Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform 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. It became an Olympic sport in 1984, with an individual all-around event. The group all-around competition was added to the Olympics in 1996. At the international level, rhythmic gymnastics is a women-only sport. The most prestigious competitions, besides the Olympic Games, are the World Championships, World Games, European Championships, European Games, the World Cup Series and the Grand Prix Series. Gymnasts are judged on their artistry, execution of skills, and difficulty of skills, for which they gain points. They perform leaps, balances, and rotations along with handling the apparatus.
Veronika Vitenberg is an Israeli rhythmic gymnast who competed in the 2008 Olympics.
Neta Rivkin is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast.
Arina Alekseyevna Averina is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a 2020 Summer Olympics finalist, a two-time world all-around silver medalist, a two-time European all-around champion and the 2016 Grand Prix Final all-around bronze medalist. She is a three-time (2019-2021) Russian national all-around champion and a three-time Russian national all-around medalist. Her identical twin sister Dina Averina is also a competitive rhythmic gymnast.
Linoy Ashram is a retired Israeli individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic All-around Champion, the 2018 World All-around silver medalist, two-time World All-around bronze medalist, the 2020 European All-around champion, and the 2019 European Games All-around silver medalist. She is the third Israeli athlete and first Israeli woman to win an Olympic gold medal in any sport, and the first Israeli rhythmic gymnast to win an Olympic medal. She became the first rhythmic gymnast from outside a post-Soviet republic to win a gold medal at an Olympics where former Soviet states participated. Ashram announced her retirement from competitive gymnastics at a press conference in Tel Aviv on 4 April 2022.
Olena Mykolayivna Dmytrash is a Ukrainian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2013 World bronze medalist in 10 clubs and 2015 Universiade champion in 6 clubs + 2 hoops.
Elena Todorova is a Bulgarian group rhythmic gymnast.
Katrin Velkova is a Bulgarian group rhythmic gymnast.
Lidia Redondo Ruiz de Arévalo is a Spanish group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions.
Viktoriya Lenyshyn is a Ukrainian group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions.
Noa Palatchy is an Israeli group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions.
Marina Shults is an Israeli group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions.
Nina Saeedyokota is a Japanese group rhythmic gymnast. She represented her nation at international competitions.
Kotono Tanaka is a Japanese group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions.
Vasileia Zachou is a Greek group rhythmic gymnast. She represented her nation at international competitions.
Marianthi Zafeiriou is a Greek group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions.
Mira Bimperling is a German group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions.
Judith Hauser is a German group rhythmic gymnast.
Nicole Müller was a German group rhythmic gymnast. She represented her nation at international competitions.
Or Tokayev, also known as Svetlana Tokayev, Svetlana Or Tokaev, and Or Tokaev, (Hebrew: אור טוקייב; Russian: Светлана Токаев; born November 9, 1979) is an Israeli former Olympic rhythmic gymnast.
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