Here are the complete male and female champions of the
last five Olympics – these are just brief
biographies, but they will surely give you an idea of your
the gymnast’s potential.
2004 Paul Hamm, Carly Patterson
Paul Hamm, the 2004 men’s overall champion in
gymnastics, was born on September 24, 1982 and has a twin
brother named Morgan. Paul was the first
American man to take the gold everywhere
competition in an Olympic game with full participation. He’s
Noteworthy for some controversy surrounding its title.
Carly Patterson was born on February 4, 1988 in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to a pair of loving parents: their
mother, Natalie, and her father, Ricky. She is the first
of a couple of girls (her younger sister is Jordan). On
2004, she became the first full Olympic champion in
The United States in more than two decades, and it was also
the first to win for the United States in the last two games. Tea
last women’s general gymnastics champion for United
States won in 1984, when the Soviet Union boycotted the
Olympics completely.
2000 Andreea Raducan, Alexei Nemov
Andreea Madalina Raducan was born on
September 1983, Birlad, Romania. She was trained under
Octavien Belu and Mariana Bitang from the Cetate Deva Club in
Romania and started doing gymnastics at the age of five. She has
several gold and silver medals to his credit from nationals
and international competitions. Although she is listed as
the official women’s Olympic champion, the IOC
stripped her of her medal when she tested positive for
pseudoephedrine (the active ingredient in many
decongestants) after taking a cold pill that was given
by the Romanian Olympic team doctor. Independiently of it
or does not have the medal, is a champion, and a
amazing at that.
Alexei Nemov is considered one of the best men
gymnasts of the world, as well as being a pin-up for girls.
He was born on May 28, 1976 in Barashevo, Russia. its
starting gymnastics started early. At the age of five, his
mother took him to the local gym, thinking that gymnastics
it would be an acceptable alternative to a more violent sport.
She has had her ups and downs in gymnastics, that is, with
many wounds on his arms and shoulders, but he left the
Olympic Games in Atlanta and Sydney with six medals each. In 2000,
was crowned men’s gymnastics champion and
he wore his gold medal with pride.
1996 Li Xiaoshuang, Lilia Podkopayeva
Li Xiaoshuang, Men’s Comprehensive Gymnastics Champion in the
1996 Olympic Games, was born on November 1, 1973, in Xintao,
Hubei Province, China. His career has been marked with
many successes. At the age of seven, he took
gymnastics; two years later, he was part of his provincial
team, and at the age of twelve he was part of the
China National Gymnastics Team. He has won many golds
medals in his time, including two from separate Olympians
games – 1992 and 1996 – and three of the World Gymnastics
Championships. In 1995, he received the deserved
title of International Master of Sports and continues, to
this date, to impress.
Lilia Podkopayeva was born on August 15, 1978 in Donestk,
Ukraine. Her coach, Galina Lossinskaya, brought her
through more than ten competitions in total, in which
it went well. At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia,
ranked first in the full female competition and
Since then he has toured the United States at the John Hancock
Tour of the gymnastics world champions.
1992 Tatiana Gutsu, Vitaly Scherbo
Tatiana Gutsu, 1992 Women’s Overall Champion
Olympics, he has an excellent performance record. She was
born on September 50, 1976 in the Soviet Union,
and was selected at a very young age by her coach and
coach, Victor Dikii. At the 1992 Olympics, his career
was clouded by conspiracy when he took the place of
Roza Galieva in the multipurpose competition, in which
she did not qualify. Later it became known that Galieva
was not actually injured, and although apparently it was not
Gutsu’s idea of taking over that part of the competition, the
two of them split the prize winnings and got bitter
known. Today Tatiana lives in the United States.
Vitaly Scherbo, the men’s absolute champion in 1992, has a
very impressive record. Won an unprecedented six
individual gold medals at the 1992 Olympics and, in total,
has more than fifty medals in total championships
worldwide. Trained by two of the best in the world
– Leonid Filipenok and Sergei Shinkar, is truly a
awesome gymnast. Now with his wife and daughter, Irina
and Kristina respectively, directs the Vitaly Scherbo
Gymnastics School in Las Vegas. The website of the
The gymnastics school can be found at http://www.vssg.net/.
1988 Elena Shoushounova, Vladimir Artemov
Elena Shushonova, Women’s Olympic Champion of
1988, was born in May 1969 in Saint Petersburg, which
it was, at that time, Leningrad. She trained with Viktor
Gavrichenkov at the then Soviet Central Army Club
Union. With two Olympic gold medals, a bronze medal and a
silver medal, and more than twenty other medals from
championships around the world, Elena Shushonova has a
illustrious history of gymnastic prowess, and in 2004, she
was added to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
Born in the town that gave him its name in December 1964,
Vladimir Artemov took the overall gold medal
in the 1988 Olympics. In fact, he was champion
several times, with gold or silver in all its
events, a really impressive ending. Trained with Viktor
Firsov in Burevestnik, at that time part of the Soviet Union
Union, he also received thirteen other medals in all his
other efforts. You now live in the United States with
his wife and children, and is part of the National
Coaching staff.
By Murray Hughes
Gymnastics Secrets Revealed
“The book EVERY parent should read about gymnastics”
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