Mariya Karashka (born 4 August 1942) is a Bulgarian former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [1] In the ranking of the 1000 best gymnasts of all time, she occupies the 736th position. [2]
Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner is a Romanian retired gymnast. She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games. At the same Games, she received six more perfect 10s for events en route to winning three gold medals. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, she won two more gold medals and achieved two more perfect 10s. During her career, she won nine Olympic medals and four World Artistic Gymnastics Championship medals.
Maria Gigova is a retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast and sports official. She is a three-time World All-around champion.
Mariya Stadnik is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani female wrestler who won four Olympic medals, two World Championship and ten European Championship.
Mariya is a variation of the feminine given name Maria.
Kayla Marie Hoffman is a former American artistic gymnast from Union, New Jersey. A former senior international elite, she competed for the University of Alabama gymnastics team from 2008 to 2011. In 2011, she won the Honda Sports Award as the top woman gymnast.
Mariya Sergeyevna Savinova is a Russian former athlete who specialized in the 800 metres event. In 2017, she was found guilty of doping and was subsequently suspended from competition for four years. In addition to the ban, she had three years of elite results nullified and was stripped of both her World Championship medals and her 2012 Olympic gold medal.
Mariya Vyacheslavovna Netesova (Russian: Мария Вячеславовна Нетесова is a Russian rhythmic gymnast. She won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Mariya Mikhaylovna Lazuk is a Belarus rhythmic gymnast. She won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the group all-around competition. She was born in Minsk, Belarus.
Maria Yevgenyevna Kryuchkova was a Russian gymnast. She won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Karin Lichey Usry is an American gymnast She attended the University of Georgia from 1996 to 1999, and was part of both NCAA Championship teams in 1998 and 1999. She earned first-team All-America certificates in all five categories both of those years and earned a total of 11 All-America awards in her career. The Southeastern Conference recognized her as its Freshman of the Year in 1996 and Gymnast of the Year in 1999. She won the Honda Sports Award as the nations's top gymnast in 1999.
Simone Arianne Biles Owens is an American artistic gymnast. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time and one of the greatest Olympians of all time. With 11 Olympic medals, she is tied with Věra Čáslavská as the second-most decorated female Olympic gymnast, and has the most Olympic medals earned by a U.S. gymnast.
Mariya Kartalova is a Bulgarian former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Mariya Livchikova is a Ukrainian former artistic gymnast.
Maria Vladimirovna Shurochkina is a Russian competitor in synchronised swimming.
Maria Yuryevna Tolkacheva is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympics Group all-around champion, a four-time World Group all-around champion, the 2015 European Games Group all-around champion and three-time European Championships Group all-around gold medalist.
Mariya Kircheva is a Bulgarian gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.