Henrietta Ónodi

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The native form of this personal name is Ónodi Henrietta. This article uses the Western name order.

Women's artistic gymnastics
Olympic medal record
Gold	Barcelona 1992	Vault (tie)
Silver	Barcelona 1992	Floor exercise
World Championships
Gold	1992 Paris	Vault
Silver	1991 Indianapolis	Vault
Silver	1992 Paris	Floor exercise
European Championships
Gold	1989 Brussels	Uneven bars
Bronze	1989 Brussels	Floor exercise
Bronze	1990 Athens	All-around
Bronze	1990 Athens	Floor exercise

Henrietta Ónodi (born May 22, 1974, Békéscsaba, Hungary) is an Olympic gold winner Hungarian gymnast who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.

Ónodi, also known as "Henni" in the gymnastics community, began gymnastics in 1978 and made her international debut in 1986. Too young to qualify for the 1988 Olympics, she made her senior debut in 1989 and represented Hungary at the World Championships that year, where she placed 19th in the all-around and 5th in the balance beam event finals.

Over the next few years, Ónodi established herself as a medal contender at major events. In 1989 she became the first female Hungarian gymnast to medal at the European Championships with a gold on the uneven bars; at the 1990 Europeans she placed third in the all-around and the floor exercise. In 1990, she also finished third in the all-around at the Goodwill Games and the World Cup where she won the vault event. At the 1991 World Championships Ónodi suffered a sudden back injury but was able to win a silver medal on vault and helped the Hungarian squad qualify for the 1992 Olympics with an eighth place finish in the team final.

The next year at the Olympics in Barcelona, Ónodi became the first female Hungarian gymnast in over thirty years to win an Olympic gold medal. She tied with Romanian Lavinia Miloşovici for the gold in the vault event final; on floor exercise, performing to Hungarian Rhapsody she finished second behind Miloşovici. Ónodi's difficulty level on vault was actually higher than Milosovici's (they both used full twisting Yurchenkos but Henrietta did a piked barani and Milosovici a tucked). Ónodi also performed the difficult triple twist on floor, then an unusual move (nobody else in the Barcelona floor finals did it).

Ónodi retired after Barcelona and attempted to compete in NCAA gymnastics, pursue her education at the University level and coach. She returned to international competition in 1995 at the World University Games and subsequently led the Hungarian team at the 1996 Olympics. She retired again in 1997 after attending her second University Games.

Ónodi has made many contributions to gymnastics during her competitive career. Her Uneven Bars routine consisted of elements on the low bar at a time when most gymnasts did the minimum two elements on the low bar. She has a skill named after her in the Code of Points, a back handspring with a half turn on the balance beam. She also performed this skill on the floor, in combination with split leaps (it should be noted, however, that the skill was actually first done by ther USSR's Olga Mostepanova in 1983). She was also the first gymnast to do a triple-twisting dismount from the beam, a skill she also performed on the floor.