







Occupation
GYMNASTS
With 370 biographies, Gymnasts are the 44th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Handball Players, Economists, and Engineers.
People
Pantheon has 540 people classified as gymnasts born between 1864 and 2007. Of these 540, 408 (75.56%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living gymnasts include Bart Conner, Cristina Bontaș, and Laura Cutina. The most famous deceased gymnasts include Olle Lanner, Karin Lindberg, and Hjalmar Cedercrona.
Living Gymnasts
Go to all RankingsNadia Comăneci
1961 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Larisa Latynina
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.45
Olga Korbut
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.67
Sawao Kato
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Nellie Kim
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Takashi Ono
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.82
Miroslav Cerar
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Alina Kabaeva
1983 - Present
HPI: 60.02
Mitsuo Tsukahara
1947 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Zoltán Magyar
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Daniela Silivaș
1972 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Oksana Chusovitina
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.14
Deceased Gymnasts
Go to all RankingsÁgnes Keleti
1921 - 2025
HPI: 73.73
Věra Čáslavská
1942 - 2016
HPI: 68.06
Carl Schuhmann
1869 - 1946
HPI: 66.29
Akinori Nakayama
1943 - 2025
HPI: 66.13
Hermann Weingärtner
1864 - 1919
HPI: 65.66
Alfred Flatow
1869 - 1942
HPI: 64.93
Louis Zutter
1865 - 1946
HPI: 63.61
Leon Štukelj
1898 - 1999
HPI: 63.40
Nikolai Andrianov
1952 - 2011
HPI: 62.69
Conrad Böcker
1870 - 1936
HPI: 62.54
Noël Bas
1877 - 1960
HPI: 61.99
Boris Shakhlin
1932 - 2008
HPI: 61.84
Places
Most gymnasts were born in Russia (60), United States (52), and China (39). By city, the most common birth places were Stockholm (14), Moscow (11), and Bergen (10).
Places Over Time
The earliest biographies classified as gymnasts in Pantheon are Louis Zutter, Charles Champaud, and Hermann Weingärtner. The concentration of gymnasts was largest during the Personal Computer Era, which lasted from 1990 to 2016. Some birth or death locations for earlier gymnasts are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.
Lifespans
Which Gymnasts were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Gymnasts since 1700.