gymnasts are SHORT

The Couch Gymnast has another original post listing some of the most famous “pint-sized” international gymnasts.

Shawn Johnson is very short for her age at 4′ 9″ (1.44m).

But many have been even shorter, over the years, including Australia’s Trudi McIntosh at 4′ 6″ (1.37m) tall.

Being short is a big advantage — biomechanically — in Artistic Gymnastics.

Artistically, however, I prefer relatively taller gymnasts. And those with long limbs. The lines are simply more appealing to me.

Those include: Svetlana Khorkina, Svetlana Boginskaya and Nastia Liukin.

He Kexin and Nastia Liukin at the 2008 Olympics.