hall of FameInternational Gymnastics Hall of FameThe International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, located in Oklahoma City, USA, is a hall of fame dedicated to honoring the achievements and contributions of the world's greatest competitors, coaches and authorities in artistic gymnastics....
- List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
- List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)