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International Gymnastics Hall of Fame

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 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.

The Hall of Fame is housed inside the Science Museum Oklahoma, formerly called the Omniplex.

List of inductees

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NameCountryYear inducted
Olga Korbut Soviet Union 1988
Nadia Comăneci Romania 1993
Masao Takemoto Japan 1997
Leon Štukelj Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Cathy Rigby United States
Mary Lou Retton United States
Béla Károlyi Romania
Jack Günthard Switzerland
Arthur Gander Switzerland
Bart Conner United States
Peter Vidmar United States 1998
Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union
Takashi Ono Japan
Larisa Latynina Soviet Union
Savino Guglielmetti Italy
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia
Yuri Titov Soviet Union 1999
Eugen Mack Switzerland
Nellie Kim Soviet Union
Yukio Endo Japan
Miroslav Cerar Slovenia
Frank Bare Sr. United States
Haruhiro Yamashita Japan 2000
Ecaterina Szabo (Katalin Szabó) Romania
Li Ning China
Maxi Gnauck East Germany
Teodora Ungureanu Romania 2001
William Thoresson Sweden
Sawao Kato Japan
Bruno Grandi Italy
Lyubov Burda Soviet Union
Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union
Berthe Villancher France 2002
Daniela Silivaș Romania
Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union
Ágnes Keleti Hungary
Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda Japan
Polina Astakhova Soviet Union
Kurt Thomas United States 2003
Franco Menichelli Italy
Karin Büttner-Janz East Germany
Dmitry Bilozerchev Soviet Union
Max Bangerter Switzerland
Yelena Shushunova Soviet Union 2004
Heikki Savolainen Finland
Helena Rakoczy Poland
Takuji Hayata Japan
Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union
Erika Zuchold East Germany 2005
Akinori Nakayama Japan
Valeri Liukin Soviet Union
Svetlana Boginskaya Soviet Union
Shannon Miller United States 2006
Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union
Eizo Kenmotsu Japan
Vladimir Artemov Soviet Union
Shigeru Kasamatsu Japan 2007
Eberhard Gienger Germany
Yelena Davydova Soviet Union
Simona Amânar Romania
Ma Yanhong China 2008
Shuji Tsurumi Japan
Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine
Stoyan Deltchev Bulgaria
Vitaly Scherbo Belarus 2009
Elvira Saadi Uzbekistan
Dominique Dawes United States
Viktor Chukarin Ukraine
Octavian Bellu Romania
Mikhail Voronin Russia 2010
Yuri Korolev Russia
Henrietta Ónodi Hungary
Steffi Kräker East Germany 2011
Leonid Arkayev Russia
Aleksandr Tkachyov Russia
Lavinia Miloșovici Romania
Natalia Shaposhnikova Russia 2012
Kim Zmeskal United States
Zoltán Magyar Hungary
Gina Gogean Romania 2013
Albert Azaryan Armenia
Natalia Yurchenko Soviet Union 2014
Li Yuejiu China
Klaus Köste East Germany
Jackie Fie United States
Elena Zamolodchikova Russia 2015
Valery Belenky Azerbaijan, Soviet Union
Ihor Korobchynskyi Ukraine 2016
Tatiana Lysenko Ukraine
Jordan Jovtchev Bulgaria
Aurelia Dobre Romania
Alexei Nemov Russia 2017
Alicia Sacramone United States
Oksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan
Shun Fujimoto Japan
Nastia Liukin United States 2018
Andreea Răducan Romania
Paul Hamm United States
Ivan Ivankov Belarus 2019
Li Xiaopeng China
Maria Filatova Russia
Shawn Johnson United States
Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union 2021
Margit Korondi Hungary
Tamara Manina Soviet Union
Olga Tass Hungary
Sofia Muratova Soviet Union
Yelena Mukhina Soviet Union
Tatiana Gutsu Soviet Union, Ukraine 2022
Fabian Hambüchen Germany
Chellsie Memmel United States
Cătălina Ponor Romania
Mitch Gaylord United States 2023
Kōji Gushiken Japan
Oksana Omelianchik Ukraine
Julianne McNamara United States 2024
Carly Patterson United States
Rustam Sharipov Ukraine
Josef Stalder Switzerland
Beth Tweddle Great Britain 2025
Andreas Wecker Germany
Cătălina Ponor Romania
Cristina Bontaș Romania 2026
Yuri Chechi Italy
Vanessa Ferrari Italy
Yang Wei China

References

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  • "Inductees". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
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