English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• a UK /ˈdʒɪm.næst/, "dZIm.n

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)
• Jade Barbosa (b. 1991)

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)

Czechoslovakia

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

China

• Cheng Fei (b. 1988)
• Fan Ye (b. 1988)
• Kui Yuanyuan (b. 1981)
• Li Li (b. 1975)
• Li Ya (b. 1988)
• Liu Xuan (b. 1979)
• Lu Li (b. 1976)
• Ma Yanhong (b. 1964)
• 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)
• Dagmar Kersten (b. 1970)
• Steffi Kraker (b. 1960)
• Erika Zuchold (b. 1947)
• Fabian Hambüchen (b. 1987)

Great Britain

• Lisa Mason (b. 1982)
• Annika Reeder (b. 1979)
• Beth Tweddle (b. 1985)
• Becky Downie (b. 1992)

Guatemala

• Luisa Portocarrero (b.1977)

Hungary

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

Italy

• Vanessa Ferrari (b. 1990)

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)

Poland

• Helena Rakoczy (b. 1921)

Romania

• Simona Amânar (b. 1979)
• Oana Ban (b. 1986)
• Cristina Bontaş (b. 1973)
• Nadia Comaneci (b. 1961)
• Sabina Cojocar (b. 1985)
• Aurelia Dobre (b. 1972)
• Emilia Eberle (b. 1964)
• Alexandra Eremia (b. 1987)
• Gina Gogean (b. 1978)
• Sandra Izbasa (b. 1990)
• Alexandra Marinescu (b. 1982)
• Lavinia Miloşovici (b. 1976)
• Aura Andreea Munteanu (b. 1988)
• Steliana Nistor (b. 1989)
• Maria Olaru (b. 1982)
• Simona Păucă (b. 1969)
• Cătălina Ponor (b. 1987)
• Gabriela Potorac (b. 1973)
• Claudia Presecan (b. 1979)
• Andreea Răducan (b. 1983)
• Monica Roşu (b.1987)
• Daniela Silivaş (b. 1972)
• Ecaterina Szabo (b. 1967)
• Nicoleta Daniela Șofronie (b. 1988)
• Corina Ungureanu (b. 1980)
• Teodora Ungureanu (b. 1960)

Russia

• Yelena Davydova (USSR / Russia) (b. 1961)
• Elena Dolgopolova (b. 1980)
• Ludmila Ezhova (b. 1982)
• 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)
• Yelena Produnova (b. 1980)
• 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) (b. 1936 - d. 2005)
• Nina Bocharova (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1924)
• Olesya Dudnik (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1974)
• Maria Gorokhovskaya (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1921 - d. 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)
• Shawn Johnson (b. 1992)
• 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)
• Tamara Lazakovich (b. 1954 - d. 1992)
• 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)
• 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 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)
• Lou Yun (b. 1964)
• Xiao Qin (b. 1985)
• Yang Wei (b. 1980)

Egypt

• Mahmoud Safwat (b.1929)

France

• Louis Ségura (b. 1889)
• Marcos 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)
• Fabian Hambüchen (b. 1987)
• Sylvio Kroll (b. 1965)
• Sven Tippelt (b. 1965)
• Andreas Wecker (b. 1970)

Greece

• Vlasios Maras (b. 1983)

Hungary

• Szilveszter Csollány (b. 1970)
• Zoltan 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)
• 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)

Korea

• Pae Gil Su (b. 1972)

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)
• 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

• 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. ????)
• Brett McClure (b. 1981)
• Kurt Thomas (b. 1956)
• Peter Vidmar (b. 1961)
• Blaine Wilson (b. 1974)

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)
• Stela Sultanova (b. 1989)

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)
• Jessica Ross (b. 1989)

Kazakhstan

• Aliya Yussupova (b. 1984)

Poland

• Aleksandra Szutenberg (b. 1988)

Romania

• Irina Deleanu (b. 1975)

Russia

• Amina Zaripova (b. 1976)
• Yulia Barsukova (b. 1978)
• Natalia Lipkovskaya (b. 1979)
• Yanina Batyrchina (b. 1979)
• Alina Kabaeva (b. 1983)
• Olga Kapranova (b. ?)
• Irina Tchachina (b. 1982)
• Lyasan Utyasheiva (b. 1986)
• Vera Sessina (b. 1986)
• Zarina Gizikova (b. 1986)
• Marina Shpekht (b. 1988)
• Eugenia Kanaeva (b. 1990)
• Alexandra Ermakova (b. 1992)

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)
• Oxana Skaldina (USSR / Ukraine) (b. 1972)
• Ekaterina Serebrianskaya (b. 1976)
• Elena Vitrichenko (b. 1976)
• Tamara Yerofeeva (b. 1982)

UK

• Janie Curtis

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 (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