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The years listed for each gymnast only include World Championships where they won medals. American gymnast Simone Biles holds the record for the most World Championship medals (30), as well as the most gold medals (23) in World Championship history for an athlete of either sex.
Ágnes Keleti and Margit Korondi both competed for Hungary in 1956 and 1960. [7][8] Keleti won 10 medals, including two golds on floor exercise. [7] Korondi won eight total medals. [8] Czechoslovakia's Věra Čáslavská won 11 total Olympic medals, the second-most of any female gymnast. She won one in 1960, four in 1964, and six in 1968.
Simone Arianne Biles Owens[ 4 ] OLY (née Biles; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history. [ 5 ] She is widely regarded as the greatest gymnast of all time and one of the greatest Olympians of all time. [ 6 ]
In the decade since she first pondered her aspirations in the sport, Biles has won 11 Olympic medals and 30 world championship medals, making her the most decorated gymnast in history.
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 ...
Eight American female gymnasts have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games the most of which was Simone Biles 's tally of eleven total medal (including seven gold medals). Other top medalists include: Shannon Miller (seven), Sunisa Lee (six), Aly Raisman (six), Nastia Liukin (five), Mary Lou Retton (five), Dominique Dawes (four), and ...
The Yurchenko double pike has become Simone Biles' signature move in the vault, a gravity-defying, six-second burst that has added to her legend. ... The most decorated gymnast ever sprints down ...
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.