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2016 In Gymnastics
The following were the events of Gymnastics for the year 2016 throughout the world. 2016 Summer Olympics ( FIG) * April 16 – 24: Aquece Rio Final Gymnastics Qualifier in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Test Event) ** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * August 6 – 21: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Arena Olímpica do Rio ** August 6 – 16: Artistic gymnastics *** Men *** Men's Team All-Around: ; ; *** Men's Individual All-Around: Kōhei Uchimura; Oleg Verniaiev; Max Whitlock *** Men's Floor: Max Whitlock; Diego Hypólito; Arthur Mariano *** Men's Pommel Horse: Max Whitlock; Louis Smith; Alexander Naddour *** Men's Rings: Eleftherios Petrounias; Arthur Zanetti; Denis Ablyazin *** Men's Vault: Ri Se-gwang; Denis Ablyazin; Kenzō Shirai *** Men's Parallel Bars: Oleg Verniaiev; Danell Leyva; David Belyavskiy *** Men's Horizontal Bar: Fabian Hambüchen; Danell Leyva; Nile Wilson *** Women *** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring Balance (ability), balance, Strength training, strength, Flexibility (anatomy), flexibility, agility, Motor coordination, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and Abdomen, abdominal muscle groups. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse. The most common form of competitive gymnastics is artistic gymnastics (AG); for women, the events include floor (gymnastics), floor, vault (gymnastics), vault, uneven bars, and balance beam; for men, besides floor and vault, it includes still rings, rings, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar. The governing body for competition in gymnastics throughout the world is the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). Eight sports are governed by the FIG, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ri Se-gwang
Ri Se-gwang (; born January 21, 1985) is a retired North Korean artistic gymnast, representing the April 25 Sports Club. He is often considered a specialist on vault apparatus in the sport of men’s artistic gymnastics (MAG). Career Ri was the first North Korean ever to win a gold medal on vault at the Asian Games, where he performed solidly at the 2006 Asian Games and was the first one for North Korea on that apparatus. He later went on to win a bronze medal on vault at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. In 2009, Ri successfully performed an extremely difficult new vault, a Tsukahara (1/4 entry in the first flight) on the vaulting table, followed by a full twisting double backwards salto in tuck position. The new vault is named after Ri. The vault, now officially named the ''Ri Se Gwang'', was valued a difficulty score of 7.2 and the second highest difficulty value in the world, with Yang Hak Seon's vault the ''Yang Hak Seon'' (front handspring triple twist) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Scheder
Sophie Celina Scheder (born 7 January 1997) is a retired German Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She is the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on the uneven bars. Senior career 2013 Scheder competed at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she finished 5th on the uneven bars. 2014 Scheder started the season competing at the American Cup (gymnastics), American Cup held in Greensboro, North Carolina, where she placed 7th. A few weeks later she competed at the Cottbus Challenge Cup, where she won the bars title with a 14.925. At the 2014 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2014 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Sofia, she again made the bars final and placed 5th with a score of 14.733. At the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, she only competed in qualifications, as a fall on the uneven bars prevented her from making the final. 2015 At the 2015 São Paulo Challenge Cup, Schede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Kocian
Madison Taylor Kocian (born June 15, 1997) is an American retired artistic gymnast. On the uneven bars, she is one of four 2015 World co-champions and the 2016 Olympic silver medalist. She was part of the gold medal-winning team dubbed the " Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and she was a member of the first-place American teams at the 2014 and 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2020, where she was a member of its women's gymnastics team. She helped the UCLA Bruins win the 2018 NCAA Championships. Early life Kocian was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Her parents, Thomas and Cindy Kocian, put her in gymnastics at a young age. At age five, she began training at the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) in Plano, Texas. WOGA was the gym where Olympic all-around champions Carly Patterson and Nastia Liukin trained. Patterson and Liukin served as early inspirations for Kocian, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Tinkler
Amy Tinkler (born 27 October 1999) is a retired British artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic floor exercise bronze medallist and the 2015 British all-around champion. Junior career 2013 In late March, Tinkler competed at the 2013 British Artistic Championships. In the All-Around competition Tinkler took second place with a final score of 53.800. She scored 14.050 in the vault, 12.100 on the uneven bars, 13.650 on the balance beam and 14.000 on the floor exercise. She competed in all four apparatus finals. In the vault final, Tinkler scored 14.100 for her first vault and 13.400 for her second vault for an average total of 13.750, which gave her the silver medal. Tinkler took the Gold medal on the uneven bars with a score of 12.900. In the beam final, she posted a score of 13.400, earning her the bronze medal, and in floor exercise final she scored 14.200 and became the floor exercise champion. In July, Tinkler took part in the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival in Utre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Hernandez
Lauren Zoe Hernandez (born June 9, 2000) is an American retired artistic gymnast. During her debut year as a senior gymnast, she competed as a member of the U.S. women's gymnastics team dubbed the " Final Five" that won the team gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Individually, Hernandez earned the silver medal on the balance beam. She took a break from gymnastics and returned to training in late 2018 to earn a spot on the 2020 Summer Olympics team, but she did not qualify for the Olympic Trials. Hernandez was first added to the U.S. gymnastics national team in 2013 and began competing in international competitions that same year. After missing the 2014 season due to injury, she won the junior all-around title at the 2015 U.S. Championships. In addition to winning Olympic gold, Hernandez also won team gold medals at the 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy and 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships. Outside of gymnastics, Hernandez has appeared on season 23 of ''Dancing wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanne Wevers
Sanne Wevers (born 17 September 1991) is a Dutch artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympic champion on the balance beam and was the first Dutch female gymnast to become an Olympic champion in an individual event. She is the 2018 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2018 and 2023 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2023 European champion on the balance beam. She is also the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2015 World and 2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2021 European silver medalist on the balance beam and the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2015 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars. She was a member of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 and 2023 European Championships. Wevers, primarily an uneven bars and balance beam specialist, has competed internationally for the Netherlands since 2004. She won several medals on the FIG World Cup circuit in 2008 and 2009 before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliya Mustafina
Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (; born 30 September 1994) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. She was the 2010 all-around world champion, the 2013 European all around champion, the 2012 and 2016 Olympic uneven bars champion and a seven-time Olympic medalist. Mustafina has tied with Svetlana Khorkina for the most Olympic medals won by a Russian gymnast (not including Soviet Union women's national artistic gymnastics team). She was the ninth gymnast to win medals on every event at the World Championship. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Mustafina won four medals, making her the most decorated gymnast of the competition and the most decorated athlete in any sport except swimming. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first female gymnast since 2000 to win an all-around medal in two consecutive Olympics, and the first since Svetlana Khorkina (also in 2000) to defend her title in an Olympic apparatus final. Early life Mustafina was born in Yegoryevsk, Russia, on 30 Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aly Raisman
Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25, 1994) is an American retired artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian. She was captain of both the 2012 " Fierce Five" and 2016 " Final Five" U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams, which won their respective team competitions. At the 2012 Olympics in London, she won gold medals in the team and floor competitions, as well as the bronze medal on the balance beam, making her the most decorated American gymnast at the Games. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she won a gold medal in the team event, making her and teammate Gabby Douglas the only Americans with back-to-back team gold medals. Raisman also won silver medals in the individual all-around and on the floor exercise. She is the third-most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history behind Shannon Miller and Simone Biles, with six Olympic medals. Raisman was also a member of the gold-winning American teams at the 2011 and 2015 World Championships, and the World bronze med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Biles
Simone Arianne Biles Owens ( Biles; born March 14, 1997) is an American Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time and one of the greatest Olympians of all time. With 11 Olympic medals, she is tied with Věra Čáslavská as the List of Olympic medal leaders in women's gymnastics, second-most decorated female Olympic gymnast, and has the most Olympic medals earned by a U.S. gymnast. At the Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Games, Biles is a two-time gold medalist in the individual all-around (Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around, 2016, Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around, 2024). She is also a two-time champion on vault (Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's vault, 2016, Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nile Wilson
Nile Michael Wilson (born 17 January 1996) is a former British artistic gymnast. He won an Olympic bronze medal in the men's horizontal bar at the 2016 Summer Olympics; he was a world medallist as a member of the silver-medal winning British team at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, the first world men's team medal in British gymnastics history. A five-time Commonwealth Games champion, he won the all-around title in 2018, and is a former European horizontal bar champion, the first Briton to win the title. In January 2021, Wilson announced his retirement from competitive gymnastics due to injuries and mental health concerns. In March 2023, he won the fifteenth series of ''Dancing on Ice'' with dance partner Olivia Smart. Personal life Wilson was born 17 January 1996 in Leeds to Sally and Neil Wilson and is the great nephew of Duncan Fearnley. He has a sister, Joanna. He attended 'Farsley Farfield' Primary School and Pudsey Grangefield School. Wilson runs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabian Hambüchen
Fabian Hambüchen (also spelled Hambuechen; ; born 25 October 1987) is a retired Germany, German Gymnastics, gymnast who was an Olympic Games, Olympic champion on horizontal bar in Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio 2016, World champion in 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Stuttgart 2007 on the same apparatus, as well as six times European champion on various other occasions and on different apparatus, including high bar, his most successful discipline. Apart from that, Fabian also won gold medals at European Games and at Gymnastics at the 2015 Summer Universiade, 2015 Summer Universiade. He has a full set of Olympics medals, one in each color, as he is the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar, 2016 Olympic champion, Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar, 2012 Olympic silver medalist and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist on the individual horizontal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
