Over the years, there have been some phenomenally talented gymnasts gracing the Olympic stage. They’ve hailed from all corners of the globe but here we take a look at just 5 of them.
Sawao Kato
Born in 1946, Sawao Kato is a Japanese gymnast. He is widely considered one of the best of all time. Participating in his first Olympics in the later sixties, he finished his career with a whopping 12 Olympic medals to his name.
Dmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev
This Russian Gymnast won a special accolade – the youngest male world Gymnastics champion, achieving that at the tender age of 16, back in 1983. The numerous medals that followed made him one of the best gymnasts ever to compete.
Bart Conner
Arguably the best American gymnast in history, Conner is the only American gymnast to have won gold at every level of competition you can partake in.
Larissa Latynina
Moving on the female gymnasts for our final 2 mentions, we cannot possibly omit this incredibly talented Russian. She remains the female gymnast with the most Olympic Medals to her name – 18 to be precise. And if that were not impressive enough, half of them are gold!
Olga Korbut
We’ll finish this list of five with Olga Korbut, the Belarusian gymnast who won 4 gold and 2 silver Olympics medals. She is famed for making gymnastics a “younger” sport and is often credited with a huge surge in popularity of the sport.
This is just 5 of dozens we could really argue a case for including.
