Amy Tinkler is a British retired artistic gymnast who won the bronze medal for the Floor Exercise event in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. After Korbut spoke out, several more gymnasts who trained under Knysh revealed they'd been sexually assaulted by him as well. Muratova's two gold medals came in team competition in back-to-back Olympics. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. A pommel horse expert, he later won three more Olympic medals. She married Dr. Michael Canales, a former Ohio State gymnast, and the couple had three children together. Boginskaya famously appeared in a B-52s video in 1992 and moved to the United States following the end of her career, when she married an American and set up a home in Houston. 2. Kupets was named the head coach at the University of Georgia, her alma mater, in 2017. Buchan was also author, famous for writing "The Thirty-Nine Steps" 36. Danusia Francis is a British-born artistic gymnast who has represented the United Kingdom in the past. Olympic teammate Nastia Liukin, who won gold in the all-around in 2008, is the godmother to her only child. She wrote her autobiography "Finding My Shine" in 2015, which was the same year she was the grand marshal for the Indy 500. Born: Dec. 18, 1931 (Miada Boleslav, Czechoslovakia), Died: Nov. 10, 1991 (Prague, Czechoslovakia), Olympic years: 1952 (Helsinki), 1956 (Melbourne), 1960 (Rome), Medals: 4 (1952, bronze, team all-around; 1956, silver, balance beam; 1960, gold, balance beam/silver, team all-around). Born: Oct. 30, 1989 (Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union), Medals: 5 (2008, gold, all-around/silver, team all-around/silver, uneven bars/silver, balance beam/bronze, floor exercise). Simone Biles appears to defy the laws of physics with this epic tumbling pass from the 2019 US Gymnastics Championships. Medals: 3* (gold, all-around disqualified/gold, team all-around/silver, vault). Courses. Artistic gymnast and Olympian Ruby Harrold has won Britain a Commonwealth team gold, apart from 2 European Championship silver medals and a World Championship gold. American gymnast Gabby Douglas is a trailblazer in sports, not just Olympic sports. That she was able to come back and win the gold in 2012, where she also helped her team win bronze in the team all-around, makes her success story even more incredible. One of his four children grew up to be British actor and singer Jean Simmons. The daughter of former Irish footballer Mark Kinsella, she grew up in a sports-loving environment. a set of moves that no other female has ever performed in competition. Simone Biles (Most Decorated Gymnast of All Time) 244 64 Birthdate: March 14, 1997 Sun Sign: Pisces Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States Simone Biles is an artistic gymnast. She was an ambassador for the 2014 Olympics and has been involved in politics in her home country since her retirement as well, serving as a deputy for the Russian state Duma in 2009 and 2011. Vera Caslavska is one of just two gymnasts to win Olympic gold in the all-around in consecutive games and tallied an amazing 11 medals over three Olympics. Lemhenyi-Tass medaled in three of those Olympics but only won gold once, in the now-shelved team/portable apparatus event in 1956. Larisa Latynina's nine gold medals are the most for any Olympic gymnast and the second-most gold medals for any Olympian, ever. Edinburgh may be the famous capital city, with its historical castle and picturesque cobbled streets, but Glasgow is the fiesta little sister - sassy and creative. Olympic years: 1952 (Helsinki), 1956 (Melbourne), Medals: 8 (1952, gold, uneven bars/silver, team exercises/bronze, all-around/bronze, balance beam/bronze, floor exercises/bronze, team apparatus; 1956, gold, team apparatus/silver, team combined). Johnson East won Season 8 of "Dancing With the Stars" in 2009 and married NFL long snapper Andrew East in 2016. She won gold for the Unified Team in the team competition in 1992, then won silver in the vault for Germany in 2008. Suzanne Cox, also known by her stage name, Vogue, is a 4-time UK competitive aerobics champion. She won both beam and floor and took second on uneven bars. The first British to win a major championship in the horizontal bar category, he announced his retirement from the sport in 2021. As a stunt performer, Walters received the 2010 Taurus World Stunt Award for the film Ninja Assassin. She's also served as the president of the Women's Sports Federation and the co-chair for the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Daniela Silivas added her name to the long line of Romanian Olympic standouts in 1988, when she was the only medalist, male or female, to medal in every single event and posted seven perfect 10 scores throughout the competition. Sensing a hot hand, she gave up her spot in the 2000 vault finals to teammate Elena Zamolodchikova, who went on to win the gold medal. Two-time European and Commonwealth Games champion gymnast Becky Downie didnt compete at the Tokyo Olympic trial due to her brothers sudden death. Amelie Morgan also had a prolific junior career; she won five medals at the 2018 Junior European Championships. Dawes has stayed busy since her gymnastics career ended, including when she earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland in 2002. Her husband, Dezso, played for the Hungarian national water polo team and won a silver medal in 1948 and gold medal in 1952. Mustafina deserves credit for being one of the most durable gymnasts in the history of Olympic competition and definitely one of the gymnasts who defined the 2010s, most notably with her back-to-back gold medals in the uneven bars at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. when the world's best gymnasts compete for their countries and medals. Nadia Elena Comaneci was born on November 12, 1961, in Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Romania, in the Carpathian Mountains, to parents Stefania-Alexandrina and Gheorghe, an auto mechanic. Humphrey, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Olympics, also was part of the U.S. team that won a world championship in 2003. A professional display gymnast, Alison Carroll has represented the UK in several competitions. She's even credited with the development of an artificial spine disk known as the Charite Disc. Born: Sept. 30, 1981 (Hollywood, California). She emigrated to Israel in 1957 and spent the next four decades working as a physical education instructor and gymnastics coach. Her oldest son, Vincent, appeared as a contestant on "American Ninja Warrior" in 2020. Gymnasts sometimes fall and when this happens, they should do so gracefully. The same year, he also won a gold medal at the European Championships in Montpellier. Undeterred, the then 19-year-old Liukin persevered through to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The Russian's creativity resulted in eight named elements in the code of points. She has also been part of the NCAA, for the UCLA Bruins. Apart from a botched tumor-removal operation at 10, Kieran Behan also faced brain damage following a gymnastics accident at 12. Sports producer Barbara Slater is also a former gymnast and Olympian. The most famous living gymnasts include Almudena Cid, Gervasio Deferr, and Tania Lamarca. Names we never forget. In 2006 and 2007, injuries kept Liukin from full strength at the Worlds, causing some to suggest she stop training in the all-around. Tatiana Gutsu dominated at the 1992 Olympics while representing the Unified Team a group of Soviet Bloc countries who competed at the Summer and Winter Olympics together that year. Best Gymnasts In The World Right Now! Margit Korondi burst onto the international stage with six medals at the 1952 Olympics, including gold in the uneven bars. In 2021, she became the first English female gymnast to win Olympic medals in two or more Games when she won a bronze medal at the delayed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Injuries kept Sofia Muratova from achieving what might have been next-level Olympic fame. Apart from 4 Commonwealth gold medals, British artistic gymnast Claudia Fragapane has also earned 3 European Championship silver medals and two World Championship bronze medals. Mustafina was recovering from an injury in a hospital in 2015 when she met her future husband and Russian Olympic bobsledder Alexey Zaitsev. She was a two-time Olympic captain for the United States' famed "Fierce Five" and "Final Five" squads in 2012 and 2016, leading the way to back-to-back gold medals in team competition. Born: Oct. 17, 1921 (Yevpatoria, Soviet Russia), Medals: 7 (1952, gold, team all-around/gold, all-around/silver, team PA/silver, vault/silver, uneven bars/silver, balance beam/silver, floor exercise). Scottish Dictionary Aye Bairn Bampot Belter Blootered Boggin Boke Bonnie/Bonny Canny Clatty Clipe Crabbit Craic Dae Dafty Dinnae Eejit Eh Greet/Greetin Hackit Haud Haver Hoachin Hunners Jake/Jakey Ken Lassy Mad Wae It Minging Mockit Munter Och Patch Peely-wally Randan Scran Scunnered Skelped/Scudded Steamin Stoter Tap Tattie Weapon Wee Whitey 2) Simone Biles With an accomplishment of 19 titles including both of the Olympics and world championship events, Simone is perhaps the most garlanded American gymnast. Amanar retired in 2000 and married Romanian attorney Cosmin Tabara in 2002. Gutsu's victory over American Shannon Miller by .012 in the all-around is still the closest margin of victory in Olympic history in that competition. She is also a talented diver and squash player. Sofia Muratova died in 2006, followed just months later by her husband. Maria Gorokhovskaya set the record with seven medals in a single Olympics in 1952, when she represented the Soviet Union with two golds, including the all-around, and five silver medals. Humphrey was a police officer for almost five years in Missouri following her gymnastics career, then left the police department and continued coaching gymnastics in the area. She also has a British Championship silver and a World Challenge Cup silver in her kitty and was part of the European Youth Olympic Festival. Liukin's Olympic career was hampered by her age. Jackie Stewart. As of April 2022, 9 new gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Mariana Constantin, Lavinia Agache, and Gabriela Potorac. Olympic years: 1992 (Barcelona), 1996 (Atlanta), Medals: 2 (1992, gold, vault/silver, floor exercise). Raisman was one of the many gymnasts who received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award following their bravery in uncovering the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal. Two months later at the World Championships, she walked away with medals in all six categories, unseating teammate Morgan Hurd to win her fourth World all-around title. Born: Aug. 15, 1978 (Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union), Medals: 3 (gold, all-around/ gold, floor exercise/ silver, balance beam). She pulled off the (somewhat surprising) rare feat of winning an all-around world championship one year and being all-around Olympic champion the next. Szabo was the favorite headed into the 1984 Olympics and thought to be the next coming of Comaneci, but despite winning four gold medals, Szabo was upstaged by her loss to Mary Lou Retton in the all-around by just .05. Coaches & Community. That feat hadnt been accomplished in more than a decade since Dominique Dawes swept the U.S. nationals in 1994. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. In four appearances at the Worlds, Biles holds the records for most World gold medals at 14 and is tied for most medals overall by a female gymnast with Khorkina at 20. Courses. She effectively retired from gymnastics in 2000, but had a brief, unsuccessful return to the sport in 2006. She's been a sports journalist for EuroSport television and covered some of the biggest sporting events in Romania. Her protests during the Soviet Union's anthem during the 1968 Olympics in response to the Soviet invasion of her country led to her forced retirement from the sport. Romanian gymnast Simona Amanar has a complicated Olympic legacy, which isn't necessarily her fault. Standing just 4-foot-10, Yelena Shushunova was a dynamic athlete who was the final all-around gold medalist in the storied history of the Soviet Union's gymnastics team. Between 1965 and 1973 he competed in Formula One winning three World Championships, and 27 race wins. An expert in floor and vault, she has already won an Olympic bronze and a European Championship gold. Her father is 1988 Olympic gold medalist Valeri Liukin, and mother is 1987 world clubs champion in rhythmic gymnastics Anna Kotchneva. Born: May 3, 1942 (Prague, Czechoslovakia), Died: Aug. 30, 2016 (Prague, Czech Republic), Olympic years: 1960 (Rome), 1964 (Tokyo), 1968 (Mexico City), Medals: 11 (1960, silver, team all-around; 1964, gold, all-around/gold, vault/gold, balance beam/silver, team all-around; 1968, gold, all-around/gold, vault/gold, uneven bars/gold, floor exercise/silver, team all-around/silver, balance beam). The world loves women's gymnastics. Astakhova died of pneumonia, in 2005, at 68 years old. At just her second competition back, the U.S. Championships, Biles won all five available gold medals. He retired in 2017, after earning 14 international medals. She won four medals at the 1988 Olympics, including helping lead her country to the gold medal in the team competition. Oksana Chusovitina had a pretty wild career. She moved to the United States and has run a gymnastics club in Illinois since the 1980s. Starting from the bottom of our list on number 12, we have Nina Derwael from Belgium, a two-time World (2018 & 2019) and European champion (2017 & 2018) on uneven bars. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Olympic years: 2004 (Athens), 2012 (London), 2016 (Rio de Janeiro), Medals: 5 (2004, gold, team all-around/gold, balance beam/gold, floor exercise; 2012, silver, floor exercise/bronze, team all-around). William Wallace You can change your cookie settings at any time by using the . Amanar, who also won a gold medal in vault in 1996, initially refused to accept the medal after it was discovered Raducan's failed test wasn't even her fault, but accepted the medal eventually in order to share it with Romanian fans. In the video, Quaas effortlessly nails a handstand, flip, and other impressive moves. Though she had a short stint as a gymnast, Jennifer Pinches has already represented Britain in the Olympics, helping them gain the sixth position in the 2012 London games. That disappointment kept her from competing for an entire year. Lemhenyi-Tass participated in four different Olympics. Both men and women compete for medals in the All-Around competition, Individual Apparatus finals and the Team Event. The two divorced in 1987, and in 1993, during a fight with their oldest son, Martin, Josef was punched and fell to the floor, striking his head and causing his death. Injuries hampered Moceanu more than anything in 1996, and she fell flat in her individual events, with the closest she came to winning a medal being a fourth-place finish in floor exercises. Susan went on to sell 14million copies of her debut album worldwide in 2009. In 2020, she was the winner of "The Masked Dancer," the spin-off show of "The Masked Singer," performing as Cotton Candy. Amanar was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2007. He also has a European Games bronze. Born: Aug. 14, 1986 (Saint Joseph, Missouri), Medals: 2 (silver, team all-around/silver, uneven bars). Maroney's facial expression the "not impressed" look gained her worldwide fame, but her achievements on the "Fierce Five" shouldn't be overlooked. Apart from being an actor and a musician, Viva Seifert is also former rhythmic gymnast who has represented Britain in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Gutsu also helped lead her team to the all-around gold that year. Kim was also the second gymnast to score a perfect 10 in Olympic competition (after Comaneci) and returned to win another gold medal in the floor exercise at the 1980 Olympics. Coming in at number-20 are a lot of gymnasts. Alicia Sacramone was an Olympic favorite heading into the 2008 games, but she came up short in the team competition, falling in two events that some said cost the U.S. the gold medal. She's married to Chris Carter, a former gymnast for Great Britain, and the couple have three children together. Sam Langstaff, Scottish Gymnastics head of performance, said: "The 2016 championships are set to be an exciting event, fans will get the opportunity to watch some of Scotland's most talented . The 1952 Olympics were the first time the Soviets competed in any international competition. Romanian gymnast Sandra Izbasa pulled off a rare feat in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Keleti, who is Jewish, fled her home in Nazi-occupied Hungary to live in the countryside as a maid, using forged documents that identified her as a Christian. Born: Dec. 27, 1934 (Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union), Medals: 18 (1956, gold, team all-around/gold, all-around/gold, vault/gold, floor exercise/silver, uneven bars/bronze, team/apparatus; 1960, gold, team all-around/gold, all-around/gold, floor exercise/silver, uneven bars/silver, balance beam/bronze, vault; 1964, gold, team all-around/gold, floor exercise/silver, all-around/silver, vault/bronze, uneven bars/bronze, balance beam).