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Minoan civilization: Toreador Fresco
Turnplatz
parallel bars
German Turners with a pommel horse
American gymnastics class
Nadia Comăneci at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games
Simone Biles
Katō Sawao
Women's artistic gymnastics events
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Laurie Hernandez
Laurie Hernandez
American gymnast
Suni Lee on the balance beam at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Suni Lee
American gymnast
Nastia Liukin
Nastia Liukin
American gymnast
The most-decorated American gymnast
Simone Biles
American gymnast
Gymnast Shannon Miller
Shannon Miller
American gymnast
Leonid Yakovlevich Arkayev
Russian coach
Kōhei Uchimura at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Kōhei Uchimura
Japanese gymnast
Gabby Douglas
Gabby Douglas
American gymnast
Olympic gymnast Věra Čáslavská
Věra Čáslavská
Czech gymnast
Nadia Comăneci
Nadia Comăneci
Romanian gymnast
Belarusian gymnast Vitaly Scherbo
Vitaly Scherbo
Belarusian athlete
“Father of gymnastics”
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
German educator
Soviet gymnast Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin
Soviet athlete
Mary Lou Retton
Mary Lou Retton
American gymnast
Olga Korbut at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games
Olga Korbut
Soviet gymnast
Nikolai Andrianov
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Li Ning
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Dmitri Bilozerchev
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