List of Olympic female gymnasts for Russia

Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896.[1] Russian female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1996. A total of 24 female gymnasts have represented Russia, and they have won 19 medals.[2] As a team, Russia has won three silvers and one bronze. They placed fourth at the 2008 Olympics.[3] The Russian women have yet to win a team gold medal.[3]

The most decorated Russian females are Svetlana Khorkina, who won a total of seven medals in 1996, 2000, and 2004.[4] And Aliya Mustafina, who won four medals at the 2012 Olympics and three medals at the 2016 Olympics for a total of 7 medals. Mustafina is the first Russian gymnast to defend two medals at consecutive games, she won bronze in all around and gold in uneven bars at 2012 as well as the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5] Elena Zamolodchikova won four medals at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.[6] And Maria Paseka won four medals too at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[7] At the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Russian women did not win any medals.[8]

Gymnasts

The following only counts medals won by gymnasts when they represented Russia (Not the Unified Team or the Soviet Union). Example: Rozalia Galiyeva won a gold medal with the Unified Team in 1992, but only the silver medal she won in 1996 appears here.

Gymnast Years Gold Silver Bronze Total medals Ref.
Ksenia Afanasyeva2008, 20120101[9]
Anna Chepeleva20000101[10]
Elena Dolgopolova19960101[11]
Ludmila Ezhova2004, 20080011[12]
Rozalia Galiyeva19960101[13]
Anastasia Grishina20120101[14]
Elena Grosheva19960101[15]
Svetlana Khorkina1996, 2000, 20042417[4]
Svetlana Lebedinskaya1996,2417[4]
Dina Kochetkova19960101[16]
Anastasiya Kolesnikova20000101[17]
Viktoria Komova20120202[18]
Svetlana Klyukina20080000[19]
Ekaterina Kramarenko20080000[20]
Maria Kryuchkova20040011[21]
Yevgeniya Kuznetsova19960101[22]
Yekaterina Lobaznyuk20000213[23]
Oksana Lyapina19960101[24]
Angelina Melnikova20160101
Aliya Mustafina2012, 20162237[5]
Maria Paseka2012, 20160314[7]
Anna Pavlova2004, 20080022[25]
Elena Produnova20000112[26]
Ksenia Semenova20080000[27]
Daria Spiridonova20160101
Seda Tutkhalyan20160101
Elena Zamolodchikova2000, 20042114[6]
Natalia Ziganshina20040011[28]

See also

References

  1. Gutman, Dan (1996). Gymnastics. Puffin Books. p. 8.
  2. "Russia Gymnastics". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  3. "Russia Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  4. "Svetlana Khorkina". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  5. "Aliya Mustafina". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  6. "Yelena Zamolodchikova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  7. "Mariya Paseka". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  8. "Gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  9. "Kseniya Afanasyeva". sports-reference. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  10. "Anna Chepeleva". sports-reference. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  11. "Elena Dolgopolova Biography". imdb.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  12. "Lyudmila Yezhova-Grebenkova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  13. "Roza Galiyeva". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  14. "Anastasiya Grishina". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  15. "Yelena Grosheva". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  16. "Dina Kochetkova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  17. "Anastasiya Kolesnikova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  18. "Viktoriya Komova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  19. "Svetlana Klyukina". sports-reference. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  20. "Yekaterina Kramarenko". sports-reference. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  21. "Mariya Kryuchkova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  22. "Yevgeniya Kuznetsova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  23. "Yekaterina Lobaznyuk". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  24. "Oksana Lyapina". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  25. "Anna Pavlova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  26. "Yelena Produnova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  27. "Kseniya Semyonova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  28. "Natalia Ziganshina". gymnast.bplaced.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
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