List of gymnasts

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 Female artistic 2 Male artistic 3 Female rhythmic 4 Male rhythmic 5 See also 6 References

Female artistic

Australia

• Lauren Mitchell (b. 1991)
• Daria Joura (b. 1990)
• Monette Russo (b. 1988)
• Allana Slater (b. 1984)
• Trudy McIntosh (b. 1984)
• Lisa Skinner (b. 1981)

Belarus

• Svetlana Boguinskaya (USSR / Belarus) (b. 1973)
• Olga Korbut (USSR / Belarus) (b. 1955)
• Svetlana Baitova (USSR / Belarus) (b. 1972)

• Nelli Kim (USSR / Belarus) (b. 1957)
• Yelena Piskun (USSR / Belarus) (b. 1977)
• Svetlana Taresevich (USSR / Belarus)

Belgium

• Aagje Vanwalleghem (b. 1987)

Brazil

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

Bulgaria

• Deliana Vodenitcharova
• Diana Dudeva
• Khabrina Kharova
• Snejana Hristakieva
• Maja Hristova

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)
• Kristina Vaculik (b. 1992)

Czechoslovakia

• Eva Bosáková
• Věra Čáslavská (b. 1942)
• Vlasta Děkanová (b. 1909)
• Zdenka Podkapová (b. 1977)
• Jana Komrsková (b. 1983)

China

• Cheng Fei (b. 1988)
• Deng Linlin (b. 1992)
• Fan Ye (b. 1988)
• Kui Yuanyuan (b. 1981)
• Li Li (b. 1975)
• Li Shanshan (b. 1992)
• Li Ya (b. 1988)
• Liu Xuan (b. 1979)
• Lu Li (b. 1976)

• Jiang Yuyuan (b. 1991)
• Ma Yanhong (b. 1964)
• Mo Huilan (b. 1979)
• He Kexin (b. 1992)
• He Ning (b. 1990)
• Sang Lan (b. 1981)
• Xiao Sha (b. 1992)
• Yang Yilin (b. 1992)
• Zhang Nan (b. 1986)
• Zhou Zhuoru (b. 1988)

Egypt

• Sherine El Zeiny (b.1991)

France

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

Germany

• Katja Abel (b. 1983)
• Daria Bijak (b. 1985)
• Anja Brinker (b. 1991)
• Karin Büttner-Janz (b. 1952)
• Maxi Gnauck (b. 1964)
• Marie-Sophie Hindermann (b. 1991)

• Dagmar Kersten (b. 1970)
• Steffi Kraker (b. 1960)
• Joeline Möbius (b. 1992)
• Erika Zuchold (b. 1947)

Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• Lisa Mason (b. 1982)
• Annika Reeder (b. 1979)
• Beth Tweddle (b. 1985)
• Becky Downie (b. 1992)
• Joanna Sime (b. 1962)
• Denise Jones (b. 1963)

Guatemala

• Luisa Portocarrero (b.1977)

Hungary

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

Italy

• Franco Menichelli (b. 1941)
• Vanessa Ferrari (b. 1990)

Malaysia

• Nurul Fatihah Hamid (b.1986)

Mexico

• Denisse López (b. 1976)
• Brenda Magaña (b. 1977)
• Laura del Carmen Moreno (b. 1978)
• Iyérida Mogollón (b.1985)
• Elsa Garcia (1990)
• Maricela Cantú (1990)
• Erika Garcia (1990)

North Korea

• Kim Gwang Suk (b. circa 1976-78)
• Jo Hyun Joo (1992)

Norway

• Kathrine Hansson (b. 1984)
• Julie Hansson (b. 1984)
• Åge Storhaug (b. 1938)

Poland

• Helena Rakoczy (b. 1921)

Romania

• Nadia Comăneci (b. 1961)

Russia

• Elena Dolgopolova (b. 1980)
• Ludmila Ezhova (b. 1982)
• Rozalia Galiyeva (USSR / Russia / Uzbekistan) (b. 1977)
• Ksenia Kekkonen (b. 1983)

• Svetlana Khorkina (b. 1979)
• Anastasiya 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)
• Ekaterina Kramarenko (b. 1991)
• Yelena Produnova (b. 1980)
• Ksenia Semenova (b. 1992)
• Natalia Shaposhnikova (USSR / Russia) (b. 1961)
• Elena Zamolodchikova (b. 1982)
• Yulia Lozhechko (b. 1989)
• Ksenia Semenova (b. 1992)
• Tatiana Nabieva (b. 1994)
• Aliya Mustafina (b. 1994)
• Viktoria Komova (b. 1995)
• Anastasia Grishina (b. 1996)

Spain

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

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)
• Larisa Latynina (USSR / Ukraine (b. 1934)
• 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)
• Olga Teslenko (USSR / Ukraine)
• Lyubov Sheremeta (USSR / Ukraine)
• Tatiana Gutsu (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1975)
• Tatiana Lyssenko (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1974)

USA

• Jeanette Antolin (b. 1981)
• Mary Beth Arnold (b. 1981)
• Vanessa Atler (b. 1982)
• Kendall Beck (b. 1981)
• Alyssa Beckerman (b. 1981)
• Mohini Bhardwaj (b. 1978)
• Jana Bieger (b. 1989)
• Amanda Borden (b. 1977)
• Alexis Brion (b. 1982)
• Rebecca Bross (b. 1993)
• Wendy Bruce (b. 1973)
• Michelle Campi (b. 1976)
• Monique Chang (b. 1984)
• Nicole Childs (b. 1989)
• Nicole Chillingworth (b. 1992)
• Amy Chow (b. 1978)
• Jamie Dantzscher (b. 1982)
• Dominique Dawes (b. 1976)
• Erin Dooley (b. 1982)
• Rhonda Faehn (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 Gomez (b. 1972 - d. 1991)
• Hilary Grivich (b. 1977 - d. 1997)
• Muriel Grossfeld (b. 1940)
• Nicole Harris (b. 1988)
• Annia Hatch (b. 1978)
• Katie Heenan (b. 1985)
• Christy Henrich (b. 1972 - d. 1994)
• Ivana Hong (b. 1992)
• Terin Humphrey (b. 1986)
• Allyse Ishino (b. 1988)
• Carly Janiga (b. 1988)
• Brandy Johnson (b. 1973)
• Kathy Johnson (b. 1959)

• Shawn Johnson (b. 1992)
• Nina Kim (b. 1986)
• Beth Kline Rybacki (b. 1966)
• Theresa Kulikowski (b. 1980)
• Ashely Kupets (b. 1984)
• Courtney Kupets (b. 1986)
• Mattie Larson (b. 1992)

• Nastia Liukin (b. 1989)
• Tanya Maiers (b.1981)
• Kristen Maloney (b. 1981)
• Sabrina Mar (b. 1970)
• Courtney McCool (b. 1988)
• Chellsie Memmel (b. 1988)
• Ashley Miles (b. 1985)

• Shannon Miller (b. 1977)
• Phoebe Mills (b. 1972)
• Dominique Moceanu (b. 1981)
• Joan Moore Gnat (b. 1954)
• Betty Okino (b. 1975)
• Tia Orlando (b. 1988)
• Carly Patterson (b. 1988)
• Samantha Peszek (b. 1991)
• Jaycie Phelps (b. 1979)
• Kristie Phillips (b. 1972)
• Ashley Postell (b. 1986)
• Kristy Powell (b. 1980)
• Kassi Price (b. 1989)
• Ashley Priess (b. 1990)
• Elise Ray (b. 1982)
• Mary Lou Retton (b. 1968)
• Cathy Rigby (b. 1952)
• Kyla Ross (b. 1996)
• Marie Roethlisberger (b. 1966)

• Alicia Sacramone (b. 1987)
• Jennifer Sey (b. 1969)
• Tasha Schwikert (b. 1984)
• Emily Sciberras (b. 1996)
• Samantha Shapiro (b. 1993)
• Kolleen Shields (b. 1954)
• Melanie Sinclair (b. 1987)
• Bridget Sloan (b. 1992)
• Hope Spivey (b. 1971)
• Chelle Stack (b. 1973)
• Kerri Strug (b. 1977)
• Tracee Talavera (b. 1966)
• Grace Taylor (b. 1988)
• Jennie Thompson (b. 1981)
• Rachel Tidd (b. 1984)
• Tiffany Tolnay (b. 1987)
• Liz Tricase (b. 1986)
• Donna Turnbow (b. 1962)
• Kristal Uzelac (b. 1986)
• Lindsay Vanden Eykel (b. 1986)
• Hollie Vise (b. 1987)
• Jordyn Wieber (b. 1995)
• Kaitlyn White (b. 1986)
• Morgan White (b. 1983)
• Lindsay Wing (b. 1982)
• Shayla Worley (b. 1990)
• Tabitha Yim (b. 1985)
• Vanessa Zamarripa (b. 1990)
• Kim Zmeskal (b. 1976)

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)
• Olesya Dudnik (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1974)
• Maria Filatova (b. 1961)
• Rozalia Galiyeva (USSR / Russia) (b. 1977)
• Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1921 - d. 2001)
• Svetlana Grozdova (b. 1959)
• Natalia Ilienko (b. 1967)
• Nellie Kim (b. 1957)
• Natalia Kuchinskaya (USSR / Russia) (b. 1949)

• Larisa Latynina (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1934)
• Tamara Lazakovich (b. 1954 - d. 1992)
• 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)

Uzbekistan

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

Male artistic

Australia

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

Belarus

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

Brazil

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

Bulgaria

• Yordan Yovchev (b. 1973)

Canada

• R. Tait McKenzie (b. 1885)

• Gilbert Larose (b. 1942)
• Andre Simard (b. 1945)
• Jean Gagnon (b. 1970)
• Jean Choquette (b. 1972)
• Philip Chartrand (b. 1976)
• Kyle Shewfelt (b. 1982)
• Douglas Dehr (b. 1986)

China

• Li Ning (b. 1963)
• Yang Wei (b. 1980)

• Li Xiaopeng (b. 1981)
• Lou Yun (b. 1964)
• Xiao Qin (b. 1985)

• Chen Yibing (b. 1984)
• Zou Kai (b. 1988)

Egypt

• Mahmoud Safwat (b.1929)

France

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

Finland

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

Germany

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

Greece

• Vlasios Maras (b. 1983)

Hungary

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

Italy

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

Japan

• Koji Gushiken (b. 1956)
• Takehiro Kashima (b. 1980)
• 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)
• Kōhei Uchimura (b. 1989)
• Isao Yoneda (b. 1977)

Jersey

• Matt Maletroit (b. 1987)

Korea

• 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)

Latvia

• Evgeni Sapronenko (b. 1978)
• Igors Vihrovs (b. 1978)

Luxemburg

• Guy Jung (b. 1962)

México

• Daniel Corral (1990)
• Luis Sosa (1987)
• Santiago Lopez Viana (1986)

Netherlands

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

Puerto Rico

• Luis Rivera (b. 1986)
• Luis Vargas (b. 1986)

Romania

• Marian Drăgulescu (b. 1980)
• Ioan Silviu Suciu (b. 1977)
• Marius Urzică (b. 1975)
• Nicolae Vieru (b. 1932)
• Aurelia Dobre (b. 1972)

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)

Slovenia

• Mitja Petkovšek (b. 1977)
• Miro Cerar (b. 1939)
• Aljaž Pegan (b. 1974)
• Leon Štukelj (b. 1898 - d. 1999)

Spain

• Joaquín Blume (b. 1933 - d. 1959)
• Jesus Carballo, Jr. (b. 1976)

• Gervasio Deferr (b. 1980)
• Rafael Martinez (b. 1983)

Switzerland

• Eugen Mack (b. 1907)

Ukraine

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

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. ????)
• Peter Korman
• Brett McClure (b. 1981)
• Kurt Thomas (b. 1956)
• Peter Vidmar (b. 1961)
• Blaine Wilson (b. 1974)
• Johnathan Horton (b. 1985)
• Alexander Artemev (b. 1985)
• Raj Bhavsar (b. 1980)
• Justin Spring (b. 1984)
• Kevin Tan (b. 1981)

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)

Female rhythmic

Australia

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

Azerbaijan

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

Belarus

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

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)
• Boyanka Angelova (b. 1994)

Canada

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

China

• Ling Zhong (b. 1983)

France

• Eva Serrano (b. 1978)
• Nathalie Fauquette (b. 1987)

Germany

• Lisa Ingildeeva (b. 1988)

Greece

• Eleni Andriola (b. 1986)

Israel

• Olena Dvornichenko (b. 1990)
• Katia Pisetsky (b. 1986)
• Irina Risenzon (b. 1988)
• Neta Rivkin (b. 1991)
• Maria Savenkov (b. 1988)
• Rahel Vigdozchik (b. 1989)
• Veronika Vitenberg (b. 1988)
• Polina Zakaluzny (b. 1992)

Kazakhstan

• Aliya Yussupova (b. 1984)

Poland

• Aleksandra Szutenberg (b. 1988)

Russia

• Amina Zaripova (b. 1976)
• Yulia Barsukova (b. 1978)
• Natalia Lipkovskaya (b. 1979)
• Yanina Batyrchina (b. 1979)
• Alina Kabaeva (b. 1983)
• Olga Kapranova (b. 1987)
• Irina Tchachina (b. 1982)
• Vera Sessina (b. 1986)
• Eugenia Kanaeva (b. 1990)
• Alexandra Ermakova (b. 1992)
• Daria Dmitrieva (b. 1993)

Spain

• Carmen Acedo (b. 1975)
• Carolina Pascual (b. 1976)
• Estela Giménez (b. 1979)
• Marta Baldó (b. 1979)
• Nuria Cabanillas (b. 1980)
• Estíbaliz Martínez (b. 1980)
• Tania Lamarca (b. 1980)
• Almudena Cid (b. 1980)
• Lorena Guréndez (b. 1981)
• Carolina Rodríguez (b. 1986)

Ukraine

• Anna Bessonova (b. 1984)
• Natalia Godunko (b. 1984)
• Oxana Skaldina (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1972)
• Ekaterina Serebrianskaya (b. 1976)
• Olena Vitrichenko (b. 1976)
• Tamara Yerofeeva (b. 1982)
• Alina Maksimenko (b. 1991)

USA

• Mary Sanders (b. 1985)
• Diane Simpson-Bundy (b. 1969)

U.S.S.R.

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

Yugoslavia

• Milena Reljin (b. 1967)

Male rhythmic

Spain

• Ruben Orihuela (b. ????)

See also

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

References

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