Gymnastics Legends
Olympic gymnastics champions of extraordinary skill.
The All-Time Greatest Gymnastics Gymnasts
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
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All Gymnastics Athletes
Browse 39 of the greatest gymnastics gymnasts of all time.
British
Jake Jarman
Floor Exercise
English gymnast and 2023 World champion on floor exercise who has developed into one of Britain's fi…
British
Joe Fraser
Parallel Bars
British gymnast and parallel bars world champion whose exceptional upper body strength, technical pr…
Irish
Rhys McClenaghan
Pommel Horse
Irish pommel horse world champion whose impeccable technique, fluid swing mechanics and gold medal a…
Israeli
Artem Dolgopyat
Floor Exercise
Israeli floor exercise Olympic champion and multiple world medallist whose powerful tumbling, except…
American
Sunisa Lee
All-Around
American all-around Olympic champion of 2020 whose exceptional beam work, consistent all-round perfo…
American
Jade Carey
Floor Exercise / Vault
American Olympic floor exercise champion whose clean and powerful tumbling, reliable performances an…
American
Shilese Jones
Uneven Bars
American uneven bars specialist whose extraordinary technical mastery of the apparatus and consisten…
French
Melanie de Jesus dos Santos
Floor Exercise
French floor exercise world champion whose dynamic tumbling, artistic interpretation and consistent …
Belgian
Nina Derwael
Uneven Bars
Belgian uneven bars world champion whose exceptional technique, difficult combination skills and mul…
Chinese
Tang Xijing
Balance Beam
Chinese balance beam legend and three-time World Championship gold medallist whose exceptional preci…
Chinese
Zou Jingyuan
Parallel Bars
Chinese parallel bars legend and Olympic champion whose extraordinary swing technique, exceptional d…
Chinese
Zhang Boheng
All-Around
Chinese all-around World Champion whose elegant gymnastics, outstanding consistency and exceptional …
Romanian
Marian Drăgulescu
Vault
Romanian gymnastics legend and nine-time vault world champion whose exceptional vault technique, pow…
American
Simone Biles
Artistic Gymnast
The most decorated gymnast in World Championship history — seven Olympic golds and skills named afte…
Romanian
Nadia Comăneci
Artistic Gymnast
The first gymnast in Olympic history to score a perfect 10.0 — at age 14 at the 1976 Montreal Olympi…
Romanian
Nadia Comaneci
Gymnast
The first perfect 10 in Olympic history — a 14-year-old who changed gymnastics forever.…
Soviet
Olga Korbut
Gymnast
The Sparrow from Minsk — changed gymnastics from a minor sport to a global phenomenon.…
Soviet
Larisa Latynina
Gymnast
18 Olympic medals — a record that stood for 48 years until Michael Phelps broke it at London 2012. T…
American
Mary Lou Retton
Gymnast
America's golden girl — the first American woman to win the all-around Olympic gold medal.…
Japanese
Kohei Uchimura
Gymnast
The Superman of gymnastics — six consecutive World all-around titles and two Olympic golds.…
Russian
Alexei Nemov
Gymnast
The crowd's champion — four gold medals and the most beloved gymnast of his era.…
American
Shannon Miller
Gymnast
The most decorated American gymnast — seven Olympic medals and the 1993 World all-around champion.…
Czech
Věra Čáslavská
Gymnast
Seven Olympic gold medals — the Czech gymnast who bowed her head during the Soviet anthem in protest…
American
Paul Hamm
Gymnast
The only American to win the Olympic all-around — the most controversial gold medal in Olympic gymna…
Russian
Svetlana Khorkina
Gymnast
Three consecutive World all-around titles — the most elegant uneven bars specialist in history.…
American
Kurt Thomas
Gymnast
The man who put American men's gymnastics on the map — the first American to win a World Championshi…
American
Jordan Chiles
Gymnast
Team USA' power gymnast — Paris 2024 controversy and a World Championship medallist.…
American
Aly Raisman
Gymnast
Captain America — the most decorated US gymnast alongside Simone Biles and an advocate for abuse sur…
Dutch
Epke Zonderland
Gymnast
The High Bar King — world record-setting routine and the finest high bar performer of his era.…
Chinese
Guo Linlin
Diver
China's diving queen — the most decorated Olympic diver and springboard specialist.…
Chinese
Yang Wei
Gymnast
China's greatest male gymnast — World all-around champion and Olympic gold medallist.…
American
Nastia Liukin
Gymnast
Five Olympic medals — the 2008 Olympic all-around champion with the most elegant style in modern gym…
Chinese
Yang Yilin
Gymnast
Three Olympic medals at Beijing 2008 at just 15 years old — China's uneven bars specialist who helpe…
Belarusian
Vitaly Scherbo
Artistic Gymnast
Six gold medals at Barcelona 1992 — the most by any gymnast at a single Games and one of the supreme…
Chinese
Li Ning
Artistic Gymnast
Six Olympic medals at Los Angeles 1984 — and the founder of the global sportswear brand that bears h…
British
Max Whitlock
Artistic Gymnast
Britain's greatest ever male gymnast — three Olympic gold medals on pommel horse and the first Briti…
Filipino
Carlos Yulo
Artistic Gymnast
The Philippines' first Olympic gold medallist in gymnastics — won two golds at Paris 2024 on floor e…
Brazilian
Rebeca Andrade
Artistic Gymnast
Brazil's most decorated gymnast — Olympic gold on vault at Tokyo 2020 and multiple medals at Paris 2…
Japanese
Daiki Hashimoto
Artistic Gymnast
Olympic all-around champion at Tokyo 2020 at just 19 years old — the youngest men's all-around champ…
Gymnastics Nations
American
11
athletes
Chinese
7
athletes
Russian
4
athletes
British
3
athletes
Romanian
3
athletes
Japanese
2
athletes
Irish
1
athletes
Israeli
1
athletes