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Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.

See gymnasium (ancient Greece) for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.

Contents 1 Famous gymnasts 1.1 Female artistic 1.1.1 Australia 1.1.2 Belarus 1.1.3 Belgium 1.1.4 Brazil 1.1.5 Canada 1.1.6 Czechoslovakia 1.1.7 China 1.1.8 France 1.1.9 Germany 1.1.10 Great Britain 1.1.11 Guatemala 1.1.12 Hungary 1.1.13 Italy 1.1.14 Mexico 1.1.15 North Korea 1.1.16 Norway 1.1.17 Poland 1.1.18 Romania 1.1.19 Russia 1.1.20 Spain 1.1.21 Ukraine 1.1.22 USA 1.1.23 U.S.S.R. 1.1.24 Uzbekistan 1.2 Male artistic 1.2.1 Australia 1.2.2 Belarus 1.2.3 Brazil 1.2.4 Bulgaria 1.2.5 Canada 1.2.6 China 1.2.7 Egypt 1.2.8 France 1.2.9 Finland 1.2.10 Germany 1.2.11 Greece 1.2.12 Hungary 1.2.13 Italy 1.2.14 Japan 1.2.15 Korea 1.2.16 Latvia 1.2.17 Luxemburg 1.2.18 Netherlands 1.2.19 Puerto Rico 1.2.20 Romania 1.2.21 Russia 1.2.22 Slovenia 1.2.23 Spain 1.2.24 Switzerland 1.2.25 Ukraine 1.2.26 USA 1.2.27 U.S.S.R. 1.3 Female rhythmic 1.3.1 Australia 1.3.2 Azerbaijan 1.3.3 Belarus 1.3.4 Bulgaria 1.3.5 Canada 1.3.6 China 1.3.7 France 1.3.8 Germany 1.3.9 Greece 1.3.10 Israel 1.3.11 Kazakhstan 1.3.12 Poland 1.3.13 Romania 1.3.14 Russia 1.3.15 Spain 1.3.16 Ukraine 1.3.17 UK 1.3.18 USA 1.3.19 U.S.S.R. 1.3.20 Yugoslavia 1.4 Male rhythmic 1.4.1 Spain 1.5 See also 1.6 References

[edit] Famous gymnasts

[edit] Female artistic

[edit] Australia

• Monette Russo (b. 1988)
• Allana Slater (b. 1984)
• Lisa Skinner (b. 1981)

[edit] Belarus

• Svetlana Boguinskaya (USSR / Belarus) (b. 1973)
• Olga Korbut (USSR / Belarus (b. 1955)

[edit] Belgium

• Aagje Vanwalleghem (b. 1987)

[edit] Brazil

• Daniele Hypolito (b. 1984)
• Luisa Parente (b. 1973)
• Daiane dos Santos (b. 1983)
• Jade Barbosa (b. 1991)

[edit] Canada

• Gael Mackie (b. 1988)
• Melanie Banville (b. 1987)
• Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (b. 1989)
• Aisha Gerber (b. 1990)
• Karen Kelsall (b. 1962)
• Lise Leveille
• Vanessa Meloche (b. 1985)
• Heather Purnell (b. 1986)
• Kate Richardson (gymnast) (b. 1984)
• Elfi Schlegel (b. 1964)
• Lori Strong (b. 1972)
• Stella Umeh
• Yvonne Tousek (b. 1980)

[edit] Czechoslovakia

• Eva Bosáková
• Věra Čáslavská (b. 1942)
• Vlasta Děkanová (b. 1909)
• Zdenka Podkapová (b. 1977)

[edit] China

• Cheng Fei (b. 1988)
• Fan Ye (b. 1988)
• Kui Yuanyuan (b. 1981)
• Li Li (b. 1975)
• Li Ya (b. 1988)
• Liu Xuan (b. 1979)
• Lu Li (b. 1976)
• Ma Yanhong (b. 1964)
• Mo Huilan (b. 1979)
• Sang Lan (b. 1981)
• Zhang Nan (b. 1986)

[edit] France

• Ludivine Furnon (b. 1980)
• Émilie Lepennec (b. 1987)
• Elvire Teza (b. 1981)

[edit] Germany

• Maxi Gnauck (b. 1964)
• Karin Büttner-Janz (b. 1952)
• Dagmar Kersten (b. 1970)
• Steffi Kraker (b. 1960)
• Erika Zuchold (b. 1947)
• Fabian Hambüchen (b. 1987)

[edit] Great Britain

• Lisa Mason (b. 1982)
• Annika Reeder (b. 1979)
• Beth Tweddle (b. 1985)
• Becky Downie (b. 1992)

[edit] Guatemala

• Luisa Portocarrero (b.1977)

[edit] Hungary

• Ágnes Keleti (b. 1921)
• Henrietta Ónodi (b. 1974)

[edit] Italy

• Vanessa Ferrari (b. 1990)

[edit] Mexico

• Denisse Lopez (b. 1977)
• Brenda Magaña (b. 1977)
• Laura del Carmen Moreno (b. 1978)
• Iyérida Mogollón (b.1985)

[edit] North Korea

• Kim Gwang Suk (b. circa 1976-78)

[edit] Norway

• Kathrine Hansson (b. 1984)
• Julie Hansson (b. 1984)

[edit] Poland

• Helena Rakoczy (b. 1921)

[edit] Romania

• Simona Amânar (b. 1979)
• Oana Ban (b. 1986)
• Cristina Bontaş (b. 1973)
• Nadia Comaneci (b. 1961)
• Sabina Cojocar (b. 1985)
• Aurelia Dobre (b. 1972)
• Emilia Eberle (b. 1964)
• Alexandra Eremia (b. 1987)
• Gina Gogean (b. 1978)
• Sandra Izbasa (b. 1990)
• Alexandra Marinescu (b. 1982)
• Lavinia Miloşovici (b. 1976)
• Aura Andreea Munteanu (b. 1988)
• Steliana Nistor (b. 1989)
• Maria Olaru (b. 1982)
• Simona Păucă (b. 1969)
• Cătălina Ponor (b. 1987)
• Gabriela Potorac (b. 1973)
• Claudia Presecan (b. 1979)
• Andreea Răducan (b. 1983)
• Monica Roşu (b.1987)
• Daniela Silivaş (b. 1972)
• Ecaterina Szabo (b. 1967)
• Nicoleta Daniela Șofronie (b. 1988)
• Corina Ungureanu (b. 1980)
• Teodora Ungureanu (b. 1960)

[edit] Russia

• Yelena Davydova (USSR / Russia) (b. 1961)
• Elena Dolgopolova (b. 1980)
• Ludmila Ezhova (b. 1982)
• Rozalia Galiyeva (USSR / Russia / Uzbekistan) (b. 1977)
• Ksenia Kekkonen (b. 1983)
• Svetlana Khorkina (b. 1979)
• Anastasia Kolesnikova (b. 1984)
• Dina Kotchetkova (b. 1977)
• Anna Kovalyova (b. 1983)
• Natalia Kuchinskaya (USSR / Russia) (b. 1949)
• Yekaterina Lobaznyuk (b. 1983)
• Sofia Muratova (USSR / Russia) (b. 1929)
• Anna Pavlova (b. 1987)
• Yelena Produnova (b. 1980)
• Natalia Shaposhnikova (USSR / Russia) (b. 1961)
• Elena Zamolodchikova (b. 1982)

[edit] Spain

• Laura Muñoz (b. 1970)
• Eva Rueda (b. 1971)
• Patricia Moreno (b. 1988)
• Sara Moro (b. 1984)
• Elena Gomez (b. 1985)
• Lenika de Simone (b.1988)

[edit] Ukraine

• Polina Astakhova (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1936 - d. 2005)
• Nina Bocharova (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1924)
• Olesya Dudnik (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1974)
• Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1921 - d. 2001)
• Tatyana Gutsu (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1976)
• Larissa Latynina (USSR / Ukraine (b. 1934)
• Tatiana Lysenko (USSR / Ukraine (b. 1975)
• Lilia Podkopayeva (b. 1978)
• Oksana Omelianchik (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1969 or 1970)
• Ludmilla Tourischeva (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1952)
• Irina Yarotska (b. 1985)
• Stella Zakharova (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1963)

[edit] USA

• Vanessa Atler (b. 1982)
• Kendall Beck (b. 1981)
• Alyssa Beckerman (b. 1981)
• Mohini Bhardwaj (b. 1978)
• Jana Bieger (b. 1989)
• Amanda Borden (b. 1977)
• Amy Chow (b. 1978)
• Jamie Dantzscher (b. 1982)
• Dominique Dawes (b. 1976)
• Julissa Gomez (b. 1972 - d. 1991)
• Hilary Grivich (b. 1977 - d. 1997)
• Katie Heenan (b. 1985)
• Christy Henrich (b. 1972 - d. 1994)
• Terin Humphrey (b. 1986)
• Carly Janiga (b. 1988)
• Shawn Johnson (b. 1992)
• Courtney Kupets (b. 1986)
• Nastia Liukin (b. 1989)
• Kristen Maloney (b. 1981)
• Courtney McCool (b. 1988)
• Julianne McNamara (b. 1965)
• Chellsie Memmel (b. 1988)
• Shannon Miller (b. 1977)
• Phoebe Mills (b. 1972)
• Dominique Moceanu (b. 1981)
• Betty Okino (b. 1975)
• Carly Patterson (b. 1988)
• Jaycie Phelps (b. 1979)
• Kristie Phillips (b. 1972)
• Elise Ray (b. 1982)
• Mary Lou Retton (b. 1968)
• Cathy Rigby (b. 1952)
• Alicia Sacramone (b. 1987)
• Tasha Schwikert (b. 1984)
• Kolleen Shields (b. 1954)
• Kerri Strug (b. 1977)
• Hollie Vise (b. 1987)
• Shayla Worley (b. 1990)
• Kim Zmeskal (b. 1976)
• Rachel Luba (b. 1992)

[edit] U.S.S.R.

• Polina Astakhova (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1936 - d. 2005)
• Olga Bicherova (b. 1966 or 1967)
• Nina Bocharova (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1924)
• Svetlana Boguinskaya (USSR / Belarus) (b. 1973)
• Oksana Chusovitina (USSR / Uzbekistan) (b. 1975)
• Yelena Davydova (USSR / Russia) (b. 1961)
• Olesya Dudnik (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1974)
• Maria Filatova (b. 1961)
• Roza Galieva (USSR / Russia) (b. 1977)
• Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1921 - d. 2001)
• Svetlana Grozdova (b. 1959)
• Tatiana Gutsu (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1976)
• Natalia Ilienko (b. 1967)
• Nellie Kim (b. 1957)
• Natalia Kuchinskaya (USSR / Russia) (b. 1949)
• Larissa Latynina (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1934)
• Tamara Lazakovich (b. 1954 - d. 1992)
• Tatiana Lysenko (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1975)
• Tamara Manina (b. 1934)
• Olga Mostepanova (b. 1970)
• Elena Mukhina (b. 1960 - d. 2006)
• Sofia Muratova (b. 1929)
• Oksana Omelianchik (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1969 or 1970)
• Galina Shamrai (b. 1931)
• Natalia Shaposhnikova (USSR / Russia) (b. 1961)
• Elena Shushunova (b. 1969)
• Ludmilla Tourischeva (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1952)
• Zinaida Voronina (b. 1947 - d. 2001)
• Natalia Yurchenko (b. 1965)
• Stella Zakharova (b. 1963)

[edit] Uzbekistan

• Oksana Chusovitina (USSR / Uzbekistan / Germany) (b. 1975)

[edit] Male artistic

[edit] Australia

• Philippe Rizzo (b. 1981)
• Joshua Jefferis (b. 1985)
• Damian Istria (b. 1982)

[edit] Belarus

• Ivan Ivankov (b. 1975)
• Vitaly Scherbo (b. 1972)

[edit] Brazil

• Diego Hypolito (b. 1986)
• Mosiah Rodrigues (b. 1981)

[edit] Bulgaria

• Jordan Jovtchev (b. 1973)

[edit] Canada

• R. Tait McKenzie (b. 1885)
• Gilbert Larose (b. ?)
• Andre Simard (b. 1945)
• Jean Gagnon (b. 1970)
• Jean Choquette (b. 1972)
• Philip Chartrand (b. 1976)
• Kyle Shewfelt (b. 1982)

[edit] China

• Li Ning (b. 1963)
• Yang Wei (b. 1980)
• Li Xiaopeng (b. 1981)
• Lou Yun (b. 1964)
• Xiao Qin (b. 1985)
• Yang Wei (b. 1980)

[edit] Egypt

• Mahmoud Safwat (b.1929)

[edit] France

• Louis Ségura (b. 1889)
• Marcos Torrès (b. 1888)

[edit] Finland

• Paavo Aaltonen (b. 1919)
• Veikko Huhtanen (b. 1919)
• Heikki Savolainen (b. 1907 - d. 1998)

[edit] Germany

• Roland Brückner (b. 1955)
• Konrad Frey (Unified Germany, pre-WWII) (b. 1909)
• Fabian Hambüchen (b. 1987)
• Sylvio Kroll (b. 1965)
• Sven Tippelt (b. 1965)
• Andreas Wecker (b. 1970)

[edit] Greece

• Vlasios Maras (b. 1983)

[edit] Hungary

• Szilveszter Csollány (b. 1970)
• Zoltan Magyar (b. 1953)
• Zoltán Supola (b. 1970)

[edit] Italy

• Alberto Braglia (b. 1883)
• Igor Cassina (b. 1977)
• Yuri Chechi (b. 1969)
• Romeo Neri (b. 1903)
• Giorgio Zampori (b. 1887)

[edit] Japan

• Koji Gushiken (b. 1956)
• Sawao Kato (b. 1946)
• Hisashi Mizutori (b. 1980)
• Akinori Nakayama (b. 1943)
• Takashi Ono (b. 1931)
• Yoshihiro Saito (b. 1976)
• Masao Takemoto (b. 1919)
• Mitsuo Tsukahara (b. 1947)
• Naoya Tsukahara (b. 1977)
• Hiroyuki Tomita (b. 1980)

[edit] Korea

• Pae Gil Su (b. 1972)

[edit] Latvia

• Evgeni Sapronenko (b. 1978)

[edit] Luxemburg

• Guy Jung (b. 1962)

[edit] Netherlands

• Yuri van Gelder (b. 1983)
• Jeffrey Wammes (b. 1987)

[edit] Puerto Rico

• Luis Rivera (b. 1986)

[edit] Romania

• Marian Drăgulescu (b. 1980)
• Ioan Silviu Suciu (b. 1977)
• Marius Urzică (b. 1975)
• Nicolae Vieru (b. 1932)

[edit] Russia

• Nikolai Andrianov (USSR / Russia) (b. 1952)
• Dmitry Bilozerchev (USSR / Russia) (b. 1966)
• Alexei Bondarenko (b. 1978)
• Yuri Korolev (USSR / Russia) (b. 1962)
• Nikolai Kryukov (b. 1978)
• Yevgeny Krylov (b. 1977)
• Alexei Nemov (b. 1976)
• Valeri Liukin (USSR / Russia) (b. 1969)
• Boris Shakhlin (USSR / Russia) (b. 1932 - d. 2008)
• Yuri Titov (USSR / Russia) (b. 1935)
• Alexander Tkachyov (USSR / Russia) (b. 1957)
• Mikhail Voronin (USSR / Russia) (b. 1945 - d. 2004)

[edit] Slovenia

• Miro Cerar (b. 1939)
• Aljaž Pegan (b. 1974)
• Leon Štukelj (b. 1898 - d. 1999)

[edit] Spain

• Joaquín Blume (b. 1933 - d. 1959)
• Jesus Carballo, Jr. (b. 1976)
• Gervasio Deferr (b. 1980)
• Rafael Martinez (b. 1983)

[edit] Switzerland

• Eugen Mack (b. 1907)

[edit] Ukraine

• Alexander Beresch (b. 1977 - d. 2004)
• Roman Zozulya (b. 1979)
• Valeri Goncharov (b. 1977)

[edit] USA

• Bart Conner (b. 1958)
• Tim Daggett (b. 1965)
• George Eyser (b. 1871 - d. ????)
• Mitch Gaylord (b. 1961)
• Morgan Hamm (b. 1982)
• Paul Hamm (b. 1982)
• Anton Heida (b. 1878 - d. ????)
• Brett McClure (b. 1981)
• Kurt Thomas (b. 1956)
• Peter Vidmar (b. 1961)
• Blaine Wilson (b. 1974)

[edit] U.S.S.R.

• Nikolai Andrianov (USSR / Russia (b. 1952)
• Albert Azaryan (USSR / Armenia) (b. 1929)
• Valery Belenky (USSR / Germany) (b. 1969)
• Dmitry Bilozerchev (USSR/Russia (b. 1966)
• Viktor Chukarin (b. 1921 - d. 1984)
• Alexander Dityatin (b. 1957)
• Yuri Korolev (USSR / Russia) (b. 1962)
• Valeri Liukin (USSR / Russia) (b. 1969)
• Boris Shakhlin (USSR / Russia) (b. 1932 - d. 2008)
• Yuri Titov (USSR / Russia) (b. 1935)
• Alexander Tkachyov (USSR / Russia) (b. 1957)
• Mikhail Voronin (USSR / Russia) (b. 1945 - d. 2004)

[edit] Female rhythmic

[edit] Australia

• Kimberly Mason (b. 1989)
• Penelope Blackmore (b. 1984)
• Danielle LeRay (b. 1982)
• Kasumi Takahashi (b. 1980)
• Naazmi Johnston (b. 1988)

[edit] Azerbaijan

• Dinara Gimatova (b. 1986)
• Anna Gurbanova (b. 1986)
• Aliya Garayeva (b. 1988)
• Zeynab Javadli (b. 1991)

[edit] Belarus

• Larissa Loukianenko (b. 1973)
• Yulia Raskina (b. 1982)
• Inna Zhukova (b. 1986)

[edit] Bulgaria

• Teodora Alexandrova (b. 1981)
• Neshka Robeva (b. 1946)
• Maria Gigova (b. 1947)
• Bianka Panova (b. 1970)
• Maria Petrova (b. 1975)
• Simona Peycheva (b. 1985)
• Elizabeth Paisieva (b. 1986)
• Stela Sultanova (b. 1989)

[edit] Canada

• Lori Fung (b. 1963)
• Alexandra Orlando (b. 1987)
• Mary Sanders (b. 1985)
• Shauna Lowen (b. unknown)

[edit] China

• Ling Zhong (b. 1983)

[edit] France

• Eva Serrano (b. 1978)

[edit] Germany

• Lisa Ingildeeva (b. 1988)

[edit] Greece

• Eleni Andriola (b. 1986)

[edit] Israel

• Katia Pisetsky (b. 1986)
• Jessica Ross (b. 1989)

[edit] Kazakhstan

• Aliya Yussupova (b. 1984)

[edit] Poland

• Aleksandra Szutenberg (b. 1988)

[edit] Romania

• Irina Deleanu (b. 1975)

[edit] Russia

• Amina Zaripova (b. 1976)
• Yulia Barsukova (b. 1978)
• Natalia Lipkovskaya (b. 1979)
• Yanina Batyrchina (b. 1979)
• Alina Kabaeva (b. 1983)
• Olga Kapranova (b. ?)
• Irina Tchachina (b. 1982)
• Lyasan Utyasheiva (b. 1986)
• Vera Sessina (b. 1986)
• Zarina Gizikova (b. 1986)
• Marina Shpekht (b. 1988)
• Eugenia Kanaeva (b. 1990)
• Alexandra Ermakova (b. 1992)

[edit] Spain

• Marta Bobo
• Marta Canton
• Maisa Lloret (b. 1971)
• Carolina Pascual (b. 1976)
• Carmen Acedo (b. 1973)
• Almudena Cid (b. 1980)
• Jennifer Colino

[edit] Ukraine

• Anna Bessonova (b. 1984)

• Natalia Godunko (b. 1984)
• Oxana Skaldina (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1972)
• Ekaterina Serebrianskaya (b. 1976)
• Elena Vitrichenko (b. 1976)
• Tamara Yerofeeva (b. 1982)

[edit] UK

• Janie Curtis

[edit] USA

• Jessica Davis (b. 1978)
• Jessica Howard (b. 1984)
• Olga Karmansky (b. 1986)
• Rachel Marmer (b.1991)
• Mary Sanders (b. 1985)
• Ada Moisescu (b. ?)

[edit] U.S.S.R.

• Irina Deriugina (b. 1958)
• Marina Lobatch (b. 1970)
• Galina Shugurova (b. 1955)
• Oxana Skaldina (USSR/Ukraine, b. 1972)
• Alexandra Timoshenko (USSR/Ukraine, b. 1972)

[edit] Yugoslavia

• Milena Reljin (b. 1967)

[edit] Male rhythmic

[edit] Spain

• Ruben Orihuela (b. ????)

[edit] See also

• International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)

[edit] References

• World Ranking (1952-2005)
• Summary of Canadian Gymnastic Record
• University of Michigan gymnasts