Lilia Oleksandrivna Podkopayeva is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast. She is the 1995 world all-around champion, and the 1996 Olympic all-around and floor exercise champion. Often thought of as a complete athlete, Podkopayeva was known for combining power, style, and balletic grace.
The International Gymnastics Federation is the body governing all disciplines of competitive gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on July 23, 1881, in Liège, Belgium, making it the world's oldest existing international sports organisation. Originally called the European Federation of Gymnastics, it had three member countries—Belgium, France and the Netherlands—until 1921, when non-European countries were admitted and it received its current name.
Larisa Andreea Iordache is a former Romanian artistic gymnast. She represented Romania at the 2012 Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal with the team, and at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Edward Robin Upcott is a five times British acrobatic gymnast champion who was world men's pairs champion in partnership with Doug Fordyce, winning the gold medal in July 2010 in Poland. Before his partnership with Fordyce, Upcott was in partnership with Mark Fyson, who retired in 2009 after the pair had won the bronze medal in the 2008 world championships in Glasgow. With his new partner Adam McAssey, Upcott was awarded the silver medal in the 2012 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.
Douglas Fordyce, known usually as Doug Fordyce, is a British acrobatic gymnast who won the title of world men's pairs champion with Edward Upcott in July 2010 in Poland.
The Acrobatic Gymnastics European Championships are the main acrobatic gymnastics championships in Europe. The championships are organized by European Gymnastics, formerly known as the European Union of Gymnastics.
Eline De Smedt is a Belgian female acrobatic gymnast. With partner Nikki Snel, Eline De Smedt achieved gold in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.
Viktoriya Mikhnovich is a Belarusian female acrobatic gymnast. With partner Marharyta Bartashevich, Mikhnovich achieved 4th in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. The pair were initially awarded bronze, but after the competition was complete the judges revised the score to reflect the fact that they had not finished in time with their music.
Kaat Dumarey is a Belgian female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Ineke Van Schoor and Julie Van Gelder, Dumarey achieved bronze in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.
Julie Van Gelder is a Belgian female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Ineke Van Schoor and Kaat Dumarey, Van Gelder achieved bronze in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.
Millie Spalding is a British female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Georgia Lancaster and Elise Matthews, Spalding achieved gold in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.
Solano Cassamajor is a Belgian male acrobatic gymnast. Along with his partner, Yana Vastavel, he finished 4th in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.
Alexis Martin is a French male acrobatic gymnast. With partner Camille Curti, Martin achieved 7th at the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. With partner Chloe Gherardi, Martin came 6th at the 2016 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.
Vincent Casse is a Belgian male acrobatic gymnast. Along with his partner, Arne Van Gelder, he finished 4th in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.
Arne Van Gelder was a Belgian male professional acrobatic gymnast. Arne started competing for the Belgian Federation in 2010 and retired in 2017 after a shoulder injurie.
Dominic Smith is a British male acrobatic gymnast. With Alice Upcott, he was awarded the gold medal in the 2013 World Games, the gold medal at the 2013 Acrobatic Gymnastics European Championships and the silver medal in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.
Julie Croket is a retired Belgian artistic gymnast. She was selected to represent Belgium at the 2012 Olympics, but one month before she tore her ACL, and could not compete. She was the Belgian all-around champion in 2010 and 2012, and she competed at the World Championships in 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015.
Sanne Wevers is a Dutch artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic and 2018 European champion on the balance beam and was the first Dutch female gymnast to become an Olympic champion on an individual event. She is also the 2015 World and 2021 European silver medalist on the balance beam and the 2015 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She was a member of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships.
Nina Derwael is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion, and a two-time European champion on the uneven bars. She is the 2019 European Games champion on the balance beam, as well as a two-time Belgian national all-around champion.
Vera Dorothea Wilhelmina van Pol is a Dutch artistic gymnast. She represented the Netherlands at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal with the Dutch team at the 2018 European Championships. She is the 2015 and 2018 Dutch all-around champion. She competed at the 2013, 2014, 2018, and 2021 World Championships.
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