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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.
She is the tenth female gymnast and first American female gymnast to win a World medal on every event, and the first female gymnast since Daniela Silivaș in 1988 to win a medal on every event at a single Olympics or World Championships. Biles is the originator of the most difficult skill on women's vault, balance beam, and floor exercise and ...
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 ...
Simone Biles has made history as the most decorated American Olympic gymnast, surpassing fellow Olympian athlete Shannon Miller. ... Biles set an American record for most gold medals in women’s ...
She brought home three gold medals (team, all-around, vault) and a silver (floor), bringing her total number of Olympic medals to 11, the most by any U.S. female gymnast.
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 ...
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 ...
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.