- Paul Hamm
Paul Elbert Hamm (born September 24, 1982 in Waukesha, Wisconsin) is a US gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. - Morgan Hamm
Morgan Carl Hamm (born September 24, 1982 in Waukesha, Wisconsin) is a US gymnast. He competed at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney while aged 17, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, alongside his twin brother Paul, helping the American team win the silver medal in the team gymnastics competition. Morgan's contribution to this historic medal was vital: he performed on four of the six pieces and was the highest scorer for the team on vault and high bar, … - Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton 's wholesome exuberance won her many commercial endorsements, including an appearance on the front of a Wheaties cereal box. She retired from gymnastics in 1985 after winning her third American Cup title and was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997. Mary Lou Retton resides in Houston, Texas, with her husband and four daughters. She is an occasional commentator for televised gymnastics. - Kerri Strug
Kerri Allyson Strug (born November 19, 1977) is an American gymnast from Tucson, Arizona. - Svetlana Khorkina
Svetlana Vasil'ievna Khorkina, born January 19 1979 in Belgorod, Russia) is Russia's most successful female gymnast since the break-up of the Soviet Union. At 1.65 m (5'5"), she was unusually tall for her sport. Known for her long, elegant lines, she was discouraged from gymnastics because of her height, but with the help of her lifelong coach Boris Pilkin, she created new moves to accommodate her height and exploit her strengths. - Jeff Green
Jeff Stuart Green (born June 21, 1956) is a Canadian writer, playwright, producer, and director working in a variety of media including radio, television, computer and DVD-based multimedia, and in live club settings. His work has earned him critical acclaim and a number of awards. In addition to the work he has created, he was instrumental in the evolution of broadcast radio in the Ottawa, Ontario, Canada market during the late 1970s and the 1980s - specifically, … - Blaine Wilson
Blaine Carew Wilson (born August 3, 1974) is an American gymnast from Columbus, Ohio. Wilson won his first World Championships medal at the 2003 Worlds when he helped the team to a silver-medal finish. Months later, at the 2004 Visa American Cup, Wilson tore his left biceps tendon, and vowed to return for the 2004 Olympic Games. His hard work and determination earned him a spot on the men's Olympic Team, and in Athens the team battled for a silver medal victory. - Beth Tweddle
Beth Tweddle (full name Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle, born April 1, 1985, Johannesburg, South Africa) is the most decorated British gymnast of all time. She is the current European Champion and World Champion on the uneven bars. - Bart Conner
Bart Wayne Conner (born March 28, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American gymnast, who was a member of the gold medal-winning men's gymnastics team at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games; he also won an individual gold on the parallel bars. Conner is the only American male gymnast to have won gold medals at every level of competition, including international, national and collegiate. Conner currently owns and operates the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in Norman, … - Alexandra Orlando
Alexandra Michel Orlando (born January 19, 1987 in Toronto) is a Canadian rhythmic gymnast. Orlando has swept to win every rhythmic gymnastics event at the Canadian National Championships in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Alexandra Orlando swept the individual event finals at the Elite Canada rhythmic gymnastics competition in 2007 and also won the all around crown. - Denise Austin
Denise Austin (born February 13, 1957) is an American fitness and exercise expert, author, columnist and instructor. She is also a member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. She is married to sports attorney Jeff Austin, with whom she has two daughters: Kelly (born 1990) and Katie (born 1993). Her sister-in-law is U.S. tennis champion Tracy Austin. Austin was born Denise Katnich in San Pedro, CA. She started gymnastics at the age of 12, … - Tasha Schwikert
Tasha Schwikert (born November 21 1984) is an American gymnast who is a 2000 Olympian, a World Gymnastics Championships gold medallist, and the 2005 NCAA all-around national champion. She is being watched within gymnastics circles as one of the United States' world class athletes and a prospect for the U.S. team at the (2008) Summer Olympics. - David Robinson
David Maurice Robinson (born) is a retired American NBA basketball player, who is often considered one of the greatest centers to ever play the game. A born-again Christian, Robinson is also an amateur musician who enjoys playing various instruments at home. His nicknames include "The Admiral", based on his service as an officer in the United States Navy. Robinson is now on staff at the Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. - Cheng Fei
Cheng Fei is a Chinese gymnast, born on May 28, 1988 in Huangshi, Hubei Province. She began gymnastics at the age of six, and by the age of ten, she was invited to join the Hubei provincial team. In late 2001, she was accepted to the National Team. Her coaches are Lu Shan Zhen and Liu Qun Lin. Cheng Fei is a floor Exercise and vault specialist. Cheng Fei has had a lot of national success in gymnastics: she is a two-time Chinese national floor exercise champion (2004-2005), … - Laura Wilkinson
Laura Wilkinson (born November 17, 1977 in Texas) is an American diver. As a child, Wilkinson was a gymnast, but had to give up on the sport after a growth spurt during puberty made her too tall to continue. She wanted to occupy herself with another sport like gymnastics that would allow her to compete barefoot, but she had not yet made a final decision. One day, while swimming in the gym's pool, she witnessed a young female diver in-training execute an impressive dive, … - Kurt Thomas
Kurt Bilteaux Thomas (born March 29, 1956 in Miami, Florida) is an American Olympic gymnast. While at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, Thomas became a member of the US Olympic team at the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1978, Thomas was the first American male gymnast to win a gold medal in floor exercise in a world championship. - Alexei Nemov
Aleksei Yurievich Nemov ; born May 28, 1976, Barashevo) is a famous gymnast from Russia and one of the most medaled gymnasts, male or female, of all time. He owns an impressive 12 Olympic medals. He is often called by many sports commentators and fans "Sexy Aleksei". He often poses and waves to crowds during competition. Nemov's sense of showmanship and his routines packed full of exciting skills have won him many fans. - Suzanne Yoculan
Suzanne Paige Yoculan is the head coach of the women's gymnastics program at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. She has built the Georgia gymnastics program into a perennial national powerhouse, and is one of the most successful college gymnastics coaches in history. Yoculan graduated from Penn State University in 1975, was named the head women's gymnastics coach at the University of Georgia on August 24, 1983, … - Mohini Bhardwaj
Mohini Bhardwaj is an American gymnast. - Hiroyuki Tomita
Hiroyuki Tomita (born Osaka, 21 November 1980) is a Japanese gymnast. Tomita was part of the Japanese team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics and a bronze medal in the team event at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He was the all-around men's individual world champion in 2005. He also has won 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal, and 3 bronze medals at the 2002 and 2006 Asian Games. - Kate Richardson
Kate Richardson (born June 27, 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She began gymnastics at age three. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she placed 7th in the floor exercises event. She is currently a student at UCLA. Member of Canada's Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team, 1996-2004. National Novice Champion, 1996; Junior Champion, 1998; and Canadian Champion, 2001. - Amy Chow
Amy Chow is an American gymnast and a member of the famous Magnificent 7 who were the first American team to win Olympic gymnastics gold. Her fellow team members were Jaycie Phelps, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Kerri Strug, Amanda Borden and Dominique Moceanu. Chow was coached by Mark Young and was the first Asian-American woman to take an Olympic medal in her sport. - Joe Eigo
Joe Eigo (born February 19, 1980) is a Canadian gymnast, martial artist, and stunt performer. - Li Xiaopeng
Li Xiaopeng is a famous Chinese gymnast. He was born on July 27, 1981 in Changsha,Hunan. = Career = Li Xiaopeng began gymnastics training in Changsha Spare-time Sports School in Hunan Province at age 6 and was taken on by the Hunan provincial team at 12. Soon, Li was setting himself apart from his peers with his diligence and skill, receiving several provincial titles. Later, He was selected into the national team at the age of 15. - Tim Daggett
Tim Daggett is an American gymnast born in West Springfield, Massachusetts and an Olympic gold medalist. He is a graduate of UCLA, who competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, along with Peter Vidmar and Mitch Gaylord. Since his retirement following the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Daggett has worked as a television commentator, covering the gymnastics events for NBC at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney, and Athens. - Kristen Maloney
Kristen Ann Maloney (born March 10 1981, Hackettstown, New Jersey) is an American gymnast who competed in the 2000 Olympics. Maloney trained at the Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and was a consistent member of the U.S. national gymnastics team from 1993 to 2000. She competed in a variety of minor international competitions as a junior elite and, as a senior, qualified for the 1996 Olympic Trials. - Oksana Chusovitina
Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina is a gymnast competing for Germany since 2006. She was formerly a citizen of, and a competitor for, the Soviet Union (before 1993) and Uzbekistan (1993-2006). To date, Chusovitina's career in elite gymnastics has spanned almost twenty years. She won the USSR Junior Nationals in 1988 and began competing at the senior international level in 1989, before some of her current rivals were even born. - Daria Bijak
Daria Eva Bijak, is an German Gymnast from Koeln. Bijak is a two time German National Champion (2005, 2006) and has competed for Germany at 3 World Championships. (2002, 2003, 2005) She will make her 4th World Championships appearance in October 2006, where she has been named to the German team to compete in Aarhus, Denmark. Bijak placed a very respectable 8th in the All Around competition at the 2005 World Championships, her best reuslt to date. - Jordan Jovtchev
Jordan Jovtchev (born February 24 1973 in Plovdiv) is a Bulgarian gymnast. He lives and trains in Texas, United States. He won silver in the men's rings at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a score of 9.850. According to many observers (Greek and non-Greek alike) and specialists, he deserved to win the gold, instead of Demosthenes Tampakos. In the same Olympic Games Jovtchev won bronze in the men's floor exercise with a score of 9.775. - Elena Zamolodchikova
Elena Mikhailyevna Zamolodchikova, nicknamed "Zamo", is a two-time Olympic gymnast. She began gymnastics at the age of six. In 1999 she participated in her first major senior competition, the World Gymnastics Championships, where she won the gold in vault, the bronze in the all-around. She is also one of a handful of women to have successfully competed the double double on floor (others include Cheng Fei, Daniela Silivaş, and Shawn Johnson of the United States). - Octavian Belu
Octavian Belu is a Romanian gymnastics coach, and was head of the national team, with interruptions, between 1988 and 2005. He retired from this position after a notorious incident in which several gymnasts were photographed by Romanian tabloid journalists as they were sneaking out from training camp to nightclubs. Although a moderately successful gymnast in his early years, Belu's success has been in the field of coaching rather than performing, … - Allana Slater
Allana Slater is one of Australia's most successful female gymnasts in history. She was born April 3, 1984 in Perth, Western Australia. She suffered from a condition known as sleep apnea in her early years and was hooked up to a machine that monitored her breathing and heart rate. - Chen Yibing
Chen Yibing is a Chinese gymnast. Chen was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2006 Asian Games. He became individual world champion at the rings. - Kim Dae-Eun
Kim Dae-Eun (born September 17, 1984) is a South Korean gymnast. Kim was part of the South Korean team that won the bronze medal in the team event at the 2006 Asian Games. On the Olympic Games in Athens 2004, Kim won a silver medal in the man's individual all-round final (08/18). In the men's team final (08/16), he and his team became 4th. link Athens 2004, Olympic games link photograph of Kim link photograph of Kim - Lilia Podkopayeva
Lilia Alexandrovna Podkopayeva (alternative transliteration Lilia Oleksandrivna Podkopaieva; born August 15, 1978 in Donetsk) is a retired Ukrainian gymnast who became the 1996 Olympic all-around champion. Podkoypayeva was often referred to as the "complete package" gymnast, possessing equal qualities of technical skill and artistic expression. Her routines were known for their melding of balletic, expressive choreography, clean execution, … - Mitch Gaylord
Mitchell ("Mitch") Jay Gaylord (born March 10, 1961) is an American gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist. He was born in Van Nuys, California to a Jewish family. While attending UCLA, he won the All-Around in the 1983 & 1984 US National Championships, and the 1984 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championship. In the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, Gaylord led the gold medal winning US men's gymnastics team. - Cassie Steele
Cassandra Rae "Cassie" Steele (born December 2, 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Filipino and British-Canadian television actress and singer/songwriter best known for portraying Manny Santos on "Degrassi: The Next Generation" and appearing in "Relic Hunter". She has one sister, Alex Steele, who is also an actress on "Degrassi: The Next Generation". Steele also enjoys gymnastics and appeared in the Disney Channel movie "Full Court Miracle". - Hisashi Mizutori
Hisashi Mizutori is a Japanese gymnast. Mizutori was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal in the team event at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He also won a silver medal in the team event at the 2006 Asian Games. - Cathy Rigby
Cathleen Roxanne Rigby (born December 12, 1952), best known as Cathy Rigby, is a gymnast, actress and speaker. - Tom Hammond
Tom Hammond (born May 10, 1944 in Lexington, Kentucky) is an American sportscaster for NBC television. Hammond is one of the network's staple on-air presenters, along with Bob Costas and Dan Hicks. Hammond is also the chief play-by-play commentator for Lincoln Financial Sports' (formerly Jefferson Pilot Sports) coverage of Southeastern Conference men's college basketball. He has known his color commentator on the Lincoln Financial broadcasts, Larry Conley, …
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