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 museum is housed inside Science Museum Oklahoma

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

*Simona Amanar (Romania, 2007)
*Polina Astakhova (USSR, 2002)
*Svetlana Boginskaya (USSR, Unified Team; 2005)
*Lyubov Burda (USSR, 2001)
*Věra Čáslavská (Czechoslovakia, 1998)
*Nadia Comaneci (Romania, 1993)
*Yelena Davydova (USSR, 2007)
*Maxi Gnauck (GDR, 2000)
*Keiko Ikeda (Japan, 2002)
*Karin Janz (GDR, 2003)
*Agnes Keleti (Hungary, 2002)
*Nellie Kim (USSR, 1999)
*Olga Korbut (USSR, 1988)
*Natalia Kuchinskaya (USSR, 2006)
*Larissa Latynina (USSR, 1998)
*Shannon Miller (USA, 2006)
*Lilia Podkopayeva (Ukraine, 2008)
*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)
*Ma Yanhong (China, 2008)
*Erika Zuchold (GDR, 2005)

Male inductees

*Nikolai Andrianov (USSR, 2001)
*Vladimir Artemov (USSR, 2006)
*Max Bangauter (Switzerland, 2003)
*Frank Bare (USA, 1999)
*Dmitry Bilozerchev (USSR, 2003)
*Miroslav Cerar (Slovenia, 1999)
*Bart Conner (USA, 1997)
*Stoyan Deltchev (Bulgaria, 2008)
*Alexander Dityatin (USSR, 2004)
*Yukio Endo (Japan, 1999)
*Arthur Gander (Switzerland, 1997)
*Eberhard Gienger (Germany, 2007)
*Bruno Grandi (Italy, 2001)
*Savino Guglielmetti (Italy, 1998)
*Jack Gunthard (Switzerland, 1997)
*Takuji Hayata (Japan, 2004)
*Béla Károlyi (Romania, USA; 1997)
*Shigeru Kasamatsu (Japan, 2007)
*Sawao Kato (Japan, 2001)
*Eizo Kenmotsu (Japan, 2006)
*Valeri 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)
*Shuji Tsurumi (Japan, 2008)
*Peter Vidmar (USA, 1998)
*Haruhiro Yamashita (Japan, 2000)

External links

* [http://www.ighof.com/ International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]