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View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; ... This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in rhythmic gymnastics. Rhythmic gymnastics ...
Two-time Olympic Champion Evgenia Kanaeva (2008 Beijing and 2012 London). Rhythmic gymnastics grew out of the ideas of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727–1810), François Delsarte (1811–1871), and Rudolf Bode (1881–1970), who all believed in movement expression, where one used to dance to express oneself and exercise various body parts.
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.
For 32 years, only men were allowed to compete. Beginning at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, women were allowed to compete in artistic gymnastics events as well. Rhythmic gymnastics events were introduced at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and trampoline events were added at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
The rhythmic gymnastics events took place at Wembley Arena from 9 to 12 August. [1] A total of 54 medals were awarded across the three disciplines. The most successful nation was China, winning five gold medals and 12 in total. Brazil and South Korea won their first gold medals in the discipline in the Summer Olympic Games history.
This is a list of medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Bold numbers in brackets denotes record numbers of victories in corresponding disciplines. Individual All-Around
Baryana's silver was the first individual medal by a Bulgarian gymnast since 1988, and Raffaeli became the first Italian gymnast to medal in the individual competition. Rhythmic gymnastics ...
Rhythmic gymnasts are those who participate in the sport of gymnastics, specifically rhythmic gymnastics. [1] This list is of those who are considered to be notable in rhythmic gymnasts. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.