Gymnasts are people who participate in the sport of gymnastics.[1] This sport contains disciplines that include, but are not limited to:
This list is of those who are considered to be notable in their chosen discipline.
See gymnasium (ancient Greece) for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.
Artistic gymnasts
Rhythmic gymnasts
Female (rhythmic)
Australia | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Alexandra Aristoteli | 24 May 1997 | Alexandra Aristoteli |
Lidiia Iakovleva | 28 August 2003 | Lidiia Iakovleva |
Naazmi Johnston | 28 November 1988 | Naazmi Johnston |
Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva | 4 March 2002 | Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva |
Alannah Mathews | 9 April 1999 | Alannah Mathews |
Janine Murray | 10 March 1990 | Janine Murray |
Himeka Onoda | 5 March 1998 | Himeka Onoda |
Danielle Prince | 12 June 1992 | Danielle Prince |
Kasumi Takahashi | 6 May 1980 | Kasumi Takahashi |
Austria | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Nicol Ruprecht | 2 October 1992 | Nicol Ruprecht |
Caroline Weber | 31 May 1986 | Caroline Weber |
Azerbaijan | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Zohra Aghamirova | 8 August 2001 | Zohra Aghamirova |
Marina Durunda | 12 June 1997 | Marina Durunda |
Dinara Gimatova | 18 November 1986 | Dinara Gimatova |
Anna Gurbanova | 24 September 1986 | Anna Gurbanova |
Aliya Garayeva | 1 January 1988 | Aliya Garayeva |
Zeynab Javadli | 19 July 1991 | Zeynab Javadli |
Zhala Piriyeva | 10 May 2000 | Zhala Piriyeva |
Lala Yusifova | 16 October 1996 | Lala Yusifova |
Belarus | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Hanna Bazhko | 25 July 1998 | Hanna Bazhko |
Liubov Charkashyna | 23 December 1987 | Liubov Charkashyna |
Arina Charopa | 18 October 1995 | Arina Charopa |
Olga Gontar | 11 January 1979 | Olga Gontar |
Katsiaryna Halkina | 25 February 1997 | Katsiaryna Halkina |
Alina Harnasko | 9 August 2001 | Alina Harnasko |
Maria Kadobina | 4 February 1997 | Maria Kadobina |
Nataliya Leshchyk | 25 July 1995 | Nataliya Leshchyk |
Marina Lobatch | 26 June 1970 | Marina Lobatch |
Larissa Loukianenko | 7 August 1973 | Larissa Loukianenko |
Aliaksandra Narkevich | 22 December 1995 | Aliaksandra Narkevich |
Tatiana Ogrizko | 28 May 1976 | Tatiana Ogryzko |
Evgenia Pavlina | 20 July 1978 | Evgenia Pavlina |
Yulia Raskina | 19 April 1982 | Yulia Raskina |
Melitina Staniouta | 15 November 1993 | Melitina Staniouta |
Elena Tkachenko | 31 July 1983 | Elena Tkachenko |
Mariya Trubach | 15 November 1999 | Mariya Trubach |
Alina Tumilovich | 21 April 1990 | Alina Tumilovich |
Inna Zhukova | 6 September 1986 | Inna Zhukova |
Brazil | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Maria Eduarda Arakaki | 12 August 2003 | Maria Eduarda Arakaki |
Angélica Kvieczynski | 1 September 1991 | Angélica Kvieczynski |
Bárbara Domingos | 2 March 2000 | Bárbara Domingos |
Natália Gaudio | 18 December 1992 | Natalia Gaudio |
Canada | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Patricia Bezzoubenko | 21 February 1997 | Patricia Bezzoubenko |
Tatiana Cocsanova | 16 January 2004 | Tatiana Cocasanova |
Lori Fung | 21 February 1963 | Lori Fung |
Carmel Kallemaa | 8 October 1997 | Carmel Kalleemaa |
Maria Kitkarska | 13 July 1995 | Maria Kitkarska |
Alexandra Orlando | 19 January 1987 | Alexandra Orlando |
Mary Sanders[note 1] | 26 August 1985 | Mary Sanders |
Suzanna Shahbazian | 18 October 2004 | Suzanna Shahbazian |
China | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Deng Senyue | 15 February 1992 | Deng Senyue |
Shang Rong | 12 February 2000 | Shang Rong |
Sun Dan | 4 September 1986 | Sun Dan |
Zhong Ling | 30 October 1983 | Ling Zhong |
Zhang Shuo | 5 January 1984 | Zhang Shuo |
Zhao Yating | 12 May 2001 | Zhao Yating |
Cyprus | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Chrystalleni Trikomiti | 30 November 1993 | Chrystalleni Trikomiti |
Czech Republic | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Hana Machatová-Bogušovská | 31 July 1938 | Hana Machatová-Bogušovská |
Dominika Červenková | 18 April 1988 | Dominika Cervenkova Dominika Cervenkova[note 2] |
Monika Mickova | 29 July 1991 | Monika Míčková |
Hana Mičechová | 25 January 1946 | Hana Mičechova-Sitnianská |
Egypt | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Login Elsasyed | 1 January 2003 | Login Elsasyed |
Polina Fouda | 17 June 2003 | Polina Fouda |
Habiba Marzouk | 14 May 2002 | Habiba Marzouk |
Sara Rostom | 1996 | Sara Rostom |
Salma Saleh | 19 December 2003 | Salma Saleh |
Malak Selim | 1 May 2003 | Malak Selim |
Tia Sobhy | 7 February 2003 | Tia Sobhy |
Finland | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Jouki Tikkanen | 5 July 1995 | Jouki Tikkanen |
Ekaterina Volkova | 2 July 1997 | Ekaterina Volkova |
Estonia | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Olga Bogdanova | 24 December 1994 | Olga Bogdanova |
Viktoria Bogdanova | 24 December 1994 | Viktoria Bogdanova |
Irina Kikkas | 22 July 1984 | Irina Kikkas |
France | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Nathalie Fauquette | 23 March 1987 | Nathalie Fauquette |
Hélène Karbanov | 29 December 2004 | Hélène Karbanov |
Delphine Ledoux | 15 May 1985 | Delphine Ledoux |
Maelle Millet | 22 August 2004 | Maelle Millet |
Kseniya Moustafaeva | 8 June 1995 | Kseniya Moustafaeva |
Lily Ramonatxo | 24 February 2005 | Lily Ramonatxo |
Eva Serrano | 22 April 1978 | Eva Serrano |
Georgia | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Irina Gabashvili | 15 August 1960 - 23 March 2009 | Irina Gabashvili |
Salome Pazhava | 3 September 1997 | Salome Pazhava |
Germany | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Jana Berezko-Marggrander | 17 October 1995 | Jana Berezko-Marggrander |
Magdalena Brzeska | 14 May 1978 | Magdalena Brzeska |
Lisa Ingildeeva | 4 December 1988 | Lisa Ingildeeva |
Laura Jung | 25 June 1995 | Laura Jung |
Ute Lehmann | Ute Lehmann | |
Margarita Kolosov | 11 March 2004 | Margarita Kolosov |
Edita Schaufler | 11 July 1980 | Edita Schaufler |
Carmen Rischer | 16 May 1956 | Carmen Rischer |
Christiana Rosenberg | 1958 | Christiana Rosenberg |
Darja Varfolomeev | 4 November 2006 | Darja Varfolomeev |
Regina Weber | 12 April 1963 | Regina Weber |
Greece | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Eleni Andriola | 9 November 1986 | Eleni Andriola |
Eleni Kelaiditi | 1 April 2000 | Eleni Kelaiditi |
Panagiota Lytra | 14 December 2006 | Panagiota Lytra |
Varvara Filiou | 29 December 1994 | Varvara Filiou |
Hungary | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Viktória Fráter | 30 November 1993 | Viktória Fráter |
Fanni Pigniczki | 23 January 2000 | Fanni Pigniczki |
Dóra Vass | 1991 | Dóra Vass |
Israel | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Linoy Ashram | 13 May 1999 | Linoy Ashram |
Daria Atamanov | 6 December 2005 | Daria Atamanov |
Noga Block | 2004 | Noga Block |
Olena Dvornichenko | 3 November 1990 | Olena Dvornichenko |
Adi Asya Katz | 2004 | Adi Asya Katz |
Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky | 23 February 1995 | Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky |
Katia Pisetsky | 26 February 1986 | Katia Pisetsky |
Irina Risenzon | 14 January 1988 | Irina Risenzon |
Neta Rivkin | 19 June 1991 | Neta Rivkin |
Maria Savenkov | 2 August 1988 | Maria Savenkov |
Yuliana Telegina | 22 March 2002 | Yuliana Telegina |
Rahel Vigdozchik | 1 May 1989 | Rahel Vigdozchik |
Veronika Vitenberg | 9 September 1988 | Veronika Vitenberg |
Polina Zakaluzny | 21 February 1992 | Polina Zakaluzny |
Nicol Zelikman | 30 January 2001 | Nicol Zelikman |
Italy | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Alexandra Agiurgiuculese | 15 January 2001 | Alexandra Agiurgiuculese |
Milena Baldassarri | 16 October 2001 | Milena Baldassarri |
Veronica Bertolini | 19 October 1995 | Veronica Bertolini |
Elisa Blanchi | 13 October 1987 | Elisa Blanchi |
Julieta Cantaluppi | 24 January 1985 | Julieta Cantaluppi |
Romina Laurito | 4 April 1987 | Romina Laurito |
Alessia Maurelli | 22 August 1996 | Alessia Maurelli |
Marta Pagnini | 21 January 1991 | Marta Pagnini |
Sofia Raffaeli | 19 January 2004 | Sofia Raffaeli |
Elisa Santoni | 10 December 1987 | Elisa Santoni |
Anzhelika Savrayuk | 23 August 1989 | Anzhelika Savrayuk |
Andreea Stefanescu | 13 December 1993 | Andreea Stefanescu |
Japan | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Kaho Minagawa | 20 August 1997 | Kaho Minagawa |
Airi Hatakeyama | 16 August 1994 | Airi Hatakeyama |
Sakura Hayakawa | 17 March 1997 | Sakura Hayakawa |
Sumire Kita | 11 January 2001 | Sumire Kita |
Mao Kunii | 5 April 1996 | Mao Kunii |
Rie Matsubara | 21 October 1993 | Rie Matsubara |
Chisaki Oiwa | 20 November 2001 | Chisaki Oiwa |
Sayuri Sugimoto | 25 January 1996 | Sayuri Sugimoto |
Kiko Yokota | 11 May 1997 | Kiko Yokota |
Kazakhstan | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Alina Adilkhanova | 26 September 2001 | Alina Adilkhanova |
Anna Alyabyeva | 13 November 1993 | Anna Alyabyeva |
Aliya Assymova | 16 December 1997 | Aliya Assymova |
Sabina Ashirbayeva | 5 November 1998 | Sabina Ashirbayeva |
Elzhana Taniyeva | 5 September 2005 | Elzhana Taniyeva |
Aliya Yussupova | 15 April 1984 | Aliya Yussupova |
Mexico | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Rut Castillo | 16 September 1990 | Rut Castillo |
Cynthia Valdez | 11 December 1987 | Cynthia Valdez |
Poland | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Liliana Lewińska | 2 November 2008 | Liliana Lewińska |
Joanna Mitrosz | 21 August 1988 | Joanna Mitrosz |
Aleksandra Szutenberg | 15 October 1988 | Aleksandra Szutenberg |
Romania | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Irina Deleanu | 12 November 1975 | Irina Deleanu |
Christina Dragan | 19 April 2007 | Christina Dragan |
Ana Luiza Filiorianu | 10 July 1999 | Ana Luiza Filiorianu |
Denisa Mailat | 11 October 2002 | Denisa Mailat |
Alexandra Piscupescu | 10 June 1994 | Alexandra Piscupescu |
Doina Stăiculescu | 27 January 1967 | Doina Stăiculescu |
Andreea Verdes | 18 October 2000 | Andreea Verdes |
South Africa | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Grace Legote | 2 May 1992 | Grace Legote |
Slovenia | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Monija Cebasek | 11 April 1997 | Monija Cebasek |
Aja Jerman | 20 August 1999 | Aja Jerman Bukavec |
Sara Kragulj | 26 October 1996 | Sara Kragulj |
Spela Kratochwill | 27 January 1998 | Spela Kratochwill |
Aleksandra Podgoršek | 22 July 2001 | Aleksandra Podgoršek |
Tjaša Šeme | 18 November 1986 | Tjasa Seme |
Ekaterina Vedeneeva | 23 June 1994 | Ekaterina Vedneeva |
South Korea | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Shin Soo-ji | 8 January 1991 | Shin Soo-ji |
Son Yeon-jae | 28 May 1994 | Son Yeon-jae |
Soviet Union | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Galina Beloglazova | 10 June 1967 | Galina Beloglazova |
Irina Deriugina | 11 January 1958 | Irina Deriugina |
Irina Devina | 8 May 1959 | Irina Devina |
Tatiana Druchinina | 18 April 1969 | Tatiana Druchinina |
Irina Gabashvili | 15 August 1960 | Irina Gabashvili |
Elena Karpuchina | 21 March 1951 | Elena Karpuchina |
Oxana Kostina | 15 April 1973 | Oxana Kostina |
Anna Kotchneva | 25 January 1970 | Anna Kotchneva |
Dalia Kutkaitė | 11 February 1965 | Dalia Kutkaite |
Tatiana Kravtchenko | 13 June 1936 | Tatiana Kravtchenko |
Marina Lobatch | 26 June 1970 | Marina Lobatch |
Alfia Nazmutdinova | 29 April 1949 | Alfia Nazmutdinova |
Ludmila Savinkova | 1 January 1936 | Ludmila Savinkova |
Galima Shugurova | 8 November 1953 | Galima Shugurova |
Oxana Skaldina[note 3] | 24 October 1972 | Oxana Skaldina |
Olexandra Timoshenko[note 4] | 18 February 1972 | Olexandra Timoshenko |
Elena Tomas | 11 January 1961 | Elena Tomas |
Spain | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Carmen Acedo | 5 January 1975[note 5] | Carmen Acedo |
Sandra Aguilar | 9 August 1992 | Sandra Aguilar |
María Jesús Alegre | 17 December 1957 | María Jesús Alegre |
Alba Baustista | 13 July 2002 | Alba Bautista |
Polina Berezina | 5 December 1997 | Polina Berezina |
Marta Baldó | 8 April 1979[note 6] | Marta Baldó |
Begoña Blasco | 30 April 1960 | Begoña Blasco |
Nuria Cabanillas | 9 August 1980[note 7] | Nuria Cabanillas |
Almudena Cid | 15 June 1980 | Almudena Cid |
Artemi Gavezou | 19 June 1994 | Artemi Gavezou |
Estela Giménez | 29 March 1979[note 8] | Estela Giménez |
Lorena Guréndez | 7 May 1981[note 9] | Lorena Guréndez |
Tania Lamarca | 30 April 1980[note 10] | Tania Lamarca |
Elena López | 4 October 1994 | Elena López |
Estíbaliz Martínez | 9 May 1980[note 11] | Estíbaliz Martínez |
Lourdes Mohedano | 17 June 1995 | Lourdes Mohedano |
Carolina Pascual | 17 June 1976 | Carolina Pascual |
Alejandra Quereda | 24 July 1992 | Alejandra Quereda |
Carolina Rodríguez | 24 May 1986 | Carolina Rodríguez |
Salma Solaun | 2 March 2005 | Salma Solaun |
United Kingdom | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Marfa Ekimova | 17 January 2005 | Marfa Ekimova |
Laura Halford | 25 February 1996 | Laura Halford |
Francesca Jones | 9 November 1990 | Francesca Jones |
Stephani Sherlock | 2 September 1996 | Stephani Sherlock |
United States | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Evita Griskenas | 3 December 2000 | Evita Griskenas |
Jasmine Kerber | 12 April 1996 | Jasmine Kerber |
Mary Sanders[note 1] | 26 August 1985 | Mary Sanders |
Laura Zeng | 14 October 1999 | Laura Zeng |
Julie Zetlin | 30 June 1990 | Julie Zetlin |
Uzbekistan | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Valeriya Davidova | 15 December 1997 | Valeriya Davidova |
Ekaterina Fetisova | 3 January 2003 | Ekaterina Fetisova |
Takhmina Ikromova | 6 August 2004 | Takhmina Ikromova |
Elizaveta Nazarenkova | 17 August 1995 | Elizaveta Nazarenkova |
Anastasiya Serdyukova | 29 May 1997 | Anastasiya Serdyukova |
Djamila Rakhmatova | 19 September 1990 | Djamila Rakhmatova |
Ulyana Trofimova | 28 February 1990 | Ulyana Trofimova |
Yugoslavia | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Milena Reljin | 25 May 1967 | Milena Reljin |
Trampoline gymnasts
Female (trampoline)
Canada | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Karen Cockburn | 2 October 1980 | Karen Cockburn |
Rosie MacLennan | 28 August 1989 | Rosie MacLennan |
China | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
He Wenna | 19 January 1989 | He Wenna |
Huang Shanshan | 18 January 1986 | Huang Shanshan |
Li Dan | 19 September 1988 | Li Dan |
Germany | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Anna Dogonadze | 15 February 1973 | Anna Dogonadze |
Russia | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Irina Karavayeva | 18 May 1975 | Irina Karavaeva |
Male (trampoline)
China | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Dong Dong | 13 April 1989 | Dong Dong |
Lu Chunlong | 8 April 1989 | Lu Chunlong |
Germany | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Henrik Stehlik | 29 December 1980 | Henrik Stehlik |
Russia | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Alexander Moskalenko | 4 November 1969 | Alexander Moskalenko |
Dmitry Ushakov | 15 August 1988 | Dmitry Ushakov |
Ukraine | ||
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Gymnast | Dates | FIG listing |
Yuri Nikitin | 15 July 1978 | Yuri Nikitin |
See also
Notes
- 1 2 Mary Sanders holds dual US and Canadian nationality started her career representing Canada and then represented the USA
- ↑ Dominika Cervenkova has two FIG records with differing levels of detail, but identical personal data
- 1 2 Oxana Skaldina has represented the Ukraine and the USSR
- 1 2 Olexandra Timoshenko has represented the Ukraine and the USSR
- ↑ "100 Greatest Rhythmic Gymnast - Carmem Acedo of Spain". Nicole Mezheritsky. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ↑ "Marta Baldó". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ↑ "Nuria Cabanillas". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ↑ "Estela Giménez". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ↑ "Lorena Guréndez". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
- ↑ "Tania Lamarca". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ↑ "Estíbaliz Martínez". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
References
- ↑ "List of gymnastics disciplines". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ↑ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : About Acrobatic". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
Practised by both men and women, Acrobatic Gymnastics (ACRO) is among the oldest known disciplines since already practiced at the ancient Egyptian period, as evidenced by certain frescos. But its name comes from the Greek acrobateo, meaning to rise or go forth.
- ↑ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : About Aerobic". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Archived from the original on 2009-03-23. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
Aerobic has not only been a great form of physical training for the general public since the end of the 1980's, but also a top-level competitive sport. Aerobic Gymnastics presents dynamic moves, strength, flexibility, co-ordination and musicality in a routine, lasting up to 1 minute 50 seconds (1'30" for all categories from 2013).
- ↑ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : About MAG". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ↑ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : About WAG". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
The competition program of women's artistic gymnastics includes the vaulting table, the uneven bars, the beam, and the floor.
- ↑ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : About Rhythmic". Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
Women only compete in Rhythmic Gymnastics, although in Japan and some other countries, men also practice the sport.
- ↑ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : About Trampoline". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
Trampoline, an Olympic discipline, symbolizes freedom, flying and space. Multiple somersaults and twists are performed at a height of 8 meters and require precise technique and perfect body control. The Trampoline is also used as a basic training device for all sports that contain acrobatic elements
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