International Gymnastics Hall of Fame

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The International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, located in Oklahoma City, USA, is a Hall of Fame dedicated to honoring the achievements and contributions of the world's most greatest competitors, coaches and authorities in artistic gymnastics.

The early IGHOF was founded in 1972 by Frank Wells of the National Gymnastics Clinic. It had only one member, Olga Korbut, and disbanded in the late 1970s. The current museum was founded in 1986 by Glenn Sundby, publisher of the International Gymnast magazine. Initially located in Oceanside, California, it was moved into Oklahoma City in 1997.

As of 2006, the IGHOF has its own building, which features a large library, videos of the major gymnastics competitions, and memorabilia.

Contents 1 List of inductees 1.1 Female inductees 1.2 Male inductees 2 External link

List of inductees

The country, represented by the person during the competitive (or coaching) career and the year the person was inducted are in parentheses.

Female inductees

• Polina Astakhova (USSR, 2002)
• Svetlana Boginskaya (USSR, Unified Team; 2005)
• Ljubov Burda (USSR, 2001)
• Věra Čáslavská (Czechoslovakia, 1998)
• Nadia Comaneci (Romania, 1993)
• Maxi Gnauck (GDR, 2000)
• Keiko Ikeda (Japan, 2002)
• Karin Janz (GDR, 2003)
• Agnes Keleti (Hungary, 2002)
• Nellie Kim (USSR, 1999)
• Olga Korbut (USSR, 1988)
• Larissa Latynina (USSR, 1998)
• Helena Rakoczy (Poland, 2004)
• Mary Lou Retton (USA, 1997)
• Cathy Rigby (USA, 1997)
• Yelena Shushunova (USSR, 2004)
• Daniela Silivaş (Romania, 2002)
• Ecaterina Szabo (Romania, 2000)
• Ludmilla Tourischeva (USSR, 1998)
• Teodora Ungureanu (Romania, 2001)
• Berthe Villancher (France, 2002)
• Erika Zuchold (GDR, 2005)

Male inductees

• Nikolai Andrianov (USSR, 2001)
• Max Bangauter (Switzerland, 2003)
• Frank Bare (USA, 1999)
• Dmitry Bilozerchev (USSR, 2003)
• Miroslav Cerar (Yugoslavia, 1999)
• Bart Conner (USA, 1997)
• Alexander Dityatin (USSR, 2004)
• Yukio Endo (Japan, 1999)
• Arthur Gander (Switzerland, 1997)
• Bruno Grandi (Italy, 2001)
• Savino Guglielmetti (Italy, 1998)
• Jack Gunthard (Switzerland, 1997)
• Takuji Hayata (Japan, 2004)
• Béla Károlyi (Romania, USA; 1997)
• Sawao Kato (Japan, 2001)
• Valery Liukin (USSR, 2005)
• Eugen Mack (Switzerland, 1999)
• Franco Menichelli (Italy, 2003)
• Akinori Nakayama (Japan, 2005)
• Li Ning (China, 2000)
• Takashi Ono (Japan, 1998)
• Heikki Savolainen (Finland, 2004)
• Boris Shakhlin (USSR, 2002)
• Leon Štukelj (Slovenia, 1997)
• Masao Takemoto (Japan, 1997)
• Kurt Thomas (USA, 2003)
• William Thoresson (Sweden, 2001)
• Yuri Titov (USSR, 1999)
• Peter Vidmar (USA, 1998)
• Haruhiro Yamashita (Japan, 2000)

External link

• International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• The Wall of Shame: Romanian Gymnastics abusive coaches

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