Famous Russian Gymnasts

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 1 
Alina Kabaeva
(Russian Politician, Media Manager and Retired Rhythmic Gymnast)
Alina Kabaeva
13
Birthdate: May 12, 1983
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 2 
Ludmilla Tourischeva
(Former Russian Gymnast, Ukrainian Gymnast Coach, and a Nine-Time Olympic Medalist)
Ludmilla Tourischeva
5
Birthdate: October 7, 1952
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Grozny, Russia
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 3 
Margarita Mamun
(Russian Rhythmic Gymnast)
Margarita Mamun
7
Birthdate: November 1, 1995
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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 4 
Alexei Nemov
(Former Russian Gymnast Who Won Five World Championships, Three European Championships and Twelve Olympic Medals)
Alexei Nemov
3
Birthdate: May 28, 1976
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tengushevsky District, Russia
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 5 
Angelina Melnikova
(Russian Artistic Gymnast)
Angelina Melnikova
6
Birthdate: July 18, 2000
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Voronezh, Russia
Height: 4'11" (150 cm)
 6 
Yelena Shushunova
(Russian Gymnast)
Yelena Shushunova
4
Birthdate: May 23, 1969
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: August 16, 2018
Height: 4'10" (147 cm)
 7 
Svetlana Khorkina
(Russian Artistic Gymnast)
Svetlana Khorkina
10
Birthdate: January 19, 1979
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Belgorod, Russia
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 8 
Dina Averina
(Russian Individual Rhythmic Gymnast)
Dina Averina
8
Birthdate: August 13, 1998
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Zavolzhye, Russia
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 9 
Arina Averina
(Russian Rhythmic Gymnast)
Arina Averina
6
Birthdate: August 13, 1998
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Zavolzhye, Russia
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 10 
Viktoria Komova
(Former Russian Artistic Gymnast and Two-Time Olympic Medalist)
Viktoria Komova
5
Birthdate: January 30, 1995
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Voronezh, Russia

Retired Russian gymnast Viktoria Komova is not just a 2-time World champion but also a 2-time Olympic silver medalist. Born to gymnast parents, she began training at age 5. In July 2021, she sparked rumors of a comeback after posting an Instagram video of herself performing an Arabian on balance beam.

 11 
Aliya Mustafina
(Russian Former Artistic Gymnast)
Aliya Mustafina
9
Birthdate: September 30, 1994
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Yegoryevsk, Russia
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 12 
Valeri Liukin
(Russian-American Retired Artistic Gymnast and Gymnastics Coach)
Valeri Liukin
5
Birthdate: December 17, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Aktobe, Kazakhstan

Known as Olympic champion Russian-American gymnast Nastia Lukin’s father, Soviet gymnast Valeri Liukin has himself won 2 gold and 2 silver medals at the Olympics. Part of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame, he became a successful gymnastics coach in the US and also coached the Brazilian national women's gymnastics team.

 13 
Larisa Latynina
(Former Russian Artistic Gymnast Who Has Won 14 Individual Olympic Medals and Four Team Medals)
Larisa Latynina
9
Birthdate: December 27, 1934
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kherson, Ukraine
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 14 
Elena Zamolodchikova
(Russian Former Artistic Gymnast and Four-Time Olympic Medalist)
Elena Zamolodchikova
4
Birthdate: September 19, 1982
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 15 
Aleksandra Soldatova
(Russian Retired Individual Rhythmic Gymnasts)
Aleksandra Soldatova
4
Birthdate: June 1, 1998
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan, Russia
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 16 
Elena Mukhina
(Russian Artistic Gymnast)
Elena Mukhina
5
Birthdate: June 1, 1960
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: December 22, 2006
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
 17 
Artur Dalaloyan
(Russian Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Artur Dalaloyan
3
Birthdate: April 26, 1996
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tiraspol, Moldova
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 18 
Vladislava Urazova
(Russian Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Vladislava Urazova
4
Birthdate: August 14, 2004
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
 19 
Nikita Nagornyy
(Russian Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Nikita Nagornyy
3
Birthdate: February 12, 1997
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 20 
Maria Paseka
(Russian Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Medalist)
Maria Paseka
4
Birthdate: July 19, 1995
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 21 
Yelena Davydova
(Russian-Canadian Gymnastics Coach and Women’s Artistic Individual All-Around Champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics)
Yelena Davydova
3
Birthdate: August 7, 1961
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Voronezh, Russia
 22 
Evgeniya Kanayeva
(Russian Individual Rhythmic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Evgeniya Kanayeva
3
Birthdate: April 2, 1990
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Omsk, Russia
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 23 
Yana Kudryavtseva
(Russian Individual Rhythmic Gymnast)
Yana Kudryavtseva
5
Birthdate: September 30, 1997
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 24 
Denis Ablyazin
(Russian Artistic Gymnast and Seven-Time Olympic Medalist)
Denis Ablyazin
3
Birthdate: August 3, 1992
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Penza, Penza Oblast, Russia
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 25 
Natalia Yurchenko
(Russian Retired Artistic Gymnast)
Natalia Yurchenko
4
Birthdate: January 26, 1965
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Norilsk, Russia
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 26 
Yelena Produnova
(Russian Former Competitive Gymnast)
Yelena Produnova
4
Birthdate: February 15, 1980
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Height: 4'11" (150 cm)
 27 
Irina Viner-Usmanova
(Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach)
Irina Viner-Usmanova
6
Birthdate: July 30, 1948
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 28 
Daria Spiridonova
(Russian Former Artistic Gymnast)
Daria Spiridonova
4
Birthdate: July 8, 1998
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Novocheboksarsk, Russia
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 29 
Lyasan Utiasheva
(Russian Former Individual Rhythmic Gymnast)
Lyasan Utiasheva
4
Birthdate: June 28, 1985
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 30 
Ksenia Afanasyeva
(Russian Retired Artistic Gymnast)
Ksenia Afanasyeva
4
Birthdate: September 13, 1991
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Tula, Russia
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 31 
Anna Pavlova
(Russian-Azerbaijan Artistic Gymnast)
Anna Pavlova
3
Birthdate: September 6, 1987
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
 32 
Seda Tutkhalyan
(Russian Artistic Gymnast)
Seda Tutkhalyan
4
Birthdate: July 15, 1999
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Gyumri, Armenia
 33 
Natalia Shaposhnikova
(Former Russian Artistic Gymnast and Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist)
Natalia Shaposhnikova
3
Birthdate: June 24, 1961
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 34 
Nikolai Andrianov
(Russian Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Nikolai Andrianov
3
Birthdate: October 14, 1952
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Vladimir, Russia
Died: March 21, 2011
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 35 
Viktoria Listunova
(Russian Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Viktoria Listunova
3
Birthdate: May 12, 2005
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
 36 
Lala Kramarenko
(Russian Individual Rhythmic Gymnast)
Lala Kramarenko
4
Birthdate: December 6, 2004
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 37 
Boris Shakhlin
(Russian Retired Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Boris Shakhlin
2
Birthdate: January 27, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ishim, Russia
Died: May 30, 2008
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 38 
Natalia Kuchinskaya
(Russian Retired Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Natalia Kuchinskaya
3
Birthdate: March 8, 1949
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 39 
Karolina Sevastyanova
(Russian Rhythmic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Karolina Sevastyanova
3
Birthdate: April 25, 1995
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ukraine
 40 
David Belyavskiy
(Russian Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
David Belyavskiy
3
Birthdate: February 23, 1992
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Udmurt Republic, Russia
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 41 
Anna Kotchneva
(Russian Former Rhythmic Gymnast)
Anna Kotchneva
3
Birthdate: January 25, 1970
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 42 
Irina Tchachina
(Retired Russian Rhythmic Gymnast and Olympic Medalist)
Irina Tchachina
3
Birthdate: April 24, 1982
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Omsk, Russia
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 43 
Oksana Grishina
(Russian Former Gymnast and Professional Fitness Competitor)
Oksana Grishina
3
Birthdate: March 25, 1978
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kaliningrad, Russia
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 44 
Darya Dmitriyeva
(Russian Rhythmic Gymnast and Olympic Silver Medalist)
Darya Dmitriyeva
4
Birthdate: June 22, 1993
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Irkutsk, Russia
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 45 
Yulia Barsukova
(Russian Retired Individual Rhythmic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Yulia Barsukova
3
Birthdate: December 31, 1978
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 46 
Anastasia Grishina
(Former Russian Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Silver Medalist)
Anastasia Grishina
4
Birthdate: January 16, 1996
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 4'9" (145 cm)
 47 
Amina Zaripova
(Russian Elite Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach and Retired Individual Rhythmic Gymnast)
Amina Zaripova
4
Birthdate: August 10, 1976
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chirchik, Uzbekistan
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 48 
Oksana Omelianchik
(Artistic Retired Russian Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Oksana Omelianchik
4
Birthdate: January 2, 1970
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ulan-Ude, Russia
Height: 4'7" (140 cm)
 49 
Lilia Akhaimova
(Retired Russian Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Lilia Akhaimova
2
Birthdate: March 17, 1997
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vladivostok, Russia
 50 
Larisa Petrik
(Soviet Former Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Larisa Petrik
2
Birthdate: August 28, 1949
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Dolinsk, Russia
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)