page_title: List of Jews in sports
section_title: Gymnastics
hierarchical_section_title: List of Jews in sports / Athletes / Gymnastics
caption_attribution_description: Rio de Janeiro - Aly Raisman, ginasta dos Estados Unidos, durante final em que levou medalha de ouro na disputa por equipes feminina nos Jogos Olímpicos Rio 2016. (Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil)
context_page_description: This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports. The criteria for inclusion in this list are:
  1–3 places winners at major international tournaments;
  for team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or
  holders of past and current world records.
  Boldface denotes a current competitor.
  To be included in the list, one does not necessarily have to practice Judaism. Some members of the list may practice other religions or no religion at all, but are of Jewish ancestry.
  The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society.
context_section_description: Ruth Abeles, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)
  Estella Agsteribbe, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz
  Linoy Ashram, Israel, 2x World Champion silver (rhythmic gymnast)
  Yana Batyrshina, Russia, Olympic silver (rhythmic gymnastics)
  Alyssa Beckerman, US, national champion (balance beam), 2 silver & bronze (uneven bars)
  Valery Belenky, USSR/Azerbaijan/Germany, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), bronze (individual combined exercises)
  Ralli Ben-Yehuda, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)
  Moran Buzovski, Israel, Olympian (rhythmic gymnast)
  Elka de Levie, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises)
  Artem Dolgopyat, Israeli artistic gymnast (silver medal in World Championships)
  Olena Dvornichenko, Israel/Ukraine, rhythmic gymnastics
  Philip Erenberg, US, Olympic silver (Indian clubs)
  Alfred Flatow, Germany, 3x Olympic champion (parallel bars, team parallel bars, team horizontal bar), silver (horizontal bar)
  Gustav Felix Flatow, Germany, 2x Olympic champion (team parallel bars, team horizontal bar)
  Samu Fóti, Hungary, Olympic silver (team combined exercises)
  Limor Friedman, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)
  Mitch Gaylord, US, Olympic champion (team), silver (vaulting), 2x bronze (rings, parallel bars)
  Imre Gellért, Hungary, Olympic silver (team combined exercises)
  Nancy Goldsmith, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)
  Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, Olympic 2x champion (all-around individual exercises, team combined exercises), 5x silver (vault, asymmetrical bars, balance beam, floor exercise, team exercises with portable apparatus)
  Abie Grossfeld, US, 8x Pan American champion, 7x Maccabiah champion, coach
  George Gulack, US, Olympic champion (flying rings)
  Miriam Kara, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)
  Ágnes Keleti, Hungary, 5x Olympic champion (2x floor exercise, asymmetrical bars, floor exercise, balance beam, team exercise with portable apparatus), 3x silver (2x team combined exercises, individual combined exercises), 2x bronze (asymmetrical bars, team exercises with portable apparatus), International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
  Alice Kertész, Hungary, Olympic champion (team, portable apparatus), silver (team); world silver (team)
  Natalia Laschenova, USSR, Olympic champion (team)
  Ya'akov Levi, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)
  Tatiana Lysenko, USSR/Ukraine, 2x Olympic champion (balance beam, team combined exercises), bronze (horse vault)
  Valeria Maksyuta, Ukraine/Israel, multiple World Cup medalist, Israeli Olympian, Maccabiah Games champion
  Phoebe Mills, US, Olympic bronze (balance beam)
  Abraham Mok, Netherlands,
  Yohanan Moyal, Israel, Olympian (artistic gymnast)
  Helena Nordheim, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór
  Mikhail Perelman, USSR, Olympic champion (team combined exercises)
  Katerina Pisetsky, Israel/Ukraine, rhythmic gymnast
  Anna Polak, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór
  Vladimir Portnoi, USSR, Olympic silver (team combined exercises) and bronze (long horse vault)
  Monica Rokhman, US, Olympian (rhythmic gymnast)
  Aly Raisman, US, Olympic champion (floor 2012, team combined exercises: 2012, 2016), silver (all-around, floor: 2016), bronze (balance beam); world gold (team: 2011, 2015), silver (team: 2010), and bronze (floor exercise: 2011)
  Yulia Raskina, Belarus, Olympic silver (rhythmic gymnastics)
  Neta Rivkin, Israel, world bronze (rhythmic gymnastics; hoop)
  Maria Savenkov, Israel/Russia, rhythmic gymnast
  Alexander Shatilov, Uzbekistan/Israel, world bronze, European champion (artistic gymnast; floor exercise)
  Yelena Shushunova, USSR, Olympic 2x champion (all-around, team), silver (balance beam), bronze (uneven bars)
  Judijke Simons, Netherlands, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), killed by the Nazis in Sobibór
  Kerri Strug, US, Olympic champion (team combined exercises), bronze (team combined exercises)
  Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky, Russia-born Israel, youth olympian (rhythmic gymnast)
  Rahel Vigdozchik, Israel, rhythmic gymnast
  Veronika Viten
caption: Aly Raisman
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