Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordinated. Rhythmic gymnastics is governed by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), which first recognized it as a sport in 1963. At the international level, rhythmic gymnastics is a women-only sport.
The 2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the 33rd edition, was held in İzmir, Turkey, from September 21 to 28, 2014 at the İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall.
The 2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the 34th edition, was held in Stuttgart, Germany, from September 7 to 13, 2015 at the Porsche Arena. It acted as a qualifying competition for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Nicol Ruprecht is an Austrian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is Austria's most successful rhythmic gymnast.
Ekaterina "Katja" Volkova is a Finnish former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is also Russian citizen, and a daughter of Russian parents.
Rut Castillo Galindo is a Mexican individual rhythmic gymnast. She represented Mexico at the 2020 Summer Olympics and became the first Mexican rhythmic gymnast to compete at an Olympic Games. She is the 2021 Pan American all-around champion. At the 2007 Pan American Games, she won the silver medal in hoop and the bronze medals in the all-around and clubs. She is an eight-time Central American and Caribbean Games champion. She has also competed at nine World Championships.
Natália Azevedo Gaudio is a Brazilian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2018 South American Games all-around gold medalist, and the 2019 Pan American Games all-around bronze medalist.
Eliane Rosa Sampaio is a Brazilian individual rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
Beatriz Pomini Francisco is a Brazilian group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
Emanuelle Leal Lopes e Lima is a Brazilian group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
Monica Rokhman is an American group rhythmic gymnast.
Francielly Machado Pereira is a Brazilian group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2014 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
Gabrielle Moraes Da Silva is a Brazilian group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2014 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.
Pooja Surve is an Indian former rhythmic gymnast. She represented India at international competitions and competed at two World championships, the 2009 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Japan and the 2010 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow. In 2010, she was the only rhythmic gymnast from India to qualify for the individual final at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She won the Miss Exotic Performance award at the World Cup Belarus 2010, becoming the first Indian to ever receive this award. She is also a recipient of the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Award from the government of Maharashtra.
Daphne Theresa Chia is a former Singaporean rhythmic gymnast. She represented Singapore at international competitions from 2013 to 2015.
Morgana Regina Gmach is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast. Gmach helped the Brazilian ladies secure a gold-medal triumph in the group all-around at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, and subsequently competed as a member of the host nation's rhythmic gymnastics squad at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by the following year. There, she and fellow gymnasts Emanuelle Lima, Jessica Maier, Gabrielle da Silva, and Francielly Pereira attained a total score of 32.649 on the combination of ribbons, hoops, and clubs for the ninth spot in the qualifying phase of the group all-around, narrowly missing out of the final roster by more than a single point.
Déborah Medrado Barbosa is a Brazilian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 and 2022 Pan American group all-around champion and the 2019 Pan American Games 3 hoops + 4 clubs champion. She won three gold medals at the 2018 South American Games and at the 2019 South American Championships. She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Siyana Vasileva is a retired Azerbaijani group rhythmic gymnast from Bulgaria. She is the 2014 European 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons silver and the 2018 European 3 Balls + 2 Ropes bronze medalist.
Carmel Kallemaa is an Estonian-born Canadian rhythmic gymnast. She is a Commonwealth Games champion and a Pan American Championships medalist.
Marina Malpica is a Mexican rhythmic gymnast. She is the first gymnast from Mexico to qualify for a final at the World Championships.
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