Lists of gymnasts

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

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

• Karen Kelsall (b. 1962)
• Elfi Schlegel (b. 1964)

Czechoslovakia

• Věra Čáslavská (b. 1942)

China

• Cheng Fei (b. 1988)
• Fan Ye (b. 1988)
• Ma Yanhong (b. 1964)
• Li Li (b. ?)
• Liu Xuan (b. 1979)
• Lu Li (b. 1976)
• Mo Huilan (b. 1979)
• 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

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

North Korea

• Kim Gwang Suk (b. 1976? 1978?)

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 Milosovici (b. 1976)
• Aura Andreea Munteanu (b. 1988)
• Maria Olaru (b. 1982)
• Catalina Ponor (b. 1987)
• Andreea Raducan (b. 1983)
• Daniela Silivas (b. 1972)
• Ecaterina Szabo (b. 1967)
• Corina Ungureanu (b. 1980)
• Theodora 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)
• 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

• Patricia Moreno (b. 1988)
• Sara Moro (b. 1984)

Ukraine

• Polina Astakhova (USSR/Ukraine, 1936 - 2005)
• 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)
• Lyudmila Turishcheva (USSR/Ukraine, b. 1952)
• Oksana Omelianchik (USSR/Ukraine, b, 1969 or 1970)

USA

• Vanessa Atler (b. 1982)
• Alyssa Beckerman (b. 1981)
• Mohini Bhardwaj (b. 1978)
• 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)
• Kristen Maloney (b. 1981)
• 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)
• Elise Ray (b. 1982)
• Mary Lou Retton (b. 1968)
• Cathy Rigby (b. 1952)
• Tasha Schwikert (b. 1984)
• Kerri Strug (b. 1977)
• Kim Zmeskal (b. 1976)

U.S.S.R.

• Polina Astakhova (USSR/Ukraine, b. 1936 - d. 2005)
• Olga Bicherova (b. 1966 or 1967)
• 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)
• Larissa Latynina (USSR/Ukraine, 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)
• Lyudmila Turishcheva (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 (b. 1907, d. 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)

Netherlands

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

Puerto Rico

• Luis Rivera (b. 1986)

Romania

• Marian Dragulescu (b. 1980)
• Ioan Silviu Suciu (b. 1977)
• Marius Urzica (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)
• Alexandr 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. 1959)

Ukraine

• Alexander Beresch (b. 1977)
• 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)
• Alexandr 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)

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

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

References

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