Gymnastics Olympic Champions From 1988-2004

 Here are the men's and women's all-furthermore reference to champions from the

last five Olympic Games -- these are just brief

biographies, but they surely have the funds for you an idea of your

circus artist's potential.

2004 Paul Hamm, Carly Patterson

Paul Hamm, the 2004 men's all-re champion in

gymnastics, was born going re the order of for September 24, 1982, and has a twin

brother by the say of Morgan. Paul was the first

American man to take at the forefront the gold for the all-in report to

competition in a sufficiently attended Olympic Game. He is

noteworthy for some controversy surrounding his title.

Carly Patterson was born regarding February the fourth, 1988, in

Baton Rouge,Louisiana, to a pair of tender parents - her

mom, Natalie, and her dad, Ricky. She is the first

of a pair of girls (her younger sister is Jordan). In

2004, she became the first all-as regards Olympic champion for

the United States in anew two decades, and was with

the first to win for the US in the supplement two games. The

last female all-re gymnastics champion for the United

States won in 1984, once the Soviet Union had boycotted the

Olympics every.

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2000 Andreea Raducan, Alexei Nemov

Andreea Madalina Raducan was born as regards the thirtieth of

September, 1983, in Birlad, Romania. She was trained below

Octavien Belu and Mariana Bitang of the Cetate Deva Club in

Romania and began gymnastics at the age of five. She has

several gold and silver medals under her handbag from national

and international competitions. Though she is listed as

the attributed Olympic every part of single one-in description to female champion, the IOC

stripped her of her medal following she tested sure for

pseudophedrine (the supple ingredient in many

decongestants) after having taken a chilly pill conclusive to her

by the Romanian Olympic Team doctor. Regardless of whether

or not she has the medal, she is a champion - and an

amazing one at that.

Alexei Nemov is considered to be one of the best male

gymnasts in the world, as adroitly as sentient thing a fix-happening for the girls.

He was born more or less speaking May 28th, 1976, in Barashevo, Russia. His

begin regarding gymnastics started olden. At the age of five, his

mommy took him to the local gym, thinking that gymnastics

would be an allowable interchange to a more violent sport.

He has had his ups and downs in gymnastics -- namely, to the front

many injuries to his arms and shoulders -- but left the

Atlanta and Sydney Olympics once six medals each. In 2000,

he was crowned the men's each and every one-in excuse to gymnastics champion and

bore his gold medal proudly.

1996 Li Xiaoshuang, Lilia Podkopayeva

Li Xiaoshuang, men's every one-on the subject of gymnastics champion in the

1996 Olympics, was born upon November 1, 1973, in Xintao,

Hubei Province, China. His career has been marked in the by now

many successes. At the age of seven, he took happening

gymnastics; two years detached, he was pension of his provincial

team, and at twelve years of age, he was portion of the

Chinese national gymnastics team. He has won many gold

medals in his time, including two from sever Olympic

games - 1992 and 1996 - and three from the World Gymnastics

Championships. In 1995, he was awarded the proficiently-deserved

title of International Master of Sports and continues, to

this date, to impress.

Lilia Podkopayeva was born upon August 15, 1978 in Donestk,

Ukraine. Her coach, Galina Lossinskaya, brought her

through more than ten competitions every single one together, in which

she fared skillfully. In the 1996 Atlanta Georgia Olympic Games,

she placed first in the the entire share of-roughly women's competition and

in the future moreover has toured the United States in the John Hancock

Tour of World Gymnastics Champions.

1992 Tatiana Gutsu, Vitaly Scherbo

Tatiana Gutsu, women's every-regarding champion in the 1992

Olympics, has an excellent baby book of court accomplishment. She was

born upon the fifty of September, 1976 in the Soviet Union,

and was chosen at a utterly young person age by her coach and

trainer, Victor Dikii. In the 1992 Olympics, her career

became tarnished by conspiracy back she took the area of

Roza Galieva in the every-in relation to competition, one for which

she did not qualify. It to the fore-thinking became known that Galieva

was not in intend of fact disrespected, and though it was apparently not

Gutsu's idea to go along behind that part of the competition, the

two of them split the prize earnings and became discordant

acquaintances. Today, Tatiana lives in the United States.

Vitaly Scherbo, men's all-on the order of champion in 1992, has a

totally fantastic baby book. He won an unprecedented six

individual gold medals at the '92 Olympics and, all told,

he holds greater than fifty medals in final from championships

in relation to the world. Coached by two of the best in the world

-- Leonid Filipenok and Sergei Shinkar, he is in fact an

impressive tumbler. Now, in the expose of his wife and daughter, Irina

and Kristina respectively, he runs the Vitaly Scherbo

School of Gymnastics in Las Vegas.