Just saw this on The Couch Gymnast:
… Mostepanovafan has posted the top ten most successful gymnasts of all time montage. She has done quads, but now its the whole of elite history. …
Mostepanovafan explains:
… the most successful gymnasts ever based on World and Olympic individual medals.
Success was worked out by: total number of World and Olympic individual medals won (no team medals counted), if there were ties it was split by number of golds, then number of silvers, then number of bronzes.
Who are the top 10? … This will surprise you.
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Seems to me the quality shared by these women is “toughness“. They were successful for a long time. And could HIT under the pressure of the biggest meets.
None (except #10) would be on my list of favourite gymnasts.
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