Gymnast

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

*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)
*Irina Yarotska (b. 1985)

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)
*Shantessa Pama
*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

*Jessica Howard (b. 1984)
*Olga Karmansky (b. 1986)
*Rachel Marmer (b.1991)
*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