International Gymnastics Hall of Fame

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The International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, located in Oklahoma City, USA, is a hall of fame dedicated to honoring the achievements and contributions of the world's greatest competitors, coaches and authorities in artistic gymnastics.

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The early IGHOF was founded in 1972 by Frank Wells of the National Gymnastics Clinic. It had only one member, Olga Korbut, and disbanded in the late 1970s. The current museum was founded in 1986 by Glenn Sundby, publisher of the International Gymnast Magazine . Initially located in Oceanside, California, it was moved into Oklahoma City in 1997.

The Hall of Fame is housed inside the Science Museum Oklahoma, formerly called the Omniplex.

List of inductees

NameCountryYear inducted
Olga Korbut Soviet Union1988
Nadia Comăneci Romania1993
Masao Takemoto Japan1997
Leon Štukelj Kingdom of Yugoslavia1997
Cathy Rigby United States1997
Mary Lou Retton United States1997
Béla Károlyi Romania1997
Jack Günthard Switzerland1997
Arthur Gander Switzerland1997
Bart Conner United States1997
Peter Vidmar United States1998
Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union1998
Takashi Ono Japan1998
Larisa Latynina Soviet Union1998
Savino Guglielmetti Italy1998
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia1998
Yuri Titov Soviet Union1999
Eugen Mack Switzerland1999
Nellie Kim Soviet Union1999
Yukio Endo Japan1999
Miroslav Cerar Slovenia1999
Frank Bare Sr. United States1999
Haruhiro Yamashita Japan2000
Ecaterina Szabo (Katalin Szabó)Romania2000
Li Ning China2000
Maxi Gnauck East Germany2000
Teodora Ungureanu Romania2001
William Thoresson Sweden2001
Sawao Kato Japan2001
Bruno Grandi Italy2001
Lyubov Burda Soviet Union2001
Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union2001
Berthe Villancher France2002
Daniela Silivaș Romania2002
Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union2002
Ágnes Keleti Hungary2002
Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda Japan2002
Polina Astakhova Soviet Union2002
Kurt Thomas United States2003
Franco Menichelli Italy2003
Karin Büttner-Janz East Germany2003
Dmitry Bilozerchev Soviet Union2003
Max Bangerter Switzerland2003
Yelena Shushunova Soviet Union2004
Heikki Savolainen Finland2004
Helena Rakoczy Poland2004
Takuji Hayata Japan2004
Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union2004
Erika Zuchold East Germany2005
Akinori Nakayama Japan2005
Valeri Liukin Soviet Union2005
Svetlana Boginskaya Soviet Union2005
Shannon Miller United States2006
Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union2006
Eizo Kenmotsu Japan2006
Vladimir Artemov Soviet Union2006
Shigeru Kasamatsu Japan2007
Eberhard Gienger Germany2007
Yelena Davydova Soviet Union2007
Simona Amânar Romania2007
Ma Yanhong China2008
Shuji Tsurumi Japan2008
Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine2008
Stoyan Deltchev Bulgaria2008
Vitaly Scherbo Belarus2009
Elvira Saadi Uzbekistan2009
Dominique Dawes United States2009
Viktor Chukarin Ukraine2009
Octavian Bellu Romania2009
Mikhail Voronin Russia2010
Yuri Korolev Russia2010
Henrietta Ónodi Hungary2010
Steffi Kräker East Germany2011
Leonid Arkayev Russia2011
Aleksandr Tkachyov Russia2011
Lavinia Miloșovici Romania2011
Natalia Shaposhnikova Russia2012
Kim Zmeskal United States2012
Zoltán Magyar Hungary2012
Gina Gogean Romania2013
Albert Azaryan Armenia2013
Natalia Yurchenko Soviet Union2014
Li Yuejiu China2014
Klaus Köste East Germany2014
Jackie Fie United States2014
Elena Zamolodchikova Russia2015
Valery Belenky Azerbaijan, Soviet Union2015
Ihor Korobchynskyi Ukraine2016
Tatiana Lysenko Ukraine2016
Jordan Jovtchev Bulgaria2016
Aurelia Dobre Romania2016
Alexei Nemov Russia2017
Alicia Sacramone United States2017
Oksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan2017
Shun Fujimoto Japan2017
Nastia Liukin United States2018
Andreea Răducan Romania2018
Paul Hamm United States2018
Ivan Ivankov Belarus2019
Li Xiaopeng China2019
Maria Filatova Russia2019
Shawn Johnson United States2019
Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union2021
Margit Korondi Hungary2021
Tamara Manina Soviet Union2021
Olga Tass Hungary2021
Sofia Muratova Soviet Union2021
Yelena Mukhina Soviet Union2021
Tatiana Gutsu Soviet Union, Ukraine2022
Fabian Hambüchen Germany2022
Chellsie Memmel United States2022
Cătălina Ponor Romania2022
Mitch Gaylord United States2023
Kōji Gushiken Japan2023
Oksana Omelianchik Ukraine2023
Julianne McNamara United States2024
Carly Patterson United States2024
Rustam Sharipov Ukraine2024
Josef Stalder Switzerland2024

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