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Legendary Female Gymnasts
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Name↕ | Country↕ | Years Active↕ | Olympic Golds↕ | Known For↕ |
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Nadia Comaneci | Romania | 1972-1984 | 5 | First gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics (Montreal 1976) at age 14, won three golds there |
Olga Korbut | Soviet Union | 1969-1977 | 4 | Sparrow from Minsk whose daring uneven bars release at Munich 1972 transformed the sport |
Mary Lou Retton | United States | 1982-1986 | 1 | First American woman to win Olympic all-around gold (LA 1984) with back-to-back perfect 10s |
Simone Biles | United States | 2011-present | 7 | Most decorated gymnast in World Championships history, four eponymous skills in the code of points |
Larisa Latynina | Soviet Union | 1954-1966 | 9 | Nine Olympic golds across three Games, held the overall Olympic medal record until Phelps |
Vera Caslavska | Czechoslovakia | 1958-1968 | 7 | Seven Olympic golds, symbolic protest at Mexico 1968 against Soviet invasion of her country |
Svetlana Khorkina | Russia | 1992-2004 | 2 | Two-time Olympic uneven bars champion, three-time world all-around champion, eight signature skills |
Shannon Miller | United States | 1986-2000 | 2 | Seven-time Olympic medalist, led the Magnificent Seven to team gold at Atlanta 1996 |
Lilia Podkopayeva | Ukraine | 1991-2000 | 2 | 1996 Olympic all-around and floor champion, one of the most artistic gymnasts of the 1990s |
Aliya Mustafina | Russia | 2009-2021 | 2 | Two-time Olympic uneven bars champion, 2010 world all-around champion, known for mental toughness |
Lu Li | China | 1989-1996 | 1 | 1992 Olympic uneven bars champion at age 15 with a flawless perfect 10 routine in Barcelona |
Gabby Douglas | United States | 2002-2016 | 3 | First African American all-around Olympic champion (London 2012), Fab Five team gold |
Nastia Liukin | United States | 1995-2012 | 1 | 2008 Olympic all-around champion, five total medals at Beijing, elegant bars and beam specialist |
Elena Shushunova | Soviet Union | 1982-1992 | 2 | 1988 Olympic all-around champion, powerhouse of the late Soviet gymnastics era |
Daniela Silivas | Romania | 1985-1991 | 3 | Seoul 1988 triple gold medalist, scored seven perfect 10s at a single Olympic Games |
Kim Zmeskal | United States | 1988-2000 | 0 | First American to win a world all-around title (1991), helped spark US gymnastics dominance |
Sunisa Lee | United States | 2016-present | 2 | 2020 Olympic all-around champion, first Hmong American Olympian, uneven bars specialist |
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