Olympic Gymnasts

Olympic gymnasts are amazing athletes because they possess such great strength, agility, flexibility and endurance. Some of the most famous Olympic gymnasts include Shannon Miller, Mary Lou Retton, Brett McClure, Bart Conner and others.

An Olympic gymnast is expected to be an exceptional athlete who is trained in one or more disciplines of gymnastics. There are several different forms of gymnastics that both men and women can compete in. One of the most popular spectator sports, but least popular participant sport is artistic gymnastics. Artistic gymnastics does not attract many gymnasts because it is very physically demanding. Other disciplines of gymnastics include rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics, sports gymnastics, aerobics gymnastics and general gymnastics. General gymnastics is a basic form of sport that promotes fun and exercise.

Carly Patterson, a 2004 Olympic gymnast won the gold medal in the individual all around category, which is the highest honor that a gymnast can receive. Other Olympic gold medalist gymnasts include Catalina Ponor, Shannon Miller, Elena Murzina and Tatiana Kurbakova. More 2004 Olympic gymnasts who won Olympic medals include Alexandra Eremia, Patricia Moreno and Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie. Four years earlier, during the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Simona Amanar won the Olympic gold medal in the individual all-around. Simona Amanar was the highest scoring 2000 Olympic gymnast.

Another famous gymnast is the Olympic gymnast Amy Chow. Amy Chow is an American gymnast who is a member of the Magnificent 7. The Magnificent 7 is a group of gymnasts who have won seven Olympic gold medals. Amy Chow, Olympic gymnast, was coached by Mark Young. She was the first Asian-American woman to receive an Olympic medal in the sport of gymnastics.

The sport of gymnastics has been plagued by bad publicity in recent years. It seems that several Olympic gymnasts with reported eating disorders made international headlines. Many of the gymnasts who competed opened up to the media about the pressure to remain tiny in order to be successful in gymnastics. Eating disorders became big news when international headlines stated that an ‘Olympic gymnast dies from eating disorder’. This was a very sad day in the history of gymnastics and all of sports.

It is important for gymnasts to know when the pressure is too great. Gymnastics should be a fun activity for the gymnast to compete in. It will be much brighter if Olympic gymnasts are not plagued with demanding schedules, overwhelming pressures and eating disorders.