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

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

Famous gymnasts

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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)

Brazil

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

Canada

• Melanie Banville (b. 1987)
• Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (b. 1989)
• Aisha Gerber
• Karen Kelsall (b. 1962)
• 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 Janz (b. 1952)

Great Britain

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

Hungary

• Ágnes Keleti (b. 1921)
• Henrietta Onodi (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

• 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)
• 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

• Maisa Lloret (b. 1971)
• Carolina Pascual (b. 1976)
• Almudena Cid (b. 1980)
• Patricia Moreno (b. 1988)
• Sara Moro (b. 1984)
• Elena Gomez (b. 1985)

Ukraine

• Polina Astakhova (USSR/Ukraine, 1936 - 2005)
• Nina Bocharova (USSR/Ukraine, b. 1924)
• 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)

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
• 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
• Elise Ray (b. 1982)
• Mary Lou Retton (b. 1968)
• Cathy Rigby (b. 1952)
• Alicia Sacramone
• Tasha Schwikert (b. 1984)
• Kerri Strug (b. 1977)
• Shayla Worley
• 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)
• Yelena Davydova (USSR/ Russia, b. 1961)
• Maria Filatova (b. 1961)
• Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR/Ukraine, b. 1921 - d. 2001)
• Natalia Ilienko (b. 1967)
• Nellie Kim (b. 1957)
• Natalia Kuchinskaya (USSR/Russia, b. 1949)
• Larissa Latynina (USSR/Ukraine, b. 1934)
• Tamara Manina (b. 1934)
• Olga Mostepanova (b. 1970)
• Elena Mukhina (b. 1960)
• 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)

Uzbekistan

• Oksana Chusovitina (USSR/Uzbekistan, 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. 1967)
• 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)

Finland

• Heikki Savolainen (1907-1998)

Germany

• Sylvio Kroll (b. ?)
• Sven Tippelt (b. 1965)
• Andreas Wecker (b. 1970)

Greece

• Vlasios Maras (b. 1983)

Hungary

• Szilveszter Csollányi (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 Tkachev (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. 1959)

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)
• 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)

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)
• Alina Kabaeva (b. 1983)
• Irina Tchachina (b. 1982)
• Vera Sessina (b. 1986)

Spain

• Marta Bobo
• Carolina Pascual (b. 1976)
• 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

• Mary Sanders (b. 1985)

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

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

References

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

Gymnastics