The Philippines has competed in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since its debut in the 1924 edition, except when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Filipino athletes have also competed at the Winter Olympic Games on six occasions since 1972.
The PSA Athlete of the Year is an annual award given by the Philippine Sportswriters Association to the best Filipino athletes for their sporting contributions and achievement. It is part of the PSA's Annual Awards Night, one of the most prestigious sport-related awards in the Philippines.
Phan Thị Hà Thanh is a retired Vietnamese artistic gymnast from Haiphong and a two-time Olympian. She is currently the most decorated and successful gymnast from Vietnam on the international stage. She became the first gymnast to win a world medal for Vietnam, capturing the bronze on vault at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Igor (Ihor) Vitaliyovych Radivilov is a retired Ukrainian gymnast and four-time Olympian, having competed at the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games. Although he competed on all apparatuses, he was best known as a vault and rings specialist.
The men's vault event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 24 July and 2 August 2021 at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. Unlike the other apparatus events, vault requires gymnasts to perform two exercises in order for results to count towards the vault final; most of the gymnasts perform only one or none. Approximately 20 gymnasts from 15 nations competed two vaults in the qualifying round.
Carlos Edriel Poquiz Yulo is a Filipino artistic gymnast. He is the 2024 Olympic gold medalist at the floor exercise and vault events. He is the first Filipino and the first male Southeast Asian gymnast to medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships with his floor exercise bronze medal finish in 2018, as well as the first Filipino and Southeast Asian to achieve a gold medal finish for the same criteria in 2019 at the same event. With multiple medals on the international stage, Yulo is the second person to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines, the first person to win multiple Olympic gold medals for the country, and the first Southeast Asian athlete to win multiple gold medals at the Olympic Games.
The 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Stuttgart, Germany from October 4–13, 2019. The championships took place at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, and was the third time the city of Stuttgart hosted the event following the 1989 and 2007 editions, and the fifth time Germany hosted it.
The Philippines competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1924, Filipino athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the nation's partial support for the US-led boycott.
The canoeing, kayaking, and traditional boat racing competitions at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in Philippines was held at the Malawaan Park, Olongapo.
Shinnosuke Oka is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He is the 2024 Olympic all-around champion, as well as a member of the Japanese team, which also won gold at 2024 games. He also won the Olympic title on the horizontal bar and the bronze medal on the parallel bars.
Illia Yuriiovych Kovtun is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 World all-around silver medalist and 2021 World all-around bronze medalist. Kovtun also won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics on parallel bars. At the European Championships he is the 2023 European champion on parallel bars as well as a one-time silver medalist and a three-time bronze medalist. Additionally he is a two-time junior world championships medalist.
Rasuljon Shukhratovich Abdurakhimov is an Uzbek gymnast. At the 2024 Asian Championships, he won a silver medal in the team event and a bronze medal on the parallel bars. He is the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games all-around and parallel bars bronze medal. He competed in the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
The gymnastics competitions at the 2021 SEA Games took place at Quần Ngựa Sports Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam from 13 to 22 May 2022.
The men's horizontal bar competition for artistic gymnastics at the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam was held from 16 May 2022 at Quần Ngựa Sports Palace.
The men's parallel bars competition for artistic gymnastics at the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam was held from 16 May 2022 at Quần Ngựa Sports Palace.
Yang Jiaxing is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He is a 2022 World and 2022 and 2019 Asian champion with the Chinese team. Individually, he is the 2019 Asian champion on the floor exercise. He is also the 2022 Asian Championships all-around and floor exercise bronze medalist.
The following is a list of notable events and developments that are related to Philippine sports in 2023.
The Philippines national basketball team was led by head coach Chot Reyes until the appointment of Tim Cone in September.
Juancho Miguel Eserio Besana is a Filipino artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 SEA Games champion on vault as well as the 2024 Pacific Rim vault bronze medalist.
Karl Jahrel Eldrew Poquiz Yulo is a Filipino artistic gymnast. He is the current junior Asian champion in vault, and is a silver medalist in the same apparatus in 2023.
