Alicia Sacramone was an Olympic favorite heading into the 2008 games, but she came up short in the team competition, falling in two events that some said cost the U.S. the gold medal. "Look to your consciences and remember that the theatre of the world is wider than the realm of England." Mary Queen of Scots. Hungarian Olympic legend Henrietta Onodi has a move named after her the "Onodi" a half-turn jump into a full walkover on the balance beam. Equipped with a degree in kinesiology from LSU, she now works as a therapy assistant and is studying to get a degree in physiotherapy. With his 2008 Beijing Olympic bronze medal, Louis Smith became the second Black male gymnast to have won the medal. He Kexin, the most successful Chinese female gymnast in Olympic history, became a national hero in 2008 when she won gold in the uneven bars and helped lead China to gold in the team competition. Sam Langstaff, Scottish Gymnastics head of performance, said: "The 2016 championships are set to be an exciting event, fans will get the opportunity to watch some of Scotland's most talented . Raducan retired from gymnastics in 2002 and has stayed busy ever since. Korbut was also arrested for shoplifting in Arizona in 2002. This list may not reflect recent changes ( learn more ). Coaches & Community. Jackie Stewart or Sir John Young Stewart OBE, better know as the Flying Scot, was born in Dumbartonshire on June 11, 1939. Keleti was an Olympic . Medals: 5 (1984, gold, team all-around/gold, vault/gold, balance beam/gold, floor/silver, all-around). She spent time in Miami working for the World Olympians Association in 2001 and was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2010. Since. Injuries kept Sofia Muratova from achieving what might have been next-level Olympic fame. The first woman to win the Olympics in the era of the open ended scoring system, Nastia Liukin, proved that artistry and execution could still be combined to achieve success in a set of rules focused on amassing difficulty. She's married to Chris Carter, a former gymnast for Great Britain, and the couple have three children together. They excelled on the world's biggest stage. In 2003, he helped his team win the World Title of Trampoline World Championships in the team competition. Raisman was one of the many gymnasts who received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award following their bravery in uncovering the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal. She won back-to-back gold medals in the uneven bars in 1996 and 2000, part of her seven total medals in Olympic competitions. She began a career as a singer in 2020, releasing two singles under the stage name "Ghost." Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet. One of our most traditional and famous dishes is haggis, neeps and tatties, which is made up of hearty haggis, of course, neeps (turnips) and tatties (potatoes) and is usually served up with a dram, or two, of Scotch whisky. Suzanne Cox, also known by her stage name, Vogue, is a 4-time UK competitive aerobics champion. After the Olympics, Hernandez became the youngest contestant (and winner) on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2016. Bill Drummond. Born in Singapore, she moved to Britain as a toddler and began training in gymnastics at age 6. You can change your cookie settings at any time by using the . Margit Korondi burst onto the international stage with six medals at the 1952 Olympics, including gold in the uneven bars. Johnson East won Season 8 of "Dancing With the Stars" in 2009 and married NFL long snapper Andrew East in 2016. An expert in floor and vault, she has already won an Olympic bronze and a European Championship gold. Amanar was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2007. How popular was Kuchinskaya in 1968? Via: dailyiowan.com. Medals: 4 (gold, balance beam/silver, team all-around/silver, all-around/silver, floor). Miller bounced back with two gold medals at the 1996 Olympics, in balance beam and the team competition with the "Magnificent Seven" squad. Vera Caslavska became the head of the Czech Olympic Committee during the 1990s. Courses. In that vein, Gnauck is considered one of the greatest to ever participate on the uneven bars, but missed her chance to add to her Olympic haul in 1984 when East Germany boycotted the Olympics. She's qualified for the 2021 Olympics, where she'll be one of the oldest Olympians of all time at 46 years old. Standing just 4-foot-10, Yelena Shushunova was a dynamic athlete who was the final all-around gold medalist in the storied history of the Soviet Union's gymnastics team. Karin Buttner-Janz turned in one of the greatest performances in an Olympic Games in 1972, when she won five medals, including two gold medals in individual events. While the selections were delayed to ensure a fair judgement, she, nevertheless, failed to make the cut, for speaking against the culture of abuse in British gymnastics. Astakhova died of pneumonia, in 2005, at 68 years old. That feat hadnt been accomplished in more than a decade since Dominique Dawes swept the U.S. nationals in 1994. Natalia Kuchinskaya was the star of the 1968 Olympics, winning gold in the balance beam and team competition for the powerful Soviet Union and claiming bronze medals in two other events. The British Gymnastics head national coach, however, had to step down while investigations regarding physical mistreatment accusations against her were underway. Tamara Manina won four medals at the 1956 Olympics, including a team gold for the Soviet Union, but had to miss the 1960 Olympics because of injury. After Korbut spoke out, several more gymnasts who trained under Knysh revealed they'd been sexually assaulted by him as well. She also was the last gymnast to win an Olympic all-around title and gold in an individual event until Simone Biles in 2016 and still remains the only gymnast to win an Olympic gold all-around and not medal in the team competition. She was removed from her position on the USA Gymnastics' Athletes' Council after 10 years when she shared a meme backing U.S. coaches and officials in the wake of the wide-ranging Olympic gymnastics scandal. Dawes' crowning achievement in Olympic competition as part of the "Magnificent Seven" in 1996, when she led the U.S. to the gold medal in the team competition and was the only gymnast to see her scores in all eight events count toward the final score. Dawes has stayed busy since her gymnastics career ended, including when she earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland in 2002. British gymnast and Olympian Rebecca Wing is also a Commonwealth team silver medal winner. Courses. Amelie Morgan is an English artistic gymnast who won the bronze medal in the women's artistic team all-around event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Manina proved her toughness by returning to the Olympics in 1964, where she once again helped lead the Soviets to gold in the team competition along with winning silver in the balance beam. Her 18 medals were the most medals won by any Olympian from 1964 until 2012, and she's still the only woman to win gold in the team, all-around and an individual event in a single Olympics. Szabo is a legend in her native country, where there's an elementary school and a sports museum named after her, but her fame doesn't really extend past those borders. She is now a successful trainer and a single mother. Membership. Medals: 3* (gold, all-around disqualified/gold, team all-around/silver, vault). For her final Olympics in 2016, she was chosen as Romania's flag bearer, which was the first time this honor was bestowed on a gymnast. Born: May 16, 1955 (Hrodna, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union), Olympic years: 1972 (Munich), 1976 (Montreal), Medals: 6 (1972, gold, team all-around/gold, balance beam/gold, floor exercise/silver, uneven bars; 1976, gold, team all-around/silver, balance beam), Few athletes can claim to be the one who changed their sport because of their sheer ability. Biles holds the record for the most decorated American gymnast with a total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals. Which isn't necessarily fair. Humphrey, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Olympics, also was part of the U.S. team that won a world championship in 2003. She married Dr. Michael Canales, a former Ohio State gymnast, and the couple had three children together. She once publicly appealed to online trolls to cut down on their abusive comments directed toward her just before the Tokyo Olympics. 1. Born: Sept. 16, 1934 (Petrozavodsk, Respublika Kareliya, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union), Olympic years: 1956 (Melbourne), 1964 (Tokyo), Medals: 6 (1956, gold, team all-around/silver, vault/silver, balance beam/bronze, team PA; 1964, gold, team all-around/silver, balance beam). [8][9], List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for Great Britain, Last edited on 5 September 2022, at 18:13, "Great Britain Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results", "Great Britain Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Results", "Great Britain Gymnastics Women's Uneven Bars Results", "Rio Olympics 2016: Bryony Page wins trampoline silver for Great Britain", "Women's artistic gymnastics team named for Tokyo Olympics", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Olympic_female_artistic_gymnasts_for_Great_Britain&oldid=1108676150, This page was last edited on 5 September 2022, at 18:13. She's made it her mission in life to help other women detect the early signs of the disease and is an advocate for survivors. Beginning in 1972, Astakhova worked as a national coach for the Ukrainian gymnastics team. American gymnast Shannon Miller didn't let her career become defined by the 1992 Olympics, where she set the record for most medals won in an Olympic games without winning a gold medal, when she brought home three silver medals and two bronze medals. "An old liar told me here Scotland's most famous glen combines two essential qualities of the Highlands: dramatic scenery and a deep sense of history. Maria Gorokhovskaya, who was Jewish, went on to have a lengthy career as an international judge before immigrating to Israel in 1990, where she worked as a gymnastics coach until her death in Tel Aviv in 2001. Douglas had a reality television show, "Douglas Family Gold," that came out in 2016. Retired Romanian artistic gymnast Lavinia Corina Miloovici was born on October 21, 1976, and is widely regarded as one of the most prolific female all-around gymnasts of 1990s. Olympic teammate Nastia Liukin, who won gold in the all-around in 2008, is the godmother to her only child. These gymnasts are among the most prominent in their field, and information about each well-known gymnast from Spain is included when available. She won a Game Award for her role in the video game Her Story and has performed as part of Bikini Atoll and Joe Gideon & the Shark. His dad was Scottish minister Rev Drummond . Born: Oct. 30, 1989 (Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union), Medals: 5 (2008, gold, all-around/silver, team all-around/silver, uneven bars/silver, balance beam/bronze, floor exercise). She won gold in one individual event, floor, in 2008, then won gold in a totally different event, vault, in 2012. She's also served as the president of the Women's Sports Federation and the co-chair for the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. The one medal that eluded Astakhova was the gold in all-around. Membership. Kupets also led the University of Georgia to four straight NCAA national championships from 2006 to 2009. In his seminal work, Gymnastik fr die Jugend (1793; Gymnastics for Youth ), Guts Muths envisioned two main divisions of gymnastics: natural gymnastics and artificial gymnastics. Caslavska went into hiding for over a decade after the incident, but returned to help train younger gymnasts in the early 2000s. Ludivine Furnon, a French gymnast who competed through the 1990s into the early aughts, went from preteen novice to 15-year-old world bronze medalist on floor in about the same amount of time it. Raisman also won gold for her floor routine in 2012 and then an all-around silver medal in 2016. Born into a family with a footballer father and a cricketer uncle, she was destined to step into sports. Apart from winning a team bronze at the 2012 London Olympics, British gymnast Sam Oldham is also a Youth Olympic and Commonwealth champion. Off the events, Korbuts tears of disappointment after a botched uneven bars routine cost her any chance at the all-around gold medal drew fans in. In 2017, she auctioned off her Olympic medals for close to $340,000 dollars. Her father is 1988 Olympic gold medalist Valeri Liukin, and mother is 1987 world clubs champion in rhythmic gymnastics Anna Kotchneva. Bryony Page is a trampoline gymnast who became the first English trampolinist to win a medal at the Olympics when she won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics. Born: June 9, 2000 (Old Bridge Township, New Jersey), Medals: 2 (gold, team all-around/silver, balance beam). After a year away from the sport, Biles returned to competition in 2018. a set of moves that no other female has ever performed in competition. California native McKayla Maroney, the daughter of former Purdue quarterback Mike Maroney, was the source of one of the greatest internet memes of all time when the picture of her on the medal stand receiving the silver medal in vault at the 2012 Olympics went viral. Nadia Elena Comaneci was born on November 12, 1961, in Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Romania, in the Carpathian Mountains, to parents Stefania-Alexandrina and Gheorghe, an auto mechanic. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Mustafina was recovering from an injury in a hospital in 2015 when she met her future husband and Russian Olympic bobsledder Alexey Zaitsev. She won World and European medals on all four events and in the all-around. She bounced back during the apparatus finals a few days later, winning the gold medals in the balance beam and floor exercise finals. She emigrated to Israel in 1957 and spent the next four decades working as a physical education instructor and gymnastics coach. Maria Gorokhovskaya set the record with seven medals in a single Olympics in 1952, when she represented the Soviet Union with two golds, including the all-around, and five silver medals. Three maneuvers on the uneven bars. Erzsebet Gulyas-Koteles participated in three different Olympic games for Hungary, winning medals each time. Born: May 3, 1942 (Prague, Czechoslovakia), Died: Aug. 30, 2016 (Prague, Czech Republic), Olympic years: 1960 (Rome), 1964 (Tokyo), 1968 (Mexico City), Medals: 11 (1960, silver, team all-around; 1964, gold, all-around/gold, vault/gold, balance beam/silver, team all-around; 1968, gold, all-around/gold, vault/gold, uneven bars/gold, floor exercise/silver, team all-around/silver, balance beam). He has also been part of the Athletes' Commission of the British Olympic Association. She doubled down on the Olympic team gold at the 2016 Olympics, and her story was so inspiring it was made into a Lifetime movie. He is also a social-media star, with two popular YouTube channels, where he posts his work-out videos and other life stories. Khorkina won seven Olympic medals, including back-to-back titles on the uneven bars. He was murdered in the Holocaust. These are the greatest women's gymnasts of all time. She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1998. She also reached the semi-finals of the reality show Strictly Come Dancing at 18, the second-youngest public figure on the show ever. Podkopayeva cracked two ribs earlier in the year, recovered from that and dominated at the Olympics, winning gold in the all-around and floor exercise, along with silver in the balance beam. In 2018, Tinkler tore ligaments in her ankle while practicing for the Birmingham World Cup and could not participate in the event. There was some controversy over Silivas' score in the vault portion of the all-around she only lost the gold medal by .025 but she's refused to talk about it over the years. They were married in 2016, had a daughter together in 2017 and divorced in 2018. Nastia became an American citizen after her parents immigrated to the United States when she was two years old. In 1992, Miller's loss by just .012 points to Tatiana Gutsu in the all-around final is still the closest defeat in Olympic history in the competition. She participated in three Olympics for Romania and had her best showing in 2004, leading her country to the gold medal in the 2004 team competition, gold in the balance beam and gold in the floor exercise. Polina Astakhova won 10 medals for the Soviet Union spread out over three different Olympic games from 1956-1964. It would have been easy for Raducan to become bitter about having her gold medal taken away, but she bounced back and won three gold medals at the 2001 World Championships. Gnauck was severely injured in 1988 in a freak accident on a waterslide and almost permanently paralyzed, requiring emergency surgery for three plates to fuse her vertebrae. The Russian's creativity resulted in eight named elements in the code of points. Raducan was the winner of the gold medal in the all-around at the 2000 Olympics an instant, international superstar and the first Romanian to win all-around gold since Nadia Comaneci in 1976. How influential is Douglas? She moved to Oklahoma to work with American Olympian Bart Conner at his gymnastics school, married him in Romania in 1996 and became an American citizen in 2001. The story of Agnes Keleti's path to Olympic glory is unlike any athlete in Olympic history, and probably in all of sports. News. Born: Dec. 18, 1931 (Miada Boleslav, Czechoslovakia), Died: Nov. 10, 1991 (Prague, Czechoslovakia), Olympic years: 1952 (Helsinki), 1956 (Melbourne), 1960 (Rome), Medals: 4 (1952, bronze, team all-around; 1956, silver, balance beam; 1960, gold, balance beam/silver, team all-around). Her 20 World Championship medals is equaled only by Simone Biles. Orga Kolbut is one of them. Living Gymnasts Go to all Rankings Newly Added Gymnasts (2022) Go to all Rankings She won both beam and floor and took second on uneven bars. Born: Dec. 9, 1995 (Aliso Viejo, California), Medals: 2 (gold, team all-around/silver, vault). Born: Sept. 5, 1976 (Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union), Medals: 4 (gold, team all-around/ gold, all-around/ silver, uneven bars/ bronze, floor exercise). If you continue without changing your settings, we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the British Gymnastics website. Some of the most famous gymnasts from the Philippines include Bea Lucero-Lhuillier and Danica Calapatan. John Buchan (1875 - 1940) Born in Perth, Buchan was a Scottish novelist and historian who served as Governor-General of Canada 1935-40. Aly Raisman is one of the most influential gymnasts in Olympic history. Best known for being the first woman to score a perfect 10.0 in Olympic competition, Nadia Comanecis legacy extends beyond making the three digit scoreboards of Montreal 1976 obsolete. You can change your cookie settings at any time by using the . And one jump on the floor exercise. THE LOCH NESS MONSTER. Latynina retired from competition in 1966 and was just as good as a coach, leading the Soviet Union to team gold in 1968, 1972 and 1976, then overseeing the entire 1980 Olympics gymnastics competition in Moscow. She moved to the United States and has run a gymnastics club in Illinois since the 1980s. In 2020, she was the winner of "The Masked Dancer," the spin-off show of "The Masked Singer," performing as Cotton Candy. She married fellow Czech Olympian and distance runner Josef Odlozil in 1968 during the Mexico City Olympics. Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. Interestingly, she had grabbed this title from the best American gymnast, Shannon Miller. Sofia Muratova was married to four-time Olympic champion Valentin Muratov, who was also the coach of the national team from 1960 to 1968, and following her retirement, Muratova also went into coaching. Gogean's demeanor and no-frills routine may have cost her a gold medal at some point, but she did end up with five medals overall. To all of the gymnasts around the world who participated in two even three different Olympic games, Hungary's Olga Lemhenyi-Tass would like you to hold her beer. Patterson had a brief recording career following her retirement from gymnastics and in 2009 had one of her songs feature don the ABC show "Make It Or Break It" about a family of gymnasts trying to make the Olympics. A two-time World Championship bronze medal winner, Ellie Downiealso won a gold medal at the 2017 European Championships, becoming the first Great Britain gymnast to receive a major all-around title. Maroney was one of the key witnesses to testify against Dr. Larry Nassar, who worked for Michigan State and sexually abused Maroney and scores of other gymnasts for years. That disappointment kept her from competing for an entire year. Sports producer Barbara Slater is also a former gymnast and Olympian. Born: Nov. 20, 1976 (Silver Spring, Maryland), Olympic years: 1992 (Barcelona), 1996 (Atlanta), 2000 (Sydney), Medals: 4 (1992, bronze, team all-around; 1996, gold, team all-around/bronze, floor; 2000, bronze, team all-around). But although he was crowned in 1306, and won independence for Scotland at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, it wasn't until 1328 that Bruce was finally recognised by the English as King of the Scots. They were silver medalists in the team all-around competition in three straight Olympics in 1948, 1952 and 1956. One of the members of the fabled "Final Five" team for the United States at the 2016 Olympics, Laurie Hernandez turned her back on competing for the University of Florida and went pro right before the Olympics. With teammates Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, and Madison Kocian, she helped Team USA win its second-straight team gold medal at the Games. Two elements on the balance beam. Known for her trademark back-flipping and her entry to Madonnas Vogue, she later moved on to modeling and aerobics training. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836 - 1908) Born in Glasgow Campbell-Bannerman was Liberal Prime Minister of Britain between 1906 and 1908. Between 1965 and 1973 he competed in Formula One winning three World Championships, and 27 race wins. [2][4][5][6][7] Tweddle and Pat Hirst are the only British female gymnasts who have competed in at least three Olympics. Her specialty was the balance beam, where she won a gold medal in 1960 after taking silver in 1956. The first British to win a major championship in the horizontal bar category, he announced his retirement from the sport in 2021. She died of pancreatic cancer in 2016, at 74 years old. She also doubles up as a sports model at times and is known for her trademark over-the-top gymnastics attire.

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