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At 5 feet 7 inches tall in 2008, [citation needed] Hindermann is one of the tallest female gymnasts to ever compete in the Olympic Games, alongside Nina Derwael, and followed by Belarusian gymnast Kylie Dickson and German gymnast Sophie Scheder at 5 feet 6 inches. Being unusually tall for a female gymnast, she required adjustments of the uneven ...
Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25, 1994) [2] is an American retired artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian. She was captain of both the 2012 "Fierce Five" and 2016 "Final Five" U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams, which won their respective team competitions.
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. [1] Since then, 30 female gymnasts have won at least five total medals. The country with the most athletes on this list is the Soviet Union, with nine. Romania (6), United States (6), Hungary (4), East Germany (2), Russia (2), Brazil (1), and Czechoslovakia (1) are also ...
Note: The International Gymnastics Federation recommended to the IOC that the medals of the Chinese team be stripped, and awarded to the fourth-placed United States team, as it was revealed that Dong Fangxiao was underage (14, with age limit >16) at the time. The IOC upheld the FIG decision in April 2010.
Simone Biles has made history as the most decorated American Olympic gymnast, ... Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera — took home the gold in the women's gymnastics team final event on July 30.
No American female gymnast has been to four Olympics. She is already the most decorated U.S. gymnast in Olympic history with 11 medals, which is tied for second all-time with Czechoslovakia’s ...
Women artistic gymnasts are women who participate in the sport of gymnastics, specifically artistic gymnastics. [1] Women first competed in Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics in 1928. [2] This list is of those who are considered to be notable in women's artistic gymnastics. See gymnasium (ancient Greece) for the origin of the word gymnast from ...
Simone Biles is in a lane of her own — and she has been for a while. Now, her medal count proves it. She's the most decorated gymnast ever. She's also the first female gymnast to win six all ...