List of gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics

This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta from 19 July to 4 August 1996. Gymnasts in two disciplines (artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics) participated in the Games.

Women's artistic gymnastics NameCountryDate of birth (Age)Youngest competitorJi LiyaOldest competitorEszter Óváry NOCNameDate of birth (Age)HometownAna DestéfanoJoanna HughesMelbourne, VictoriaNicole KantekLiverpool, New South WalesRuth MonizAdelaide, South AustraliaLisa MoroMelbourne, VictoriaLisa SkinnerClear Mountain, QueenslandJenny SmithPerth, Western AustraliaSvetlana BoginskayaMinsk, BelarusElena PiskunMinsk, BelarusAlena PolozkovaMogilev, BelarusSvetlana TarasevichGrodno, BelarusLudmila VityukovaBabruysk, BelarusOlga YurkinaMinsk, BelarusTatyana ZharganovaGrodno, BelarusVeselina GenchevaSofia, BulgariaJennifer ExaltacionWindsor, OntarioShanyn MacEachernBrampton, OntarioYvonne TousekKitchener, OntarioBi WenjingXintai, ShandongJi LiyaHengyang, HunanKui YuanyuanXicheng District, BeijingLiu XuanChangsha, HunanMao YanlingMo HuilanGuilin, GuangxiQiao YaShashi District, HubeiGabriela KrčmářováKarviná, Czech RepublicCécile CanqueteauParis, FranceLudivine FurnonNîmes, FranceLaure GélySaint-Étienne, FranceIsabelle SeverinoParis, FranceElvire TezaSaint-Denis, RéunionOrélie TroscomptVevey, SwitzerlandÉmilie VolleSaint-Étienne, FranceYvonne PiochNeubrandenburg, GermanyKathleen StarkRostock, GermanySonia LawrenceCaerphilly, WalesAnnika ReederEpping, EnglandKyriaki FirinidouThessaloniki, GreeceVirginia KarentzouThessaloniki, GreeceAikaterini MamoutiThessaloniki, GreeceKonstantina MargaritiAthens, GreeceKyriaki PapanikolaouThessaloniki, GreeceGeorgia TempouThessaloniki, GreeceVasiliki TsavdaridouThessaloniki, GreeceIldikó BalogBékéscsaba, HungaryNikolett KrauszBudapest, HungaryAndrea MolnárBudapest, HungaryAdrienn NyesteMezőhegyes, HungaryHenrietta ÓnodiBékéscsaba, HungaryEszter ÓváryBudapest, HungaryAdrienn VargaGyula, HungaryFrancesca MorottiCalcinate, ItalyGiordana RocchiRome, ItalyMiho HashiguchiAichi Prefecture, JapanNaho HoshiyamaTokyo, JapanHanako MiuraHiroshima Prefecture, JapanSatsuki ObataShiga Prefecture, JapanMasumi OkawaShizuoka Prefecture, JapanAya SekineGunma Prefecture, JapanRisa SugawaraToda, JapanOlga KozhevnikovaAlmaty, KazakhstanLudmila PrinceRiga, LatviaNaima El-RhouatiYoussoufia, MoroccoDiana TeixeiraPorto, PortugalEileen DíazRío Piedras, Puerto RicoSimona AmânarConstanța, RomaniaGina GogeanCâmpuri, RomaniaIonela LoaieșComănești, RomaniaAlexandra MarinescuBucharest, RomaniaLavinia MiloșoviciLugoj, RomaniaMirela ȚugurlanFocșani, RomaniaElena DolgopolovaVolzhsky, RussiaRoza GaliyevaOlmaliq, UzbekistanElena GroshevaYaroslavl, RussiaSvetlana KhorkinaBelgorod, RussiaDina KochetkovaMoscow, RussiaEvgeniya KuznetsovaSaint Petersburg, RussiaOksana LyapinaArmavir, RussiaKlaudia KinskáKošice, SlovakiaKong Yoon-jinSeoul, South KoreaVerónica CastroGijón, SpainJoana JuárezBarcelona, SpainMónica MartínGijón, SpainMercedes PachecoMadrid, SpainGemma PazMadrid, SpainDiana PlazaMadrid, SpainElisabeth ValleBarcelona, SpainPascale GrossenbacherChavannes, SwitzerlandOksana KnizhnikKyiv, UkraineAnna MirgorodskayaOdesa, UkraineLilia PodkopayevaDonetsk, UkraineOlena ShaparnaKherson, UkraineLiubov SheremetaLviv, UkraineOlha TeslenkoKropyvnytskyi, UkraineSvetlana ZelepukinaKropyvnytskyi, UkraineAmanda BordenCincinnati, OhioAmy ChowSan Jose, CaliforniaDominique DawesSilver Spring, MarylandShannon MillerRolla, MissouriDominique MoceanuLos Angeles, CaliforniaJaycie PhelpsIndianapolis, IndianaKerri StrugTucson, ArizonaOksana ChusovitinaBukhara, UzbekistanAnastasia Dzyundzyak

Men's artistic gymnastics NameCountryDate of birth (Age)Youngest competitorsNikolai KryukovOldest competitorLi Donghua NOCNameDate of birth (Age)HometownMarcelo PalacioNorayr SargsyanParakar, ArmeniaBrennon DowrickWagga Wagga, New South WalesBret HudsonSydney, New South WalesShane de FreitasBridgetown, BarbadosAleksandr BelanovskyMinsk, BelarusAndrey KanBaranavichy, BelarusIvan PavlovskyGrodno, BelarusVitaly RudnitskyMogilev, BelarusVitaly ScherboMinsk, BelarusAleksandr ShostakMinsk, BelarusAleksey SinkevichVitebsk, BelarusKrasimir DunevPlovdiv, BulgariaKalofer HristozovPlovdiv, BulgariaIvan IvanovVarna, BulgariaDimitar LunchevRuse, BulgariaVasil VetsevSofia, BulgariaDeyan YordanovRuse, BulgariaYordan YovchevPlovdiv, BulgariaKris BurleyTruro, Nova ScotiaRichard IkedaKamloops, British ColumbiaAlan NoletToronto, OntarioFan BinPingdingshan, HenanFan HongbinZhuozhou, HebeiHuang HuadongHuang LipingWuhan, HubeiLi XiaoshuangXiantao, HubeiShen JianXintai, ShandongZhang JinjingAleksej DemjanovCherkessk, RussiaJiří FiřtPrague, Czech RepublicThiérry AymesOllioules, FrancePatrice CasimirSaint-Pierre, RéunionSébastien DarrigadeSaint-Mandé, FranceFrédéric LemoinePantin, FranceFrédérick NicolasLa Tronche, FranceÉric PoujadeAix-en-Provence, FranceSébastien TayacNice, FranceIlia GiorgadzeKutaisi, GeorgiaValery BelenkyBaku, AzerbaijanUwe BillerbeckEsslingen am Neckar, GermanyJan-Peter NikiferowMagdeburg, GermanyKarsten OelschErlabrunn, GermanyMarius TobăReșița, RomaniaOliver WaltherHalle, GermanyAndreas WeckerStaßfurt, GermanyDominic BrindleBradford, EnglandLee McDermottLondon, EnglandIoannis MelissanidisDachau, GermanySzilveszter CsollánySopron, HungaryKrisztián JordanovSofia, BulgariaZoltán SupolaDunaújváros, HungaryRúnar AlexanderssonSmolensk, RussiaBarry McDonaldMarcello BarbieriModena, ItalyPaolo BucciMilan, ItalyJury ChechiPrato, ItalyFrancesco ColomboCarate Brianza, ItalyRoberto GalliGallarate, ItalySergio LuiniBusto Arsizio, ItalyBoris PretiGallarate, ItalyYoshiaki HatakedaTokushima Prefecture, JapanShigeru KuriharaSaitama Prefecture, JapanToshiharu SatoOsaka, JapanHikaru TanakaTanabe, JapanNaoya TsukaharaNagasaki, JapanTakashi UchiyamaSaitama Prefecture, JapanAleksey DmitriyenkoSergey FedorchenkoAlmaty, KazakhstanPae Gil-suFlemming SolbergDrammen, NorwayDiego LizardiSan Juan, Puerto RicoDan BurincăSibiu, RomaniaAdrian IanculescuLugoj, RomaniaCristian LericArad, RomaniaNistor ȘandroOradea, RomaniaNicu StroiaPângărați, RomaniaRobert TăciuletBuzău, RomaniaMarius UrzicăToplița, RomaniaSergei KharkovMoscow, RussiaNikolai KryukovVoronezh, RussiaAleksei NemovBarashevo, RussiaYevgeni PodgornyNovosibirsk, RussiaDmitri TrushSeversk, RussiaDmitri VasilenkoCherkessk, RussiaAleksei VoropayevMoscow, RussiaHan Yun-suSuwon, South KoreaJeong Jin-suJo Seong-minJeollabuk, South KoreaKim Bong-hyeonKim Dong-hwaMasan, South KoreaLee Joo-hyungYeo Hong-chulGwangju, South KoreaJesús CarballoMadrid, SpainMichael EngelerSt. Gallen, SwitzerlandLi DonghuaChengdu, ChinaErich WannerIhor KorobchynskyiAntratsyt, UkraineOleg KosyakKyiv, UkraineGrigoriy MisyutinOleksandriia, UkraineVolodymyr ShamenkoTaraz, KazakhstanRustam SharipovDushanbe, TajikistanOleksandr SvitlychniyKharkiv, UkraineYuriy YermakovMakiivka, UkraineMihal BagiuTimișoara, RomaniaJair LynchAmherst, MassachusettsJohn MacreadyLos Angeles, CaliforniaJohn RoethlisbergerFort Atkinson, WisconsinKip SimonsMedia, PennsylvaniaChainey UmphreyAlbuquerque, New MexicoBlaine WilsonColumbus, Ohio

Rhythmic gymnasts

Individual NameCountryDate of birth (Age)Youngest competitorAlmudena CidOldest competitorLenka Oulehlová NOCNameDate of birth (age)HometownBirgit SchielinVienna, AustriaNina TaborskyVienna, AustriaLarisa LukyanenkoKrasnoyarsk, RussiaTatiana OgrizkoMinsk, BelarusCindy StollenbergVerviers, BelgiumMaria PetrovaPlovdiv, BulgariaDiana PopovaPlovdiv, BulgariaCamille MartensVancouver, British ColumbiaWu BeiZhou XiaojingRui'an, ZhejiangLenka OulehlováBrno, Czech RepublicAndrea ŠebestováPlzeň, Czech RepublicKatri KalpalaHelsinki, FinlandEva SerranoNîmes, FranceEkaterina AbramiaTbilisi, GeorgiaMagdalena BrzeskaGdynia, PolandKristin SrokaLeipzig, GermanyMaria PangalouThessaloniki, GreeceEvangelia SotiriouAthens, GreeceViktória FráterBudapest, HungaryAndrea SzalayBudapest, HungaryIrene GerminiLegnano, ItalyKatia PietrosantiComo, ItalyMiho YamadaChofu, JapanAkane YamaoKiyose, JapanKristina KliukevičiūtėKaunas, LithuaniaAnna KwitniewskaGdynia, PolandKrystyna LeśkiewiczWrocław, PolandDana CarteleanuAlina StoicaBaia Mare, RomaniaYanina BatyrchinaTashkent, UzbekistanAmina ZaripovaChirchiq, UzbekistanAlba CarideVigo, SpainAlmudena CidVitoria-Gasteiz, SpainEkaterina SerebrianskaSimferopol, UkraineOlena VitrychenkoOdesa, UkraineJessica DavisGreenbrae, California

Group NameCountryDate of birth (Age)Youngest competitorAnne JungOldest competitorZheng Ni NOCNameDate of birth (Age)HometownNatalia BudiloMinsk, BelarusOlga DemskayaMinsk, BelarusOksana ZhdanovichMinsk, BelarusSvetlana LuzanovaMinsk, BelarusGalina MalashenkaMinsk, BelarusAlesia PokhodinaMinsk, BelarusIna DeltchevaPlovdiv, BulgariaValentina KevliyanPlovdiv, BulgariaMaria KolevaSofia, BulgariaMaja TabakovaSofia, BulgariaIvelina TalevaPlovdiv, BulgariaVyara VatashkaSofia, BulgariaCai YingyingHuang TingHuang YingZheng NiZhong LiCharlotte CamboulivesCalais, FranceCaroline ChimotSeclin, FranceSylvie DidoneVénissieux, FranceAudrey GrosclaudeTassin-la-Demi-Lune, FranceFrédérique LéhonBoulogne-sur-Mer, FranceNadia MimounMontpellier, FranceNicole BittnerBernburg, GermanyKatrin HoffmannBad Cannstatt, GermanyAnne JungGroß-Umstadt, GermanyDörte SchiltzLüdenscheid, GermanyLuise StäbleinBerlin, GermanyKatharina WildermutHalle, GermanyManuela BocchiniFano, ItalyValentina MarinoSyracuse, SicilySara PapiUrbino, ItalySara PinciroliBusto Arsizio, ItalyValentina RovettaBergamo, ItalyNicoletta TintiArezzo, ItalyYevgeniya BochkaryovaPenza, RussiaIrina DzyubaNovosibirsk, RussiaYuliya IvanovaVolgograd, RussiaYelena KrivosheyVolgograd, RussiaOlga ShtyrenkoVolgograd, RussiaAngelina YushkovaVoronezh, RussiaMarta BaldóVillajoyosa, SpainNúria CabanillasBarcelona, SpainEstela GiménezMadrid, SpainLorena GuréndezVitoria-Gasteiz, SpainTania LamarcaVitoria-Gasteiz, SpainEstíbaliz MartínezVitoria-Gasteiz, SpainMandy JamesJacksonville, FloridaAliane Mata-BaquerotNew York, New YorkKate NelsonEvanston, IllinoisBrandi SiegelMiami, FloridaChallen SieversDowners Grove, IllinoisBecky TurnerMarietta, Georgia

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