Women artistic gymnasts are women who participate in the sport of gymnastics, specifically artistic gymnastics. [1] Women first competed in Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics in 1928. [2] This list is of those who are considered to be notable in women's artistic gymnastics. See gymnasium (ancient Greece) for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.
Algeria | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Kaylia Nemour | 30 December 2006 | Kaylia Nemour |
Argentina | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Brisa Carraro | 8 May 2005 | Brisa Carraro |
Martina Dominici | 3 January 2002 | Martina Dominici |
Abigail Magistrati | 29 December 2003 | Abigail Magistrati |
Mia Mainardi | 17 April 2008 | Mia Mainardi |
Ailen Valente | 26 March 1996 | Ailen Valente |
Australia | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Georgia Bonora | 19 May 1990 | Georgia Bonora |
Ashleigh Brennan | 18 January 1991 | Ashleigh Brennan |
Georgia-Rose Brown | 22 January 1995 | Georgia-Rose Brown |
Georgia Godwin | 28 October 1997 | Georgia Godwin |
Daria Joura | 2 May 1990 | Daria Joura |
Emily Little | 29 March 1994 | Emily Little |
Lauren Mitchell | 23 July 1991 | Lauren Mitchell |
Emma Nedov | 11 March 1996 | Emma Nedov |
Monette Russo | 4 August 1988 | Monette Russo |
Kate Sayer | 8 March 2003 | Kate Sayer |
Lisa Skinner | 17 February 1981 | Lisa Skinner |
Allana Slater | 3 April 1984 | Allana Slater |
Azerbaijan | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Marina Nekrasova | 19 April 1995 | Marina Nekrasova |
Yulia Inshina | 15 April 1995 | Yulia Inshina |
Anna Pavlova | 6 September 1987 | Anna Pavlova |
Belarus | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Anastasiya Alistratava | 16 October 2003 | Anastasiya Alistratava |
Svetlana Boguinskaya [note 1] | 19 February 1973 | Svetlana Boguinskaya |
Nellie Kim [note 2] | 29 July 1957 | Nellie Kim |
Olga Korbut | 16 May 1955 | Olga Korbut |
Belgium | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Nina Derwael | 26 March 2000 | Nina Derwael |
Lisa Vaelen | 10 August 2004 | Lisa Vaelen |
Jutta Verkest | 11 October 2005 | Jutta Verkest |
Brazil | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Rebeca Andrade | 8 May 1999 | Rebeca Andrade |
Jade Barbosa | 1 July 1991 | Jade Barbosa |
Thaís Fidélis | 23 July 2001 | Thaís Fidélis |
Daniele Hypólito | 8 September 1984 | Daniele Hypólito |
Lorrane Oliveira | 13 April 1998 | Lorrane Oliveira |
Daiane dos Santos | 10 February 1983 | Daiane dos Santos |
Flávia Saraiva | 30 September 1999 | Flávia Saraiva |
Júlia Soares | 23 August 2005 | Júlia Soares |
Canada | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Zoé Allaire-Bourgie | 27 September 2004 | Zoé Allaire-Bourgie |
Ellie Black | 9 August 1995 | Ellie Black |
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs | 12 September 1989 | Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs |
Brooklyn Moors | 23 February 2001 | Brooklyn Moors |
Victoria Moors | 5 November 1996 | Victoria Moors |
Shallon Olsen | 10 July 2000 | Shallon Olsen |
Isabela Onyshko | 23 June 1998 | Isabela Onyshko |
Ana Padurariu | 1 August 2002 | Ana Padurariu |
Kate Richardson | 27 June 1984 | Kate Richardson |
Elfi Schlegel | 17 May 1964 | Elfi Schlegel |
Emma Spence | 27 February 2003 | Emma Spence |
Ava Stewart | 30 September 2005 | Ava Stewart |
Rose-Kaying Woo | 12 January 2000 | Rose Woo |
Victoria-Kayen Woo | 15 October 1997 | Victoria Woo |
Cayman Islands | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Raegan Rutty | 14 January 2002 | Raegan Rutty |
Costa Rica | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Luciana Alvarado | 16 September 2002 | Luciana Alvarado |
Cuba | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Yesenia Ferrera | 16 October 1998 | Yesenia Ferrera |
Marcia Vidiaux | 21 July 1999 | Marcia Vidiaux |
Czechoslovakia | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Eva Bosáková | 12 December 1912 [note 3] 18 December 1931 [note 4] | Eva Bosáková |
Věra Čáslavská | 3 May 1942 | Věra Čáslavská |
Vlasta Děkanová | 5 September 1909 | [ citation needed ] |
Jana Komrsková | 6 May 1983 | Jana Komrsková |
Denmark | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Camille Rasmussen | 15 June 2004 | Camille Rasmussen |
Dominican Republic | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Yamilet Peña | 14 December 1992 | Yamilet Peña |
Egypt | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Jana Abdelsalam | 3 January 2006 | Jana Abdelsalam |
Jana Aboelhasan | 29 September 2005 | Jana Aboelhasan |
Sherine El-Zeiny | 23 February 1991 | Sherine El-Zeiny |
Farah Hussein | 7 October 2001 | Farah Hussein |
Zeina Ibrahim | 20 June 2003 | Zeina Ibrahim |
Jana Mahmoud | 17 August 2004 | Jana Mahmoud |
Mandy Mohamed | 23 February 2000 | Mandy Mohamed |
Nancy Taman | 15 November 1994 | Nancy Taman |
Finland | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Maisa Kuusikko | 16 June 2005 | Maisa Kuusikko |
France | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Marine Boyer | 22 March 2000 | Marine Boyer |
Lorette Charpy | 3 December 2001 | Lorette Charpy |
Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos | 5 March 2000 | Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos |
Coline Devillard | 9 October 2000 | Coline Devillard |
Aline Friess | 5 July 2003 | Aline Friess |
Ludivine Furnon | 4 October 1980 | Ludivine Furnon |
Émilie Le Pennec | 31 December 1987 | Émilie Lepennec |
Morgane Osyssek | 15 December 2002 | Morgane Osyssek |
Claire Pontlevoy | 17 November 2003 | Claire Pontlevoy |
Elvire Teza | 23 March 1981 | Elvire Teza |
Ming van Eijken | 3 April 2008 | Ming van Eijken |
Georgia | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Maria Kharenkova | 29 October 1998 | Maria Kharenkova |
Germany | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Tabea Alt | 18 March 2000 | Tabea Alt |
Daria Bijak | 12 November 1985 | Daria Bijak |
Anja Brinker | 18 January 1991 | Anja Brinker |
Kim Bui | 20 January 1989 | Kim Bui |
Karin Büttner-Janz | 17 February 1952 | Karin Büttner-Janz |
Oksana Chusovitina [note 5] | 19 June 1975 | Oksana Chusovitina |
Maxi Gnauck | 10 October 1964 | Maxi Gnauck |
Leah Grießer | 11 September 1998 | Leah Grießer |
Dagmar Kersten | 28 October 1970 | Dagmar Kersten |
Helen Kevric | 21 March 2008 | Helen Kevric |
Steffi Kräker | 21 April 1960 | [ citation needed ] |
Emelie Petz | 23 March 2003 | Emelie Petz |
Pauline Schäfer | 4 January 1997 | Pauline Schäfer |
Sophie Scheder | 7 January 1997 | Sophie Scheder |
Elisabeth Seitz | 4 November 1993 | Elisabeth Seitz |
Pauline Tratz | 14 June 1999 | Pauline Tratz |
Sarah Voss | 21 October 1999 | Sarah Voss |
Lisa Zimmermann | 13 February 2003 | Lisa Zimmermann |
Erika Zuchold | 13 March 1947 | Erika Zuchold |
Great Britain | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Ondine Achampong | 10 February 2004 | Ondine Achampong |
Sophie Brundish | 17 May 1993 | Sophie Brundish |
Imogen Cairns | 26 January 1989 | Imogen Cairns |
Becky Downie | 24 January 1992 | Becky Downie |
Ellie Downie | 20 July 1999 | Ellie Downie |
Claudia Fragapane | 24 October 1997 | Claudia Fragapane |
Jennifer Gadirova | 3 October 2004 | Jennifer Gadirova |
Jessica Gadirova | 3 October 2004 | Jessica Gadirova |
Ruby Harrold | 4 June 1996 | Ruby Harrold |
Marissa King | 20 April 1991 | Marissa King |
Alice Kinsella | 13 March 2001 | Alice Kinsella |
Lisa Mason | 1982[ citation needed ] | Lisa Mason |
Maisie Methuen | 22 June 2001 | Maisie Methuen |
Amelie Morgan | 31 May 2003 | Amelie Morgan |
Annika Reeder | 1979[ citation needed ] | Annika Reeder |
Joanna Sime | 1962[ citation needed ] | [ citation needed ] |
Kelly Simm | 23 April 1995 | Kelly Simm |
Lucy Stanhope | 19 September 2001 | Lucy Stanhope |
Amy Tinkler | 27 October 1999 | Amy Tinkler |
Beth Tweddle | 1 April 1985 | Elizabeth Tweddle |
Hannah Whelan | 1 July 1992 | Hannah Whelan |
Greece | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Stefani Bismpikou | 27 June 1988 | Stefani Bismpikou |
Vasiliki Millousi | 4 May 1984 | Vasiliki Millousi |
Guatemala | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Ana Sofía Gómez | 24 November 1995 | Ana Sofía Gómez |
Hungary | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Csenge Bácskay | 4 April 2003 | Csenge Bácskay |
Bettina Lili Czifra | 20 April 2007 | Bettina Lili Czifra |
Ágnes Keleti | 9 June 1921 | Ágnes Keleti |
Margit Korondi | 24 June 1932 | Margit Korondi |
Zsófia Kovács | 6 April 2000 | Zsófia Kovács |
Gréta Mayer | 26 September 2006 | Gréta Mayer |
Henrietta Ónodi | 22 May 1974 | Henrietta Ónodi |
Zója Székely | 5 May 2003 | Zója Székely |
Nikolett Szilágyi | 25 September 2005 | Nikolett Szilágyi |
Hanna Szujó | 14 February 2004 | Hanna Szujó |
Iceland | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Thelma Aðalsteinsdóttir | 1 December 2000 | Thelma Adalsteinsdottir |
Irina Sazonova | 2 September 1991 | Irina Sazonova |
India | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Dipa Karmakar | 9 August 1993 | Dipa Karmakar |
Pranati Nayak | 6 April 1995 | Pranati Nayak |
Ireland | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Megan Ryan | 3 April 2002 | Megan Ryan |
Emma Slevin | 2 May 2003 | Emma Slevin |
Israel | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Valeria Maksyuta | 27 September 1987 | Valeria Maksyuta |
Ofir Netzer | 13 May 1996 | Ofir Netzer |
Lihie Raz | 14 September 2003 | Lihie Raz |
Italy | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Angela Andreoli | 6 June 2006 | Angela Andreoli |
Desiree Carofiglio | 11 March 2000 | Desiree Carofiglio |
Alice D'Amato | 7 February 2003 | Alice D'Amato |
Asia D'Amato | 7 February 2003 | Asia D'Amato |
Manila Esposito | 2 November 2006 | Manila Esposito |
Erika Fasana | 17 February 1996 | Erika Fasana |
Carlotta Ferlito | 15 February 1995 | Carlotta Ferlito |
Vanessa Ferrari | 10 November 1990 | Vanessa Ferrari |
Caterina Gaddi | 10 July 2008 | Caterina Gaddi |
Elisa Iorio | 23 March 2003 | Elisa Iorio |
Martina Maggio | 26 July 2001 | Martina Maggio |
July Marano | 23 September 2008 | July Marano |
Lara Mori | 26 July 1998 | Lara Mori |
Giulia Perotti | 29 August 2009 | Giulia Perotti |
Giorgia Villa | 23 February 2003 | Giorgia Villa |
Jamaica | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Danusia Francis | 13 May 1994 | Danusia Francis |
Toni-Ann Williams | 20 November 1995 | Toni-Ann Williams |
Japan | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Urara Ashikawa | 8 March 2003 | Urara Ashikawa |
Hitomi Hatakeda | 1 September 2000 | Hitomi Hatakeda |
Sae Miyakawa | 10 September 1999 | Saw Miyakawa |
Shoko Miyata | 24 September 2004 | Shoko Miyata |
Mai Murakami | 5 August 1996 | Mai Murakami |
Aiko Sugihara | 19 September 1999 | Aiko Sugihara |
Asuka Teramoto | 19 November 1995 | Asuka Teramoto |
Hazuki Watanabe | 7 August 2004 | Hazuki Watanabe |
Lithuania | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Agata Vostruchovaitė | 2 December 2000 | Agata Vostruchovaitė |
Mexico | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Natalia Escalera | 3 July 2002 | Natalia Escalera |
Elsa García | 8 February 1990 | Elsa García |
Denisse López | 18 December 1976 | Denisse López |
Brenda Magaña | 27 July 1977 | Brenda Magaña |
Alexa Moreno | 8 August 1994 | Alexa Moreno |
Laura del Carmen Moreno | 16 November 1978 | Laura del Carmen Moreno |
Ahtziri Sandoval | 5 October 1996 | Ahtziri Sandoval |
Netherlands | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Eythora Thorsdottir | 10 August 1998 | Eythora Thorsdottir |
Céline van Gerner | 1 December 1994 | Celine van Gerner |
Laura van Leeuwen | 22 April 1986 | Laura van Leeuwen |
Vera van Pol | 17 December 1993 | Vera van Pol |
Sanna Veerman | 29 January 2002 | Sanna Veerman |
Naomi Visser | 24 August 2001 | Naomi Visser |
Tisha Volleman | 26 October 1999 | Tisha Volleman |
Lieke Wevers | 17 September 1991 | Lieke Wevers |
Sanne Wevers | 17 September 1991 | Sanne Wevers |
North Korea | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Kim Gwang-suk | circa 1976/8[ citation needed ] | Kim Gwang-suk |
Hong Su-jong | 9 March 1986 | Hong Su-jong |
Hong Un-jong | 9 March 1989 | Hong Un-jong |
Panama | ||
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Hillary Heron | 29 January 2004 | Hillary Heron |
Karla Navas | 12 September 2004 | Karla Navas |
Philippines | ||
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Aleah Finnegan [note 6] | 4 January 2003 | Aleah Finnegan |
Emma Malabuyo [note 7] | November 5, 2002 | Emma Malabuyo |
Levi Ruivivar | May 3, 2006 | Levi Ruivivar |
Poland | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska | 18 February 1992 | Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska |
Helena Rakoczy | 3 December 1921 – 2 September 2014 | Helena Rakoczy |
Marta Pihan-Kulesza | 23 July 1987 | Marta Pihan-Kulesza |
Slovenia | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Teja Belak | 22 April 1994 | Teja Belak |
Lucija Hribar | 15 October 2001 | Lucija Hribar |
Tjaša Kysselef | 27 April 1993 | Tjaša Kysselef |
Adela Šajn | 14 April 1990 | Adela Šajn |
South Africa | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Kirsten Beckett | 5 March 1996 | Kirsten Beckett |
Naveen Daries | 29 October 2001 | Naveen Daries |
Caitlin Rooskrantz | 5 November 2001 | Caitlin Rooskrantz |
South Korea | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Jo Hyun-joo | 13 December 1992 | Jo Hyun-joo |
Lee Yun-seo | 5 March 2003 | Lee Yun-seo |
Yeo Seo-jeong | 20 February 2002 | Yeo Seo-jeong |
Spain | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Laura Casabuena | 26 December 2005 | Laura Casabuena |
Elena Gómez | 14 November 1985 | Elena Gómez |
Patricia Moreno | 7 January 1988 | Patricia Moreno |
Ana Maria Izurieta | 13 January 1993 | Ana Maria Izurieta |
Ana Pérez | 14 December 1997 | Ana Pérez |
Alba Petisco | 1 February 2003 | Alba Petisco |
Roxana Popa | 2 June 1997 | Roxana Popa |
Cintia Rodriguez | 16 November 1994 | Cintia Rodriguez |
Sweden | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Jonna Adlerteg | 6 June 1995 | Jonna Adlerteg |
Jessica Castles | 16 July 2002 | Jessica Castles |
Tonya Paulsson | 28 August 2003 | Tonya Paulsson |
Switzerland | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Ilaria Käslin | 8 December 1997 | Ilaria Käslin |
Giulia Steingruber | 24 March 1994 | Giulia Steingruber |
Uzbekistan | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Dildora Aripova | 29 January 2004 | Dildora Aripova |
Oksana Chusovitina [note 5] | 19 June 1975 | Oksana Chusovitina |
Rozalia Galiyeva [note 10] | 28 April 1977 | Rozalia Galiyeva |
Ominakhon Khalilova | 15 December 1998 | Ominakhon Khalilova |
Anastasiya Miroshnichenko | 30 March 2004 | Anastasiya Miroshnichenko |
Yelena Lvovna Shushunova was a Soviet Russian gymnast. Shushunova was one of five women who have won all-around titles at all major competitions: Olympics, World Championships and European/Continental Championships and one of ten women who medaled on every event at World Championships. Shushunova was renowned for pioneering complex skills as well as her explosive and dynamic tumbling and high consistency.
Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet and Belarusian gymnast of Sakhalin Korean and Tatar descent who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She was the second woman in Olympic history to earn a perfect 10 score and the first woman to score it on the vault and on the floor exercise, rivaling Nadia Comăneci, Ludmilla Tourischeva, and other strong competitors of the 1970s.
Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova was a Soviet and Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She won ten medals at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.
Natalia Vitalyevna Shaposhnikova, married name Natalia Sout, is a former Soviet artistic gymnast, two-time Olympic champion, and Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. She was known for her risky, original skills and expressive choreography, especially on balance beam and floor exercise.
Tatiana Felixivna Lysenko is a Soviet and Ukrainian former gymnast, who had her senior competitive career from 1990 to 1994. Lysenko was a member of the Soviet Union team during the early 1990s, a period when its pool of talent was deep. She is the 1992 Olympic champion on balance beam.
Oksana Omelianchik is a retired Soviet gymnast and the all-around gold medalist of the 1985 World Championships. Omelianchik was most known for her enthusiastic showmanship, difficulty and originality, including pioneering back-to-back tumbling.
Olga Vasilyevna Mostepanova is a retired former Soviet gymnast. She won three gold medals at the World Championships.
Nina Antonovna Bocharova was a Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast, who won four medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics. She was born in Suprunivka, Poltava Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.
Olesya [alternate spelling Olessia] Dudnik is a gymnastics coach and former artistic gymnast who competed internationally for the Soviet Union between 1988 and 1990. She was the world champion on the vault in 1989 and is regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts ever on the balance beam. Her brief competitive career was ended by injuries.
Camelia Voinea is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast, who competed in international events between 1984 and 1988. She was best known for her powerful tumbling, her innovative 1986–87 floor exercise that featured breakdancing elements, and for being the first gymnast to tumble a double layout to punch front somersault. In 1987 she scored a perfect ten for the floor exercise during the team competition event at the World Championships.
Eugenia Golea is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast, who competed in international events between 1984 and 1988. She is known for scoring a perfect 10 for the vault optional in the team competition of the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and for being the first gymnast to compete two consecutive layout stepout jumps. She helped her team to win an Olympic silver medal, a world title and a world silver medal. She liked all the events equally, though she excelled in vaulting and floor. On vault she won a world silver medal and a continental bronze and on beam she won a continental silver medal.
Celestina Stefania Popa-Toma is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast, who competed internationally between 1985 and 1988. She is an Olympic silver medalist and a world gold and silver medalist with the team. She is best known for her eponymous straddle pike jump with full turn on floor as well as for her flexibility and style.
Natalia Vasiliyevna Laschenova is a retired Soviet gymnast. Laschenova competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Laschenova is best known for her difficult skills, deceptive power, strong technique and highly expressive dance.
Natalia Ilienko is a Soviet gymnast. Her biggest accomplishment was becoming world floor champion in 1981. She was praised for her highly expressive and fluid performances.
Elvira Fuadovna Saadi is a retired gymnast from the former Soviet Union and a former elite gymnastics coach in Canada.
Valeria Vladimirovna Maksyuta is a former artistic gymnast who represented Ukraine for several years before immigrating to Israel in 2007.
Natalia Georgiyevna Kalinina, is a former artistic gymnast that competed for the Soviet Union and Ukraine. She was a member of the last Soviet world championship team to win a gold medal in 1991. She was the 1990 European champion on the uneven bars. At the 1990 Goodwill Games, she won a medal on every event with 4 golds and 2 silvers, including the all-around gold medal. She was not selected to compete for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She believes that politics would only allow three gymnasts to come from one republic, and there were already three gymnasts from Ukraine selected.
The Soviet Union women's national artistic gymnastics team represented the Soviet Union in FIG international competitions. They were the dominant force in the sport from the 1950s until the Soviet Union's collapse. They lead the medal tally for women's artistic gymnastics with 88 medals including 33 gold. Larisa Latynina is also the most decorated female athlete at the Olympic games with a total of 18 medals. Soviet dominance was unprecedented in scale and longevity and was likely the result of the country's heavy investment in mass and elite sports to fulfill its political agenda.
The Ukraine women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Ukraine in FIG international competitions.