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 Afanasyeva | 2008, 2012 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [9] |
Anna Chepeleva | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [10] |
Elena Dolgopolova | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [11] |
Ludmila Ezhova | 2004, 2008 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [12] |
Rozalia Galiyeva | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [13] |
Anastasia Grishina | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [14] |
Elena Grosheva | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [15] |
Svetlana Khorkina | 1996, 2000, 2004 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | [4] |
Svetlana Lebedinskaya | 1996, | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | [4] |
Dina Kochetkova | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [16] |
Anastasiya Kolesnikova | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [17] |
Viktoria Komova | 2012 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | [18] |
Svetlana Klyukina | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [19] |
Ekaterina Kramarenko | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [20] |
Maria Kryuchkova | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [21] |
Yevgeniya Kuznetsova | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [22] |
Yekaterina Lobaznyuk | 2000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | [23] |
Oksana Lyapina | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [24] |
Angelina Melnikova | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Aliya Mustafina | 2012, 2016 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | [5] |
Maria Paseka | 2012, 2016 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | [7] |
Anna Pavlova | 2004, 2008 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [25] |
Elena Produnova | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [26] |
Ksenia Semenova | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [27] |
Daria Spiridonova | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Seda Tutkhalyan | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Elena Zamolodchikova | 2000, 2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | [6] |
Natalia Ziganshina | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | [28] |
References
- Gutman, Dan (1996). Gymnastics. Puffin Books. p. 8.
- "Russia Gymnastics". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Russia Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Svetlana Khorkina". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Aliya Mustafina". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Yelena Zamolodchikova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Mariya Paseka". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Kseniya Afanasyeva". sports-reference. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Anna Chepeleva". sports-reference. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Elena Dolgopolova Biography". imdb.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Lyudmila Yezhova-Grebenkova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Roza Galiyeva". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Anastasiya Grishina". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Yelena Grosheva". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Dina Kochetkova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Anastasiya Kolesnikova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Viktoriya Komova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Svetlana Klyukina". sports-reference. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Yekaterina Kramarenko". sports-reference. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Mariya Kryuchkova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Yevgeniya Kuznetsova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Yekaterina Lobaznyuk". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Oksana Lyapina". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Anna Pavlova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Yelena Produnova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Kseniya Semyonova". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- "Natalia Ziganshina". gymnast.bplaced.com. Retrieved 23 August 2014.