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American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936, except for 1980. [2] A total of 90 female gymnasts have represented the United States. American women have won 62 medals at the Olympics – 11 in team all-around, 11 in individual all-around, 7 in vault, 10 in uneven bars, 11 in balance beam, and 12 in floor exercise.
This is a list of female athletes by sport. Each section is ordered alphabetical by the last name (originally or most commonly known). For specific groupings, see Category:Sportswomen. Sasha Cohen Ellen van Dijk Hagar Finer Sarah Hughes Giselle Kañevsky Morgan Pressel Irina Slutskaya Dara Torres, 4x Olympic champion swimmer
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 ...
The United States Women's National Team has had several athletes become icons since the 1990s. Most recently, Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe have joined the likes of Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach as ...
Not on the Olympic program. 1936 Berlin details Germany (GER) Anita Bärwirth Erna Bürger Isolde Frölian Friedl Iby Trudi Meyer Paula Pöhlsen Julie Schmitt Käthe Sohnemann Czechoslovakia (TCH) Jaroslava Bajerová Vlasta Děkanová Božena Dobešová Vlasta Foltová Anna Hřebřinová Matylda Pálfyová Zdeňka Veřmiřovská Marie ...
Oksana Chusovitina has competed at 8 Olympic Games, the most of any female artistic gymnast. Women have competed in artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Games since 1928. [1] While many women artistic gymnasts have competed in multiple Olympic Games, only five have competed in at least four separate Games: Oksana Chusovitina (8), Daniele ...
2016 Rio Olympics. Biles was too young to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London, so she had to wait until Brazil four years later. By the time she appeared in those Games, Biles had already won ...
The United States women team is currently third in the all-time medal count for the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The first American gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships was Cathy Rigby who won silver on beam in 1970. [3] The first female American gymnast to win a world title was Marcia Frederick in 1978 on the uneven ...