List of top female medalists at major artistic gymnastics events

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Individual women who won eight or more medals

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The years listed for each gymnast only include World Championships where they won medals. American gymnast Simone Biles holds the record for the most World Championship medals (30), as well as the most gold medals (23) in World Championship history for an athlete of either sex.

Contents

RankGymnastNationYearsGoldSilverBronzeTotalRef.
1 Simone Biles Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2013–2023234330 [1]
2 Svetlana Khorkina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1994–200398320 [2]
3 Gina Gogean Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1993–199792415 [3]
4 Larisa Latynina (Diriy) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1954–196694114 [4]
5 Lavinia Miloșovici Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1991–199653513 [5]
6 Aliya Mustafina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2010–201834512 [6]
7 Ludmilla Tourischeva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1970–197472211 [7]
8 Nellie Kim Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1974–197954211 [8]
8 Yelena Shushunova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1985–198754211 [9]
10 Oksana Chusovitina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of the CIS (UEFA Euro 1992).svg CIS
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1991–201134411
11 Eva Bosáková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1954–196228111
12 Daniela Silivaș Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1985–198972110 [10]
13 Simona Amânar Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1994–199964010 [11]
14 Věra Čáslavská Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1958–196645110 [12]
15 Alicia Sacramone Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2005–201144210 [13]
16 Angelina Melnikova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
23Flag(Plain)W.svg RGF
23Flag(Plain)W.svg AIN
2019–202534310 [14]
17 Ecaterina Szabo Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1983–198726210 [15]
18 Tamara Manina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1954–19626129 [16]
19 Svetlana Boginskaya Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Flag of the CIS (UEFA Euro 1992).svg CIS
1987–19925319 [17]
19 Shannon Miller Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1991–19955319 [18]
21 Maxi Gnauck Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1979–19835139 [19]
22 Nastia Liukin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2005–20074509 [20]
23 Rebeca Andrade Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2021–20233429 [21]
24 Andreea Răducan Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1999–20015128 [22]
25 Keiko Ikeda (Tanaka) Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1954–19661168

Individual women who won medals in every event

This section lists the female Artistic Gymnasts who have won at least one medal in every event (team final, all-around, Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and Floor Exercise) at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The years listed refer to the World Championships at which the gymnast won her first medal in the event; the dates of any subsequent medals she may have won in the same event are not listed. The Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina was the first gymnast to have been World Champion in every event. Larisa Latynina and Věra Čáslavská have been a World Champion or Olympic Champion in every event. Lavinia Milosovici is the last gymnast to have been a World Champion or Olympic Champion in every event final.

Listed separately are the gymnasts who have at some point in their career won medals in every event either in the World Championships or in the Olympic Games; gymnasts who have won medals in all six events at the same World Championships; and the gymnasts who have won medals in all six events at the same Olympic Games.

Medaled in every event over their career

Gymnasts who won medals in every event at the World Championships
GymnastNationTFAAVTUBBBFXYear accomplishedRef.
Larisa Latynina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1954 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 [23]
Natalia Kuchinskaya Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 1966 [24]
Ludmilla Tourischeva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1970 1970 1970 1970 1974 1970 1974 [25]
Olga Korbut Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 1974 [26]
Ecaterina Szabo Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania 1983 1983 1983 1983 1985 1983 1985 [27]
Yelena Shushunova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1985 1985 1985 1987 1985 1985 1987 [28]
Lavinia Miloșovici Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1991 1994 1991 1992 1991 1994 1994 [29]
Svetlana Khorkina Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1994 1995 1994 1994 1997 1997 1997 [2]
Aliya Mustafina Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2010 2010 2010 2010 2013 2010 2013 [30]
Simone Biles Flag of the United States.svg United States 2014 2013 2013 2018 2013 2013 2018 [1]
Rebeca Andrade Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2023 2022 2021 2021 2023 2022 2023 [31]
Gymnasts who won medals in every event at World Championships or Olympic Games [a]
GymnastNationTFAAVTUBBBFXYear accomplishedRef.
Maria Gorokhovskaya Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg Soviet Union 1954 1952 1952 1952 1952 1954 1954 [32]
Helena Rakoczy Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland 1956 [b] 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1956 [33]
Věra Čáslavská Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 1958 1962 1962 1968 1966 1962 1968 [34]
Nadia Comăneci Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania 1978 1976 1978 1976 1978 1976 1978 [35]
Maxi Gnauck Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 1979 1979 1981 1979 1981 1980 1981 [36]
Daniela Silivaş Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania 1987 1987 1988 1987 1985 1987 1988 [37]
  1. The years in which the medals were won in the Olympic Games are in bold.
  2. Rakoczy did not win a Team Final medal at the Olympics or World Championships. Poland did however win the bronze in the Team Portable Apparatus

Medaled in every event at a single edition

See also

References

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