This gymnast was the first to follow a World All-Around title with an Olympic All-Around title since her coach, Ludmilla Tourischeva.
Who is Lilia Podkopayeva?
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This gymnast became the first Russian to win the World title on floor exercise in 17 years.
Who is Ksenia Afanasyeva?
100
2½ twisting Yurchenko vault
What is an Amanar?
100
Andreea Răducan was stripped of her All-Around gold medal after testing positive for a banned substance.
What is 2000 Sydney?
100
This Chinese gymnast was found to be only fourteen at the 2000 Olympics, and her results were canceled.
Who is Dong Fangxiao?
200
She was the first French gymnast to become an Olympic Champion in over 100 years.
Who is Émilie Le Pennec?
200
This gymnast became the first, and to date only, Western European to win the World All-Around title.
Who is Vanessa Ferrari?
200
Toe-on, laid out reverse hecht over the high bar
What is a Nabieva?
200
Roza Galiyeva dealt with a very rowdy crowd that cheered so loudly for the home team, she couldn’t hear her floor music. This happened not once, but twice.
What is 1996 Atlanta?
200
This North Korean gymnast may have only been eleven years old at the 1991 World Championships in Indianapolis.
Who is Kim Gwang-Suk?
300
This gymnast was the first American to win an individual gold medal at a fully-attended Olympics.
Who is Shannon Miller?
300
She has the highest all-around placing for a female Chinese gymnast: 2nd place.
Who is Jiang Yuyuan?
300
Double Y-turn on floor exercise
What is a Memmel?
300
Shannon Miller came in second to Tatiana Gutsu in the all-around by the most narrow margin in Olympic history: 0.012.
What is 1992 Barcelona?
300
The constant age falsifications of this gymnast, who is also the sister of an Olympic Vault Champion, caused North Korea to be banned from international competition for two years.
Who is Hong Su-Jong?
400
This 1988 Olympian was the third gymnast in history to win an Olympic medal on every event.
Who is Daniela Silivas?
400
This gymnast was the first South American to win an individual World medal.
Who is Daniele Hypolito?
400
Arabian walkover on beam
What is an Onodi?
400
The head balance beam judge refused to post the score of fellow Romanian Nadia Comăneci, as it meant she would win silver in the all-around instead of gold.
What is 1980 Moscow?
400
This two-time Olympian was age-eligible in Atlanta, but not in Barcelona.
Who is Gina Gogean?
500
This gymnast made her Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Games, but did not return to the Olympics until the 2012 London Games.
Who is Vasiliki Millousi?
500
This gymnast was the first World All-Around Champion.
Who is Vlasta Dekanova?
500
Double-twisting Yurchenko vault
What is a Baitova?
500
The American team broke a scarcely used rule about not having more than one person on the podium at a time during a routine, incurring half a point in neutral deductions and ultimately costing them the bronze medal.
What is 1988 Seoul?
500
This Romanian gymnast had her birth year pushed back two years so she would be eligible for the 1985 World Championships.