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

FAMOUS GYMNASTS

Female artistic

Australia

Monette Russo (b. 1988)

Allana Slater (b. 1984)

Lisa Skinner (b. 1981)

Belarus

Svetlana Boguinskaya ( USSR / Belarus , b. 1973)

Olga Korbut ( USSR / Belarus , b. 1955)

Belgium

Aagje Vanwalleghem (b. 1987)

Brazil

Daniele Hypolito (b. 1984)

Luisa Parente (b. 1973)

Daiane Dos Santos (b. 1983)

Canada

Gael Mackie (b. 1988)

Melanie Banville (b. 1987)

Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (b. 1989)

Aisha Gerber

Karen Kelsall (b. 1962)

Lise Leveille

Vanessa Meloche

Heather Purnell

Kate Richardson (gymnast) (b. 1984)

Elfi Schlegel (b. 1964)

Lori Strong (b. 1972)

Stella Umeh

Czechoslovakia

Věra Čáslavská (b. 1942)

China

Cheng Fei (b. 1988)

Fan Ye (b. 1988)

Ma Yanhong (b. 1964)

Li Li (b. ?)

Li Ya (b. 1988)

Liu Xuan (b. 1979)

Lu Li (b. 1976)

Mo Huilan (b. 1979)

Sang Lan (b. 1981)

Zhang Nan (b. 1986)

France

Ludivine Furnon (b. 1980)

Émilie Lepennec (b. 1987)

Elvire Teza (b. 1981)

Germany

Maxi Gnauck (b. 1964)

Karin Büttner-Janz (b. 1952)

Great Britain

Lisa Mason (b. 1982)

Annika Reeder (b. 1979)

Beth Tweddle (b. 1985)

Hungary

Ágnes Keleti (b. 1921)

Henrietta Ónodi (b. 1974)

Mexico

Denisse Lopez (b. 1977)

Brenda Magaña (b. 1977)

Laura Del Carmen Moreno (b. 1978)

Iyérida Mogollón (b.1985)

North Korea

Kim Gwang Suk (b. circa 1976-78)

Norway

Kathrine Hansson (b. 1984)

Julie Hansson (b. 1984)

Romania

Steliana Nistor (b.1989)

Simona Amânar (b. 1979)

Oana Ban (b. 1986)

Nadia Comaneci (b. 1961)

Sabina Cojocar (b. 1985)

Aurelia Dobre (b. 1972)

Emilia Eberle (b. 1964)

Gina Gogean (b. 1978)

Alexandra Marinescu (b. 1982)

Lavinia Miloşovici (b. 1976)

Aura Andreea Munteanu (b. 1988)

Maria Olaru (b. 1982)

Cătălina Ponor (b. 1987)

Andreea Răducan (b. 1983)

Daniela Silivaş (b. 1972)

Ecaterina Szabo (b. 1967)

Corina Ungureanu (b. 1980)

Teodora Ungureanu (b. 1960)

Russia

Yelena Davydova ( USSR / Russia , b. 1961)

Alina Kabaeva Russia , b. 1983)

Elena Dolgopolova (b. 1980)

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 Lobazyuk (b. 1983)

Sofia Muratova ( USSR / Russia , b. 1929)

Anna Pavlova (b. 1987)

Natalia Shaposhnikova ( USSR / Russia , b. 1961)

Elena Zamolodchikova (b. 1982)

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)

Ukraine

Polina Astakhova ( USSR / Ukraine , 1936 - 2005 )

Nina Bocharova ( USSR / Ukraine , b. 1924)

Olesya Dudnik ( USSR / Ukraine , b. 1974)

Maria Gorokhovskaya ( USSR / Ukraine , 1921 - 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 Hypolito (b. 1986)

Mosiah Rodrigues (b. 1981)

Bulgaria

Jordan Jovtchev (b. 1973)

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)

China

Li Ning (b. 1963)

Yang Wei (b. 1980)

Li Xiaopeng (b. 1981)

Egypt

Mahmoud Safwat (b.1929)

Finland

Heikki Savolainen (1907-1998)

Germany

Sylvio Kroll (b. ?)

Sven Tippelt (b. 1965)

Andreas Wecker (b. 1970)

Greece

Vlasios Maras (b. 1983)

Hungary

Szilveszter Csollány (b. 1970)

Zoltán Supola (b. 1970)

Italy

Igor Cassina (b. 1977)

Yuri Chechi (b. 1969)

Japan

Yoshihiro Saito (b. 1976)

Mitsuo Tsukahara (b. 1947)

Naoya Tsukahara (b. 1977)

Hiroyuki Tomita (b. 1980)

Latvia

Evgeni Sapronenko (b. 1978)

Luxemburg

Guy Jung (b. 1962)

Netherlands

Yuri Van Gelder (b. 1983)

Jeffrey Wammes (b. 1987)

Puerto Rico

Luis Rivera (b. 1986)

Romania

Marian Drăgulescu (b. 1980)

Ioan Silviu Suciu (b. 1977)

Marius Urzică (b. 1975)

Nicolae Vieru (b. 1932)

Russia

Nikolai Andrianov ( USSR / Russia , b. 1952)

Dmitry Bilozerchev ( USSR / Russia , b. 1966)

Alexei Bondarenko (b. 1978)

Nikolai Krukov (b. 1978)

Yevgeny Krylov (b. 1977)

Alexei Nemov (b. 1976)

Valeri Liukin ( USSR / Russia , b. 1969)

Boris Shakhlin ( USSR / Russia , b. 1932)

Yuri Titov ( USSR / Russia , b. 1935)

Alexander Tkachyov ( USSR / Russia , b. 1957)

Mikhail Voronin ( USSR / Russia , b. 1945 - d. 2004)

Slovenia

Miro Cerar (b. 1939)

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)

Ukraine

Alexander Beresch (b. 1977 - d. 2004)

Roman Zozulya (b. 1979)

Valeri Goncharov (b. 1977)

USA

Bart Conner (b. 1958)

Tim Daggett (b. 1965)

Mitch Gaylord (b. 1961)

Morgan Hamm (b. 1982)

Paul Hamm (b. 1982)

Brett McClure (b. 1981)

Peter Vidmar (b. 1961)

Blaine Wilson (b. 1974)

U.S.S.R.

Nikolai Andrianov ( USSR / Russia , b. 1952)

Dmitry Bilozerchev ( USSR / Russia , b. 1966)

Boris Shakhlin ( USSR / Russia , b. 1932)

Valeri Liukin ( USSR / Russia , b. 1969)

Yuri Titov ( USSR / Russia , b. 1935)

Alexander Tkachev ( 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)

Canada

Lori Fung (b. 1963)

Alexandra Orlando (b. 1987)

Mary Sanders (b. 1985)

China

Ling Zhong (b. 1983)

France

Eva Serrano (b. 1978)

Germany

Lisa Ingildeeva (b. 1988)

Greece

Eleni Andriola (b. 1986)

Israel

Katia Pisetsky (b. 1986)

Kazakhstan

Aliya Yussupova (b. 1984)

Poland

Aleksandra Szutenberg (b. 1988)

Romania

Irina Deleanu (b. 1975)

Russia

Yulia Barsukova (b. 1978)

Yanina Batyrchina (b. ?)

Alina Kabaeva (b. 1983)

Olga Kapranova (b. ?)

Irina Tchachina (b. 1982)

Vera Sessina (b. 1986)

Spain

Marta Bobo

Marta Canton

Maisa Lloret (b. 1971)

Carolina Pascual (b. 1976)

Carmen Acedo (b. 1973)

Almudena Cid (b. 1980)

Jennifer Colino

Ukraine

Anna Bessonova (b. 1984)

Natalia Godunko (b. 1984)

Ekaterina Serebrianskaya (b. 1977)

Oxana Skaldina ( USSR / Ukraine , b. 1972)

Alexandra Timoshenko ( USSR / Ukraine , b. 1972)

Elena Vitrichenko (b. 1976)

Tamara Yerofeeva (b. 1982)

USA

Jessica Davis (b. 1978)

Jessica Howard (b. 1984)

Olga Karmansky (b. 1986)

Rachel Marmer (b.1991)

Mary Sanders (b. 1985)

Ada Moisescu (b. ?)

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)

Yugoslavia

Milena Reljin (b. 1967)

Male rhythmic

Spain

Ruben Orihuela ( Spain , ? - )

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