Category: history

2025 CGA Hall of Fame

April 20, 2025, from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the University of Michigan Golf Course Clubhouse Ballroom.

INDIVIDUALS

  • Akash Modi (Stanford, ‘14-’17) – 5 National Titles, 17 All-Americans, Nissen Emery Award
  • Armando Vega (Penn State, ‘56-’59) – 6 National Titles, 16 All-Americans
  • Joe Kotys (Kent State, ‘49-’51) – 6 National Titles, 10 All-Americans
  • Robert Lynn (USC, ‘60-’62) – 6 National Titles, 14 All-Americans
  • Steve Legendre (Oklahoma, ‘08-’11) – 6 National Titles, 12 All-Americans, Nissen Emery Award
  • Chad Fox (New Mexico, ‘86-’89) – 5 National Titles, 8 All-Americans, Four-peat on Vault
  • Mark Sohn (Penn State, ‘88-’91) – 4 National Titles, 4 All-Americans, Four-peat on Pommel Horse
  • Jean Cronstedt (Penn State, ‘52-’54) – 6 National Titles, 10 All-Americans
  • Peter Vidmar (UCLA, ‘80-’83) – 5 National Titles, 18 All-Americans, Nissen Emery Award

COACHES

  • Abie Grossfeld (Southern Connecticut State) – 2 NCAA Division II Team Titles, 11 Conference Titles, 29 National Titles, 126 All-Americans
  • Francis Allen (Nebraska) – 8 NCAA Division I Team Titles, 14 Conference Titles, 42 National Titles, 172 All-Americans

TEAMS

1954 Penn State – NCAA Title, 6 National Champions, 15 All-Americans

1963 Michigan – NCAA Title, 6 National Champions, 13 All-Americans

Jade is good at the Gymnastic 😀

Jade Carey. Legendary season.

Yesterday she won the AA and (at least) shared the title on all 4 apparatus.

the 50 top male gymnasts since 1948

By this criteria, Uchimura is only #4.

That’s like ranking Michael Jordan #4 in Basketball. I’d have both higher on my totally subjective rankings. 😀

Click through to zhoxxyy.com to see the full list.

IG Magazine Hall of Fame 2025

Congratulations to the new inductees:

  • Beth Tweddle 🇬🇧: Three-time World Champion, and 2012 Olympic bronze medalist on the Uneven Bars.
  • 🌟Andreas Wecker 🇩🇪: Four-time Olympic medalist including 1996 Olympic gold on High Bar, and six-time World Championship medalist.
  • 🌟Catalina Ponor 🇷🇴: Three-time Olympian 2004, 2012, 2016, and winner of five Olympic medals, including three golds in 2004. (Previously honored in 2022, but was unable to attend the official IGHOF ceremony)
  • 🌟Paul Ziert 🇺🇸: Legendary gymnastics coach, entrepreneur and generous philanthropic supporter of numerous gymnastics related causes including the IGHOF.

Obituary – Coach Ed Vincent

Read and comment here.

A service will be held for Coach Ed Vincent on Friday April 25, in Calgary, Alberta.

He inspired me and everyone else at Altadore Gym Club over 50 years with the club. 2024 Olympic Floor champion Kyle Shewfelt is just one of those athletes inspired by Ed’s enthusiasm for the sport.

The annual Altadore Invitational competition is named for Ed Vincent in his memory.

Read his obituary.

USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Class of 2025

⭐️ Gary Anderson
⭐️ Morgan Hurd
⭐️ Melissa “Missy” Marlowe
⭐️ Rebecca Sereda
⭐️ Barry Weiner
⭐️ Marc Yancey

This year’s class will be inducted Saturday, August 9 in New Orleans, Louisiana in a ceremony held during the 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships. …

USAG

Bottom left photo is Barry Weiner — Two-time NCAA-winning team coach at the University of California (1997-98). And one of the more passionate Gymnastics experts I’ve ever known.

remembering Akinori Nakayama

When I was a young gymnast, the Japanese were best in the world.

Of all the superstars of the day, my favourite was Akinori Nakayama.

With six Olympic titles and 10 Olympic medals, the awe-inspiring Nakayama Akinori (JPN) was a man apart even in the pantheon of Japan’s greatest gymnasts.

An impeccable performer who was consistently among the best in the world on five apparatus during the 1960s and 1970s, Nakayama, who passed away on 9 March at age 82, inspired wonder by winning four of the eight Olympic titles in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics at the 1968 Olympic Games. …

FIG – Nakayama Akinori, 1943-2025: Remembering one of Japan’s greatest Gymnastics legends

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