GYMNASTS from Egypt

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Egyptian Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

1. Stiliana Nikolova (b. 2005)

With an HPI of 34.97, Stiliana Nikolova is the most famous Egyptian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 10 different languages on wikipedia.

Stiliana Nikolova (Bulgarian: Стилияна Николова; born 22 August 2005) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 European all-around champion, the 2025 World all-around silver medalist, 2022 World all-around bronze medalist and hoop, clubs, and ribbon silver medalist, the 2023 World ball bronze medalist and team competition champion, and a two-time (2022, 2023) European all-around bronze medalist and champion in the team competition. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she came in 11th place in all-around qualifications. At the junior level, she is the 2020 European Junior ribbon champion and ball silver medalist. At the national level, she is a three-time (2023-2025) national champion and the 2022 national all-around silver medalist. She is also a two-time (2019, 2020) Bulgarian Junior all-around champion.

2. Adem Asil (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 30.51, Adem Asil is the 2nd most famous Egyptian Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 12 different languages.

Adem Asil (born 21 February 1999) is an Egyptian-born Turkish male artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2022 World Champion on still rings and is the 2023 and 2025 European all-around champion. Born Abdelrahman Elzamzamy, he changed his name to Abdelrahman Elgamal when he moved to Turkey and competed under that name at a 2020 European Championship. In 2021, he changed it again to Adem Asil, as a response to the condition of changing a foreign name into Turkish, to obtain naturalization.

3. Zeina Ibrahim (b. 2003)

With an HPI of 18.83, Zeina Ibrahim is the 3rd most famous Egyptian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 7 different languages.

Zeina Ibrahim Sharaf (Arabic: زينة ابراهيم•شرف, born 20 June 2003) is an Egyptian artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 African Games team and uneven bars champion and the 2021 African all-around champion. She is also the 2022 African team and balance beam champion. She represented Egypt at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and the 2020 Olympic Games.