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artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...
at the
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
since
1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
. While many women artistic gymnasts have competed in multiple Olympic Games, only four have competed in at least four separate Games:
Oksana Chusovitina Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (russian: Оксана Александровна Чусовитина; born 19 June 1975) is an eight-time Olympic gymnast who has competed for the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan, and Germany. Chusovitina's career a ...
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Daniele Hypólito Daniele Matias Hypólito (born 8 September 1984) is a Brazilian gymnast who competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and the 2016 Olympic Games. Hypólito is the first gymnast from Brazil to win a medal at the World Championships, a silver in fl ...
(5),
Olga Tass Olga Tass (married name Lemhényi; 29 March 1929 – 10 July 2020) was a Hungary, Hungarian Gymnastics, gymnast who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948, 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952, 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956, and 1960 Summer Olympics. S ...
(4), and
Vanessa Ferrari Vanessa Ferrari (born 10 November 1990) is an Italian Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She was the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2006 World All-Around Champion and competed for Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008, 2012 Su ...
(4).


See also

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List of Olympic medal leaders in women's gymnastics Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896.Gutman, Dan (1996). Gymnastics'. Puffin Books. p. 8. Since then, 30 female gymnasts have won at least five total medals. The country with the most athletes on this list is the Sovie ...
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List of top female medalists at major artistic gymnastics events Individual women who won eight or more medals World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The years listed for each gymnast only include World Championships where they won medals. American gymnast Simone Biles holds the record for the most World Cha ...


References

{{reflist, 2 appearances Lists of Olympic female gymnasts