Gymnastics
102 entries in the Gymnastics compendium.
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Albert AzaryanFirst gymnast to win Olympic gold on rings twice.Alexander DityatinOlympic gymnast who won eight medals at one Games.Alexander ShatilovIsraeli artistic gymnast and floor exercise specialist.Alexei BondarenkoRussian gymnast, Olympic silver and bronze medalist.Alexei NemovRussian artistic gymnast with five world championships, three European championships, and twelve Olympic…Aliya MustafinaRussian gymnast with seven Olympic medals and a world all-around title.Aly RaismanCaptain of the Fierce Five and Final Five, Aly Raisman is a six-time Olympic medalist and the third-most…Andreas WeckerGerman gymnast who won Olympic gold on high bar in 1996.Artem DolgopyatOlympic and World champion on floor exercise.Artur AkopyanArmenian gymnast and coach, first to perform a Tsukahara double twist.Artur DalaloyanRussian artistic gymnast and Olympic gold medalist.Aurelia DobreRomanian gymnast, 1987 world all-around champion.
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Bart ConnerAmerican Olympic gymnast with two 1984 gold medals.Boris ShakhlinSoviet gymnast, 1960 Olympic all-around champion, and record holder for most Olympic medals by a male athlete…
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Carlos YuloFilipino gymnast and two-time Olympic gold medalist.Carly PattersonOlympic all-around champion and singerCecilia ColledgeBritish figure skater, Olympic silver medalist, and spin innovator.Cheng FeiChinese gymnast who dominated vault and floor in the mid-2000s.Cristina BontașRomanian artistic gymnast, world champion on floor exercise.
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Daiki HashimotoJapanese gymnast, youngest Olympic all-around champion.David BelyavskiyRussian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian.Denis AblyazinRussian artistic gymnast and Olympic champion.Diego HypólitoBrazilian gymnast and floor exercise world champion.Dmitry BilozerchevSoviet gymnast who overcame a devastating leg injury to win Olympic gold.Dominique DawesThree-time Olympic medalist and U.S. all-around champion.
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Eberhard GiengerGerman gymnast and politician, Olympic bronze medalist.Elena ZamolodchikovaRussian gymnast, four-time Olympic medallist, vault and floor champion.Epke ZonderlandDutch gymnast, Olympic gold medalist, and three-time world champion on high bar.
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Gabby DouglasFirst African American Olympic all-around champion in gymnastics.Georges MiezSwiss gymnast with four Olympic gold medals.Gervasio DeferrSpanish gymnast, two-time Olympic vault champion.Giarnni Regini-MoranBritish artistic gymnast and 2022 world floor champion.Gina GogeanRomanian gymnast with 30 international medals and unmatched consistency.
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Heather O'RourkeChild actress known for her role in the Poltergeist films.Hong YanmingChinese gymnast and 2025 World pommel horse champion.Hrant ShahinyanSoviet Armenian gymnast, Olympic and World champion.Hrihoriy MisyutinUkrainian artistic gymnast and multiple world champion.
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Igor CassinaItalian gymnast, Olympic gold medalist on horizontal bar.Illia KovtunUkrainian and Croatian artistic gymnast, Olympic and World medalist.Ivan IvankovBelarusian gymnast, two-time all-around world champion.
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Karin Büttner-JanzGerman gymnast and co-inventor of the artificial spinal disc.Kenzō ShiraiJapanese gymnast, Olympic gold medalist and multiple World Champion.Kohei UchimuraJapanese gymnast who won two Olympic all-around golds.Kristian ThomasBritish artistic gymnast and Olympic bronze medalist.Kurt Thomas (gymnast)American gymnast who pioneered signature moves and won world gold.Kōhei UchimuraJapanese gymnast who dominated all-around titles across two Olympic cycles.
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Li DonghuaSwiss gymnast who won Olympic gold on pommel horse in 1996.Li NingChinese gymnast and founder of Li-Ning sportswear.Li Xiaopeng (gymnast)Chinese gymnast with 16 world titles, most in China.Luke WhitehouseBritish artistic gymnast and European floor exercise champion.Lyubov BurdaSoviet gymnast, two-time USSR all-around champion and world team gold medalist.
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Marcel NguyenGerman artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian.Marian DrăgulescuRomanian artistic gymnast with eight World and ten European gold medals.Mary Lou RettonFirst American woman to win Olympic all-around gold.Max WhitlockMost decorated British gymnast, Olympic and world champion on pommel horse.Mikhail VoroninSoviet gymnast who won seven Olympic medals in the late 1960s and early 1970s.Miroslav Cerar (gymnast)Yugoslav gymnast who won Olympic gold on pommel horse twice.Mitja PetkovšekSlovenian parallel bars specialist with two World titles.Mitsuo TsukaharaJapanese gymnast with five Olympic gold medals.
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Nadia ComaneciRomanian gymnast who first scored a perfect 10 at the Olympics.Nellie KimOlympic champion who helped introduce the open-ended scoring system.Nicola BartoliniItalian artistic gymnast and 2021 floor exercise world champion.Nikita NagornyyRussian artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian.Nikolai AndrianovSoviet gymnast with 15 Olympic medals, third most all-time.
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Oksana ChusovitinaGymnast who competed in eight Olympic Games across three decades.Oleg VerniaievUkrainian artistic gymnast and Olympic gold medalist.Olga KorbutBelarusian gymnast who revolutionized the sport with acrobatic flair.
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Paul Hamm2004 Olympic all-around champion and most decorated U.S. male gymnast.Paula WeishoffThree-time U.S. Olympian and Hall of Fame middle blocker.Polina AstakhovaSoviet and Ukrainian artistic gymnast, ten Olympic medals.
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Rhys McClenaghanOlympic, world, European and Commonwealth pommel horse champion.Ri Se-gwangNorth Korean vault specialist and world champion.Romeo NeriItalian gymnast with three gold medals at the 1932 Olympics.
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Sasha CohenAmerican figure skater, 2006 Olympic silver medalist.Sawao KatōJapanese gymnast with eight Olympic gold medals.Shannon MillerAmerican artistic gymnast; two-time world all-around champion and Olympic gold medalist.Shawn Johnson EastOlympic gold medalist and Dancing with the Stars champion.Simona AmânarRomanian gymnast, Olympic all-around champion, and vault namesake.Simone BilesMost decorated gymnast in history with 11 Olympic and 30 World medals.Stephen NedoroscikAmerican pommel horse specialist and Olympic bronze medalist.Stoyan DeltchevBulgarian Olympic and European champion artistic gymnast.Svetlana BoginskayaBelarusian gymnast who won Olympic gold on vault and twice in team events.Sylvio KrollEast German and German Olympic silver medalist and World Champion.
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Takashi Ono (gymnast)Japanese gymnast with five Olympic gold medals.Tatiana GutsuUkrainian gymnast who won the 1992 Olympic all-around gold.
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Valeri LiukinOlympic gold medalist and coach of his daughter Nastia Liukin.Vanessa FerrariItalian gymnast, 2006 world champion and Olympic silver medalist.Viktor ChukarinSoviet gymnast who won seven Olympic gold medals.Vitaly ScherboOnly male gymnast to win world titles in all eight events.Vladimir ArtemovSoviet gymnast with four Olympic golds in 1988.Věra ČáslavskáCzech gymnast who won seven Olympic golds and protested Soviet rule.
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Yang Hak-seonSouth Korean vault specialist and Olympic gold medalist.Yelena DavydovaSoviet Olympic all-around champion and Canadian gymnastics coach.Yordan YovchevBulgarian gymnast with six Olympic appearances and multiple medals.Yuri KorolyovSoviet gymnast, two-time World All-Around Champion, never competed in Olympics.Yuri TitovSoviet gymnast, Olympic champion, and longtime FIG president.
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Zou KaiChinese gymnast with five Olympic gold medals.Zsolt BorkaiOlympic champion gymnast and former mayor of Győr.