Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordinated. Rhythmic gymnastics is governed by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), which first recognized it as a sport in 1963. At the international level, rhythmic gymnastics is a women-only sport.
At the 1996 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Georgia Dome from July 20–25 and July 28–29. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at Stegeman Coliseum in nearby Athens, on the campus of the University of Georgia from August 1–4.
Alina Maratovna Kabaeva or Kabayeva is a Russian politician, media manager and retired individual rhythmic gymnast, who has been designated Honoured Master of Sports by the Russian government.
Milena Reljin is a Serbian rhythmic gymnast. She is the child of Mita Reljin, a basketball player and coach, and Vukosava Milanović-Reljin, a basketball player for Radnički and later, Partizan. During her career Reljin won a record 9 consecutive Yugoslav Senior National Titles, from 1981 to 1989.
Katerina "Katya" Pisetsky is a Ukrainian-born Israeli rhythmic gymnast who competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games.
Ayiesha Naazmi Johnston is an Australian rhythmic gymnast who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics as well as the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She competed at world championships, including at the 2005 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, 2009 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships and 2010 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
Francesca Victoria R. Jones is a retired Welsh rhythmic gymnast who represented Wales at three successive Commonwealth Games. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games Jones won both the Ribbon event in rhythmic gymnastics and the David Dixon Award.
Liubov Viktorovna Charkashyna is a retired Belarusian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around bronze medalist, and the 2011 European ball and clubs champion.
These are the results of the rhythmic individual all-around competition, the only Rhythmic Gymnastic event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The four pieces of apparatus used were ball, clubs, hoop, and rope. 42 gymnasts competed in the preliminary round.
Regina Weber is a German former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 1984 Olympic All-around bronze medalist.
Rahel "Raheli" Faiga-Vigdorchik is an Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast and a coach of the Israel women's national team.
Olena Dvornichenko is an Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast.
Jana Berezko-Marggrander is a German retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2010 Youth Olympic all-around bronze medalist.
Valerie Le Zimring-Schneiderman is a former Olympic rhythmic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and finished 11th in the individual all-around.
Alejandra Quereda Flores is a former Spanish group rhythmic gymnast.
Elena López Benaches is a Spanish group rhythmic gymnast.
Sandra Aguilar Navarro is a Spanish group rhythmic gymnast.
Rie Matsubara is a Japanese group rhythmic gymnast. Being World champion and 10-time Asian champion, she is widely considered to be the most successful Japanese rhythmic gymnast ever.
Shulamit Goldstein was an Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast.
Darja Varfolomeev is a Russian-born German rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 Olympic all-around and 2023 World all-around gold medalist and the 2022 World all-around silver medalist. In 2024 she became the 2024 European all-around bronze medalist. At the national level, she is a two-time national all-around champion as well a two-time all-around junior champion.
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