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1 Who qualified for beam finals in third place behind Ana Porgras and Rebecca Bross?
Answer: Anna Dementyeva

Dementyeva qualified third, Deng qualified fourth, Mitchell qualified fifth, and Mustafina qualified sixth.
  From Quiz: 2010 World Gymnastics Championships
2 What country won the women's team competition?
Answer: Russia

Russia were victorious, USA took home the silver, China bronze, Romania came 4th, Japan 5th, Australia 6th, Great Britain 7th, and Italy in 8th.
  From Quiz: 2010 Women's Gymnastics World Championships
3 This gymnast is most known for competing at the 1958 Moscow World Championships while secretly being 5 months pregnant with her daughter. She went on to win gold medals in 5 out of the 6 events. Who is this?
Answer: Larissa Latynina

Larissa Latynina received a silver medal in the sixth event which was the floor exercise at the 1958 World Championships. She competed in 3 Olympiads from 1956-1964. She retired in 1966 with 18 Olympic medals (9 of which were gold).
  From Quiz: Gymnasts Facing Impossible Odds
4 This gymnast was called the "Belarusian Swan" and the "Goddess of Gymnastics" due to her height, grace, and long lines. She is also a three-time Olympic champion. Who is this gymnast?
Answer: Svetlana Boginskaya

Svetlana Boginskaya competed in 3 Olympics, from 1988 Seoul to the 1996 Atlanta Games. She won a total of 5 Olympic medals, 4 of them gold.
  From Quiz: Nicknames of Popular Gymnasts
5 This gymnast holds the distinction of winning China's first World Championship gold medal, as well as China's first Olympic gold medal. Who is this gymnast?
Answer: Ma Yanhong

Ma Yanhong won the World title for China on the uneven bars at the 1979 World Championships. She would win the first gold medal for China at an Olympic games when she would tie for 1st place with Julianne McNamara of the U.S. (1st individual event gold for the US women) on the uneven bars. Each scored a perfect 10.
  From Quiz: International Female Gymnasts [2]
6 Which 16-year old won the all-round world title in 2006?
Answer: Ferrari

She's Vanessa Ferrari from Italy. She also won bronze on the floor and the bridge.
    Your options: [ Honda ] [ Williams ] [ Ferrari ] [ McLaren ]
  From Quiz: Do You Know Gymnastics?
7 Who won the 1992 Olympics All-Around?
Answer: Tatiana Gutsu CIS(URK)

First gymnast to win the all around title for independent URK.
  From Quiz: Anything About Gymnastics
8 What is the very first skill that a gymnast completes on the bar during the Level 6 routine?
Answer: kip

Level 6 is a compulsory level, and all gymnasts in Level 6 are required to do the same skills and the same routine. A kip is a very basic skill that is performed to mount the bar and begin a gymnast's routine.
  From Quiz: Level 6 Women's Bar Routine
9 How many gold medals did Catalina Ponor win at the Athens 2004 Olympics?
Answer: 3

Catalina has won three gold medals in her first Olympic Games, including one in team competition.
  From Quiz: Female Gymnasts
10 "Because I'm little, I think the audience likes me."
Answer: Mo Huilan

She was right about being small. When she competed in the Atlanta Olympics at the age of 17, Mo was only 4'6" inches tall. Her petite stature and tremendous strength earned her the nickname "Mighty Mo." However, her status as a crowd-pleaser probably had more to do with the fact that she was amazingly talented and polished, a "complete" gymnast - one that's equally good at all four events.
    Your options: [ Kim Gwang-Suk ] [ Dominique Moceanu ] [ Mo Huilan ] [ Mina Kim ]
  From Quiz: Quotes from Gymnasts
11 What is the name associated with a triple backflip on the floor?
Answer: Liukin

The gymnast that first did this is named Valery Liukin. It is insanely impossible to think of doing. It is worth a SUPER E which is worth 4 tenths of a point bonus for the Olympians.
  From Quiz: Men's Gymnastics
12 Nadia Comaneci and Kim Zmeskal were coached by ___________ ?
Answer: Bela Karolyi

Other notable Karolyi gymnasts include Teodora Ungureanu, Mary Lou Retton, Phoebe Mills, Kerri Strug, Betty Okino, and Dominique Moceanu. That list could go on for quite a while.
  From Quiz: Gymnastics Coaches
13 What is the lowest level of competitive gymnastics?
Answer: 2
  From Quiz: Lower Level Gymnastics
14 Who is Shannon Miller's coach?
Answer: Steve Nunno

Steve Nunno coaches at Dynamo Gymnastics in Oklahoma
  From Quiz: Basic Gymnastics
15 Which team jumped up three spots between team qualifying and team finals?
Answer: Japan

After a disappointing qualifying round, Japan was in eighth place. In the finals, they managed to move up to fifth, the same position they finished in during the 2008 Olympic Games. Russia was first both days. The United States moved from third to second and Australia was sixth both days.
    Your options: [ Japan ] [ United States ] [ Russia ] [ Australia ]
  From Quiz: 2010 World Gymnastics Championships
16 Who won the women's all-around competition?
Answer: Aliya Mustafina

Aliya was the winner, Yuyuan got the silver and Bross took the bronze. Mustafina is Russian, Yuyuan Chinese and Bross are American. Beth Tweddle from Great Britain no longer competes in the all-around competition.
  From Quiz: 2010 Women's Gymnastics World Championships
17 Which two promising young gymnasts tied for the gold medal at the 1985 World Gymnastics Championships?
Answer: Oksana Omelianchik and Elena Shushunova

This was the first tie for the AA title in history. Omelianchik and Shushunova shared the gold medal. Dagmar Kersten took the bronze.
    Your options: [ Oksana Omelianchik and Svetlana Boginskaya ] [ Olga Mostepanova and Elena Shushunova ] [ Oksana Omelianchik and Elena Shushunova ] [ Natalia Yurchenko and Elena Groshkova ]
  From Quiz: Soviet Gymnastics
18 This gymnast has often been called the "Diva" or "Queen" of Russian gymnastics. She is a 7-time Olympic medalist and known for her expressive dance, extreme difficulty, and innovative routine. Who is this gymnast?
Answer: Svetlana Khorkina

Svetlana Khorkina has embraced being called a "Diva", often stating, "I don't mind. I wouldn't have been called a diva or a queen if I wasn't creative."
  From Quiz: Nicknames of Popular Gymnasts
19 Who was the first Russian woman to win the All-Around gold medal at an Olympic Games?
Answer: Yelena Davydova

In 1952, Maria Gorokhovskaya won the 1st Olympic All-Around gold medal while competing for the Soviet Union(USSR). However, she was born in the Ukraine. Larissa Latynina, the Olympic All-Around champion in 1956 and 1960, was also of Ukranian descent. In 1972, the next Soviet gymnast to win the All-Around gold medal was Ludmilla Tourischeva, another Ukranian great. It would not be until 1980 that a Russian born gymnast named Yelena Davydova would win the All-Around title in one of the most controversial judging events in Olympic history. Yelena Shushunova won the Olympic All-Around title in 1988, making her the 2nd Russian woman to win the All-Around gold medal. In 1992, Tatiana Gutsu would win gold for Ukraine, followed by Lilia Podkopayeva in 1996. In total, a gymnast from the Ukraine has won the Olympic All-Around gold medal 6 times, more than any other country.
  From Quiz: International Female Gymnasts [1]
20 Who won the 1972 Olympic All-Around?
Answer: Ludmila Turischeva URS

Ludmile made up double-twisting back layout at the 1972 Olympics and she made up tsukahara at the 1974 Worlds.
  From Quiz: Anything About Gymnastics
21 What skill comes after the kip and cast on the low bar?
Answer: clear hip (free hip)

A clear hip and a free hip are the exact same skill. Some people prefer saying one or the other, depending on which one their coach said. A clear hip or free hip, is when a gymnast flips around the bar, and before making a complete circle, shoots up to a handstand. A handstand is not required in Level 6, and not many women are able to accomplish this, they just shoot to a handstand horizontal to the bar.
  From Quiz: Level 6 Women's Bar Routine
22 What is the lowest level in gymnastics competition?
Answer: 2

If you got this one right, congratulations! There is no level 1 for competition! There are fixed routines for levels 2 to 6, but for levels 7 to 10, also known as optional, each gymnast can make up her own routine.
  From Quiz: Gymnastics
23 "Hard work is always hard work, for young gymnasts and old gymnasts. Whoever can handle this will be a champion."
Answer: Svetlana Boginskaya

Svetlana Boginskaya, known to gymnastics fans as "the Belorussian Swan," competed in three Olympics - twice for the Soviet team and then for her native Belarus, after the breakup of the U.S.S.R. Boginskaya advises gymnasts, "If you love the sport, don't stop!"
    Your options: [ Henrietta Onodi ] [ Oksana Chusovitina ] [ Svetlana Boginskaya ] [ Dominique Dawes ]
  From Quiz: Quotes from Gymnasts
24 A front lever to a cross on the rings is called what?
Answer: Pineda

This trick is very difficult and is worth a Fig D which is worth 2 tenths of a point in bonus. (I do have a friend that can do it though).
  From Quiz: Men's Gymnastics
25 Vanessa Atler and Jamie Dantzscher were coached by ________ ?
Answer: Steve and Beth Rybacki

After many years with the Rybackis, Atler later left them and subsequently dropped out of gymnastics altogether. Dantszcher went on to make the 2000 Olympic team and then to collegiate gymnastics at UCLA.
  From Quiz: Gymnastics Coaches
26 Who hurt their ankle while vaulting at the 1996 Olympics?
Answer: Kerri Strug

Kerri Strug's injuring vault won the gold medal for the women's gymnastics team
  From Quiz: Basic Gymnastics
27 Which team finished 24th in the preliminary competition, earning the last spot at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo?
Answer: Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan earned the last position. Venezuela finished 22nd, Hungary 23rd, and Belarus 25th.
    Your options: [ Uzbekistan ] [ Hungary ] [ Belarus ] [ Venezuela ]
  From Quiz: 2010 World Gymnastics Championships
28 Who was the youngest competitor?
Answer: Rosanna Ojala

Ojala was only 15 when she competed. Rosanna is from Finland.
  From Quiz: 2010 Women's Gymnastics World Championships
29 In the 1988 Olympic Games, the All-Around women's gymnastics competition featured a rivalry between the Soviet Union and Romania. In the end, the young lady from the Soviet Union came out on top. Who was this gymnast?
Answer: Elena Shushunova

Shushunova took the gold and Silivas took the silver. Boginskaya took the bronze, and Dobre finished 6th. Omelianchik did not compete in the games.
  From Quiz: Soviet Gymnastics
30 This one Belarusian gymnast helped turn women's gymnastics into the popular sport it is today. She is often referred to as the "Sparrow of Minsk". Who is this gymnast?
Answer: Olga Korbut

Olga Korbut charmed the audiences at the 1972 Munich Olympics with her creative moves on the uneven bars and the balance beam. She also competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, earning 6 medals between the two.
  From Quiz: Nicknames of Popular Gymnasts
31 After a disappointing showing at the 1991 World Championships, this gymnast would go on to win 3 Olympic medals in 1992, including 2 gold. Who was she?
Answer: Tatiana Lysenko

Tatiana Lysenko failed to win a single individual gold medal at the 1991 World Championships, but did win a gold medal in the team competition. She rebounded in 1992, winning gold medals in the team & balance beam events, as well a bronze medal on the vault. Lavinia Milosovici won 4 medals in 1992: 2 Gold(Vault & Floor Exercise), 1 Silver(Team), and 1 Bronze(All-Around). Tatiana Gutsu also won 4 medals at the Olympic Games: 2 Gold(Team & All-Around), 1 Silver(Uneven Bars) & 1 Bronze(Floor Exercise). Henrietta Onodi won 2 Olympic medals, a gold on vault(tied with Milosovici) and a silver on floor exercise.
  From Quiz: International Female Gymnasts [2]
32 Which man won four gold medals in the 1976 Olympics?
Answer: Nikolay Andrianov

He won all-round, rings, vault, and floor.
    Your options: [ Hiroshi Kajiyama ] [ Zoltan Magyar ] [ Nikolay Andrianov ] [ Sawao Kato ]
  From Quiz: Do You Know Gymnastics?
33 Who won the All-Around at 1996 Olympics?
Answer: Lilia Podkopayeva UKR

After being the 1995 World AA champion, European AA Champion, and then the Olympic AA champion.
  From Quiz: Anything About Gymnastics
34 What is the total number of kips in the routine?
Answer: 3

The first two kips occur on the low bar, and the last kip is on the high bar. Every gymnast in Level 6 has 3 kips in her routine because every Level 6 gymnast has the same routine.
  From Quiz: Level 6 Women's Bar Routine
35 Who won a gold medal in the women's all-around final at the Athens 2004 Olympics?
Answer: Carly Patterson

Carly had a great competition and won her first medal when she was only 16 years old.
  From Quiz: Female Gymnasts
36 What is the highest level?
Answer: Elite

Level 10 is the highest numbered level, and elite is anything past level 10. Elite includes Olympic gymnasts, but is not limited to those few.
  From Quiz: Gymnastics
37 "Giving interviews is the most difficult thing about being a gymnast."
Answer: Gina Gogean

The shy Gogean found interviews awkward and the spotlight too bright. She was known as much for her solemn, unsmiling expression as for her impressive consistency. One gymnastics announcer observed that she always looked like she was competing at her own funeral. However, this didn't stop Gogean from quietly motoring her way to five Olympic medals (including an all-around silver in the Atlanta Games in 1996) and 13 World Championship medals, 7 of them gold.
    Your options: [ Nadia Hatagan ] [ Nadia Comaneci ] [ Gina Gogean ] [ Emilia Eberle ]
  From Quiz: Quotes from Gymnasts
38 Elise Ray and Dominique Dawes were trained by ___________ ?
Answer: Kelli Hill

They were teammates at Hill's Angels. Dominique Dawes was a three-time Olympian (1992, 1996, and 2000). Elise Ray was her Olympic teammate in 2000 and then competed in college gymnastics for the University of Michigan.
  From Quiz: Gymnastics Coaches
39 At what level does an optional gymnast start at?
Answer: 7
  From Quiz: Lower Level Gymnastics
40 What is the 1996 US Women's Gymnastics team's nickname?
Answer: Magnificent Seven
  From Quiz: Basic Gymnastics
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