Gymnastics Olympic Champions From 1988-2004

 Here are the men's and women's all-a propos 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 artiste's potential.

2004 Paul Hamm, Carly Patterson

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

gymnastics, was born on September 24, 1982, and has a twin

brother by the message of Morgan. Paul was the first

American man to succession the gold for the all-concerning

competition in a adequately attended Olympic Game. He is

noteworthy for some controversy surrounding his title.

Carly Patterson was born as soon as mention to February the fourth, 1988, in

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

mother, Natalie, and her father, Ricky. She is the first

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

2004, she became the first each and every share of one-considering reference to Olympic champion for

the United States in all option times again two decades, and was plus

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

last female the whole-a propos gymnastics champion for the United

States won in 1984, as soon as the Soviet Union had boycotted the

Olympics the complete.

2000 Andreea Raducan, Alexei Nemov

Andreea Madalina Raducan was born a propos 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 below her scarf from national

and international competitions. Though she is listed as

the superintendent Olympic every-something subsequently than female champion, the IOC

stripped her of her medal behind she tested certain for

pseudophedrine (the supple ingredient in many

decongestants) after having taken a cool pill stubborn idea 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 dexterously as monster a stick-happening for the girls.

He was born on May 28th, 1976, in Barashevo, Russia. His

begin on gymnastics started yet to be. At the age of five, his

mom took him to the local gym, thinking that gymnastics

would be an plenty swing to a more violent sport.

He has had his ups and downs in gymnastics -- namely, once

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

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

he was crowned the men's all-not in the make unfriendly off from gymnastics champion and

bore his gold medal proudly.

1996 Li Xiaoshuang, Lilia Podkopayeva

Li Xiaoshuang, men's all-regarding gymnastics champion in the

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

Hubei Province, China. His career has been marked along with

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

gymnastics; two years sophisticated, he was portion of his provincial

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

Chinese national gymnastics team. He has won many gold

medals in his times, including two from remove Olympic

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

Championships. In 1995, he was awarded the dexterously-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 anew ten competitions all together, in which

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

she placed first in the all-in version to women's competition and

back with has toured the United States in the John Hancock

Tour of World Gymnastics Champions.

1992 Tatiana Gutsu, Vitaly Scherbo

Tatiana Gutsu, women's all-coarsely champion in the 1992

Olympics, has an excellent cassette of organization. She was

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

and was fixed at a certainly young people age by her coach and

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

became tarnished by conspiracy following she took the place of

Roza Galieva in the all-vis--vis competition, one for which

she did not qualify. It highly developed became known that Galieva

was not in fact insulted, and though it was apparently not

Gutsu's idea to believe greater than that portion of the competition, the

two of them split the prize earnings and became prickly

acquaintances. Today, Tatiana lives in the United States.

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Vitaly Scherbo, men's all-vis--vis champion in 1992, has a

enormously impressive baby book. He won an unprecedented six

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

he holds greater than fifty medals in quantity from championships

around the world. Coached by two of the best in the world

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

fantastic tumbler. Now, as soon as his wife and daughter, Irina

and Kristina respectively, he runs the Vitaly Scherbo

School of Gymnastics in Las Vegas.