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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.
Simone Arianne Biles Owens[ 4] OLY ( née Biles; born March 14, 1997) [ 5] is an American artistic gymnast. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history, [ 6] and she is widely considered the greatest gymnast of all time. [ 7] With 11 Olympic medals, she is tied with Věra Čáslavská as ...
Sunisa Lee. Sunisa " Suni " Lee ( / suːˈniːsə / soo-NEE-sə, / ˈsuːniː / SOO-nee; née Phabsomphou; born March 9, 2003) [ 1][ 2] is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic all-around gold medalist and uneven bars bronze medalist and the 2024 Olympic all-around and uneven bars bronze medalist.
Jade Carey. Jade Ashtyn Carey OLY (born May 27, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics as an individual, and at the 2024 Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. women's team, nicknamed the "Golden Girls". [ 2]
Six American women have won the Olympic individual all-around title, including six consecutive titles from 2004–24: Mary Lou Retton (1984), Carly Patterson (2004), Nastia Liukin (2008), Gabby Douglas (2012), Simone Biles (2016), Sunisa Lee (2020), and Simone Biles (2024). The most decorated American gymnast at the Olympics, with eleven medals ...
Dominique Helena Moceanu ( / moʊˈtʃiːɑːnuː /, moh-CHEE-ah-noo; Romanian: [moˈtʃe̯anu]; born September 30, 1981) [ 1] is a retired [ 2] American gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal-winning United States women's gymnastics team, the "Magnificent Seven", at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. [ 3][ 4] Moceanu trained under Marta ...
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.
Aly Raisman. 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. At the 2012 Olympics in London, she won gold medals in the team and ...