Lists of gymnasts

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Gymnasts are people who participate in the sport of gymnastics.{{cite web|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vtrial/page/home/0,11065,5187-187975-205197-45048-285446-custom-item,00.html|title=List of gymnastics disciplines|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique|access-date=5 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924033203/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vtrial/page/home/0,11065,5187-187975-205197-45048-285446-custom-item,00.html|archive-date=24 September 2011}} This sport contains disciplines that include, but are not limited to:

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• acrobatic gymnastics{{cite web|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188459-205681-nav-list,00.html|title=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : About Acrobatic|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique|access-date=18 November 2012|quote=Practised by both men and women, Acrobatic Gymnastics (ACRO) is among the oldest known disciplines since already practiced at the ancient Egyptian period, as evidenced by certain frescos. But its name comes from the Greek acrobateo, meaning to rise or go forth.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102010802/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188459-205681-nav-list,00.html|archive-date=2012-11-02|url-status=dead}}
• aerobic gymnastics{{cite web|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188475-205697-nav-list,00.html|title=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : About Aerobic|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique|access-date=18 November 2012|quote=Aerobic has not only been a great form of physical training for the general public since the end of the 1980's, but also a top-level competitive sport. Aerobic Gymnastics presents dynamic moves, strength, flexibility, co-ordination and musicality in a routine, lasting up to 1 minute 50 seconds (1'30" for all categories from 2013).|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323030420/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188475-205697-nav-list,00.html|archive-date=2009-03-23|url-status=dead}}
• artistic gymnastics{{cite web|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188060-205282-nav-list,00.html|title=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : About MAG|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique|access-date=18 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111040308/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188060-205282-nav-list,00.html|archive-date=11 November 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188433-205655-nav-list,00.html |title=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : About WAG |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=18 November 2012 |quote=The competition program of women's artistic gymnastics includes the vaulting table, the uneven bars, the beam, and the floor. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111033313/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0%2C10853%2C5187-188433-205655-nav-list%2C00.html |archive-date=11 November 2012 }}
• rhythmic gymnastics{{cite web|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188467-205689-nav-list,00.html|title=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : About Rhythmic|access-date=18 November 2012|quote=Women only compete in Rhythmic Gymnastics, although in Japan and some other countries, men also practice the sport.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118022550/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188467-205689-nav-list,00.html|archive-date=18 November 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
• trampoline gymnastics{{cite web|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188484-205706-nav-list,00.html|title=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : About Trampoline|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique|access-date=18 November 2012|quote=Trampoline, an Olympic discipline, symbolizes freedom, flying and space. Multiple somersaults and twists are performed at a height of 8 meters and require precise technique and perfect body control. The Trampoline is also used as a basic training device for all sports that contain acrobatic elements|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111040820/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5187-188484-205706-nav-list,00.html|archive-date=2012-11-11|url-status=dead}}
• tumbling}}

This list is of those who are considered to be notable in their chosen discipline.

See gymnasium (ancient Greece) for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.

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