2021 in artistic gymnastics

Below is a list of notable men's and women's artistic gymnastics international events scheduled to be held in 2021, as well as the medalists.

Calendar of events

Date Location Event Men's winners Women's winners
April 21–25 Basel European Championships AA: Nikita Nagornyy
FX: Nikita Nagornyy
PH: Artur Davtyan
SR: Eleftherios Petrounias
VT: Igor Radivilov
PB: Ferhat Arıcan
HB: David Belyavskiy
AA: Viktoria Listunova
VT: Giulia Steingruber
UB: Angelina Melnikova
BB: Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos
FX: Jessica Gadirova
May 21 Gold Coast[1] Oceania Championships AA: Mikhail Koudinov AA: Emily Whitehead
May 22–27 Cairo African Championships AA: Omar Mohamed AA: Zeina Ibrahim
May 27–30 Varna FIG World Challenge Cup FX: Aurel Benović
PH: Illia Kovtun
SR: Vinzenz Höck
VT: Nazar Chepurnyi
PB: Illia Kovtun
HB: Tin Srbić
VT: Coline Devillard
UB: Uliana Perebinosova
BB: Anastasia Bachynska
FX: Dildora Aripova & Hanna Szujó
June 3–6 Cairo FIG World Challenge Cup FX: Illia Kovtun
PH: Illia Kovtun
SR: Ali Zahran
VT: Nazar Chepurnyi
PB: Robert Tvorogal
HB: Illia Kovtun
VT: Nancy Taman
UB: Diana Varinska
BB: Larisa Iordache
FX: Zója Székely
June 4–6 Rio de Janeiro Pan American Championships TF:  Brazil
AA: Caio Souza
FX: Israel Chiriboga
PH: Santiago Mayol
SR: Caio Souza
VT: Caio Souza
PB: Caio Souza
HB: Javier Sandoval
TF:  Brazil
AA: Rebeca Andrade
VT: Natalia Escalera
UB: Lorrane Oliveira
BB: Luciana Alvarado
FX: Ana Luiza Lima
June 10–13 Osijek FIG World Challenge Cup FX: Milad Karimi
PH: Matvei Petrov
SR: Salvatore Maresca
VT: Igor Radivilov
PB: Ferhat Arıcan
HB: Tin Srbić
VT: Csenge Bácskay
UB: Nina Derwael
BB: Nina Derwael
FX: Ana Đerek
June 18–20 Guadalajara Junior Pan American Championships TF:  United States
AA: Frederic Richard
FX: Yuri Guimarães
PH: Ángel Barajas
SR: Jabiel Polanco
VT: Frederic Richard
PB: Ian Lasic-Ellis
HB: Frederic Richard
TF:  United States
AA: Katelyn Jong
VT: Katelyn Jong & Kaliya Lincoln
UB: Katelyn Jong
BB: Madray Johnson
FX: Kaliya Lincoln
March 10–13
June 23–26[2]
Doha FIG World Cup FX: Artem Dolgopyat
PH: Saeid Reza Keikha
SR: Eleftherios Petrounias
VT: Hidenobu Yonekura
PB: Ferhat Arıcan
HB: Marios Georgiou
VT: Oksana Chusovitina
UB: Rebeca Andrade
BB: Diana Varinska
FX: Vanessa Ferrari
July 23–August 8[3][4][5][6][7] Tokyo Olympic Games TF:  ROC
AA: Daiki Hashimoto
FX: Artem Dolgopyat
PH: Max Whitlock
SR: Liu Yang
VT: Shin Jae-hwan
PB: Zou Jingyuan
HB: Daiki Hashimoto
TF:  ROC
AA: Sunisa Lee
VT: Rebeca Andrade
UB: Nina Derwael
BB: Guan Chenchen
FX: Jade Carey
September 2–5 Koper FIG World Challenge Cup FX: Kirill Prokopev
PH: Matvei Petrov
SR: Vinzenz Höck
VT: Andrey Medvedev
PB: Sercan Demir
HB: Maxime Gentges
VT: Tjaša Kysselef
UB: Barbora Mokošová
BB: Cassandra Lee
FX: Claudia Fragapane
September 9–12 Mersin FIG World Challenge Cup FX: Félix Dolci
PH: Ahmad Abu Al Soud
SR: Grigorii Klimentev
VT: William Emard
PB: Illia Kovtun
HB: Dávid Vecsernyés
VT: Csenge Bácskay
UB: Zója Székely
BB: Maria Ceplinschi
FX: Maria Ceplinschi
October 18–24 Kitakyushu World Championships AA: Zhang Boheng
FX: Nicola Bartolini
PH: Stephen Nedoroscik
SR: Lan Xingyu
VT: Carlos Yulo
PB: Hu Xuwei
HB: Hu Xuwei
AA: Angelina Melnikova
VT: Rebeca Andrade
UB: Wei Xiaoyuan
BB: Urara Ashikawa
FX: Mai Murakami
November 9–15 Cochabamba Junior South American Championships TF:  Chile
AA: Luciano Letelier
TF:  Argentina
AA: Isabella Ajalla
October 27–31 Dhaka South Central Asian Championships TF:  Uzbekistan
AA: Utkirbek Juraev
FX: Abdulaziz Mirvaliev
PH: Debang Dey
SR: Omkar Shinde
VT: Abdulaziz Mirvaliev
PB: Omkar Shinde
HB: Utkirbek Juraev
TF:  Uzbekistan
AA: Anastasiya Miroshnichenko
VT: Anastasiya Miroshnichenko
UB: Dildora Aripova
BB: Dildora Aripova
FX: Anastasiya Miroshnichenko
November 12–14[8] Cardiff Northern European Championships TF:  Wales
AA: Joe Cemlyn-Jones
FX: Joe Cemlyn-Jones
PH: Joe Cemlyn-Jones
SR: Daniel Fox
VT: Ewan Mcateer
PB: Brinn Bevan
HB: Sofus Heggemsnes
TF:  England
AA: Emily Bremner
VT: Sara Jacobsen
UB: Iida Haapala
BB: Megan Bridge
FX: Tara Donnelly
November 25–December 5 Cali Junior Pan American Games TF:  United States
AA: Vahe Petrosyan
FX: Tobias Liang
PH: David Shamah
SR: Jabiel Polanco
VT: Ricardo Torres
PB: David Shamah
HB: Diogo Paes
TF:  United States
AA: Katelyn Jong
VT: Tiana Sumanasekera
UB: Madray Johnson
BB: Madray Johnson
FX: Kailin Chio
December 8–13 San Juan South American Championships TF:  Brazil
AA: Gabriel Faria
FX: Santiago Mayol
PH: Gabriel Faria
SR: Daniel Villafañe
VT: Josué Heliodoro
PB: Julian Jato
HB: Patrick Sampaio
TF:  Brazil
AA: Júlia Soares
VT: Franchesca Santi
UB: Brisa Carraro
BB: Júlia Soares
FX: Júlia Soares

Canceled events

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several events were canceled.

Scheduled Date Location Event Ref
February 25–28 Cottbus FIG World Cup [9]
March 4–7 Baku FIG World Cup [10]
March 20–21 Stuttgart FIG All-Around World Cup [11]
March 27 Birmingham FIG All-Around World Cup [12]
May 4 Tokyo FIG All-Around World Cup [13]
May 29–June 1 Hangzhou Asian Championships [14]

Medalists

International events

Competition Event Gold Silver Bronze
Olympics Team  ROC
Lilia Akhaimova
Viktoria Listunova
Angelina Melnikova
Vladislava Urazova
 United States
Simone Biles
Jordan Chiles
Sunisa Lee
Grace McCallum
 Great Britain
Jennifer Gadirova
Jessica Gadirova
Alice Kinsella
Amelie Morgan
All-Around Sunisa Lee Rebeca Andrade Angelina Melnikova
Vault Rebeca Andrade MyKayla Skinner Yeo Seo-jeong
Uneven Bars Nina Derwael Anastasia Ilyankova Sunisa Lee
Balance Beam Guan Chenchen Tang Xijing Simone Biles
Floor Exercise Jade Carey Vanessa Ferrari Mai Murakami
Angelina Melnikova
World Championships All-Around Angelina Melnikova Leanne Wong Kayla DiCello
Vault Rebeca Andrade Asia D'Amato Angelina Melnikova
Uneven Bars Wei Xiaoyuan Rebeca Andrade Luo Rui
Balance Beam Urara Ashikawa Pauline Schaefer-Betz Mai Murakami
Floor Exercise Mai Murakami Angelina Melnikova Leanne Wong

Regional championships

Competition Event Gold Silver Bronze
African All-Around Zeina Ibrahim Farah Hussein Naveen Daries
European All-Around Viktoria Listunova Angelina Melnikova Jessica Gadirova
Vault Giulia Steingruber Jessica Gadirova Angelina Melnikova
Uneven Bars Angelina Melnikova Vladislava Urazova Amelie Morgan
Balance Beam Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos Sanne Wevers Anastasia Bachynska
Floor Exercise Jessica Gadirova Angelina Melnikova Vanessa Ferrari
Oceania All-Around Emily Whitehead Georgia-Rose Brown Brianna Scott
Pan American Team  Brazil  Mexico  Argentina
All-Around Rebeca Andrade Luciana Alvarado Lorrane Oliveira
Vault Natalia Escalera Hillary Heron Alaís Perea
Uneven Bars Lorrane Oliveira Christal Bezerra Daniela Briceño
Balance Beam Luciana Alvarado Paulina Campos Júlia Soares
Floor Exercise Ana Luiza Lima Christal Bezerra Abigail Magistrati

World Cup series

International events

Competition Event Gold Silver Bronze
Olympics Team  ROC
Denis Ablyazin
David Belyavskiy
Artur Dalaloyan
Nikita Nagornyy
 Japan
Daiki Hashimoto
Kazuma Kaya
Takeru Kitazono
Wataru Tanigawa
 China
Lin Chaopan
Sun Wei
Xiao Ruoteng
Zou Jingyuan
All-Around Daiki Hashimoto Xiao Ruoteng Nikita Nagornyy
Floor Exercise Artem Dolgopyat Rayderley Zapata Xiao Ruoteng
Pommel Horse Max Whitlock Lee Chih-kai Kazuma Kaya
Rings Liu Yang You Hao Eleftherios Petrounias
Vault Shin Jae-hwan Denis Ablyazin Artur Davtyan
Parallel Bars Zou Jingyuan Lukas Dauser Ferhat Arıcan
Horizontal Bar Daiki Hashimoto Tin Srbić Nikita Nagornyy
World Championships All-Around Zhang Boheng Daiki Hashimoto Illia Kovtun
Floor Exercise Nicola Bartolini Kazuki Minami Emil Soravuo
Pommel Horse Stephen Nedoroscik Weng Hao
Kazuma Kaya
none awarded
Rings Lan Xingyu Marco Lodadio Salvatore Maresca
Grigorii Klimentev
Vault Carlos Yulo Hidenobu Yonekura Andrey Medvedev
Parallel Bars Hu Xuwei Carlos Yulo Shi Cong
Horizontal Bar Hu Xuwei Daiki Hashimoto Brody Malone

Regional championships

Competition Event Gold Silver Bronze
African All-Around Omar Mohamed Ziad Khater Uche Eke
European All-Around Nikita Nagornyy David Belyavskiy Illia Kovtun
Floor Exercise Nikita Nagornyy Benjamin Gischard Nicola Bartolini
Pommel Horse Artur Davtyan Nikita Nagornyy Joe Fraser
Rings Eleftherios Petrounias Nikita Nagornyy Salvatore Maresca
Vault Igor Radivilov Andrey Medvedev Giarnni Regini-Moran
Parallel Bars Ferhat Arıcan David Belyavskiy Christian Baumann
Lukas Dauser
Horizontal Bar David Belyavskiy Andreas Toba Adem Asil
Oceania All-Around Mikhail Koudinov Mitchell Morgans Jesse Moore
Pan American Team  Brazil  United States  Colombia
All-Around Caio Souza Paul Juda Diogo Soares
Floor Exercise Israel Chiriboga Tomás Florêncio Julian Jato
Pommel Horse Santiago Mayol Javier Sandoval Francisco Barretto
Rings Caio Souza Federico Molinari Kristopher Bohórquez
Vault Caio Souza Fabián de Luna Daniel Villafañe
Parallel Bars Caio Souza Javier Sandoval Diogo Soares
Horizontal Bar Javier Sandoval José Manuel Martínez Santiago Mayol

World Cup series

Season's best scores

Women

Note: Only the scores of senior gymnasts from international events have been included below. Only one score per gymnast is included.

All-around

Rank Name Country Score Event
1 Simone Biles  United States 57.731 Olympic Games QF
2 Sunisa Lee  United States 57.433 Olympic Games AA
3 Rebeca Andrade  Brazil 57.399 Olympic Games QF
4 Angelina Melnikova  Russia 57.199 Olympic Games AA
5 Vladislava Urazova  Russia 57.099 Olympic Games QF
6 Viktoria Listunova  Russia 56.932 Olympic Games QF
7 Nina Derwael  Belgium 56.598 Olympic Games QF
8 Tang Xijing  China 56.432 Olympic Games QF
9 Leanne Wong  United States 56.340 World Championships AA
10 Jade Carey  United States 56.265 Olympic Games QF
11 Mai Murakami  Japan 56.032 Olympic Games AA
12 Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos  France 55.966 Olympic Games TF
13 Kayla DiCello  United States 55.700 World Championships QF
14 MyKayla Skinner  United States 55.398 Olympic Games QF
15 Jessica Gadirova  Great Britain 55.199 Olympic Games QF
16 Grace McCallum  United States 55.166 Olympic Games TF
17 Lu Yufei  China 55.066 Olympic Games QF
18 Zhang Jin  China 54.932 Olympic Games QF
19 Zsófia Kovács  Hungary 54.732 Olympic Games QF
20 Jennifer Gadirova  Great Britain 54.699 Olympic Games QF

Vault

Rank Name Country Score Event
1 Simone Biles  United States 15.183 Olympic Games QF
2 Jade Carey  United States 15.166 Olympic Games QF
3 Rebeca Andrade  Brazil 15.100 Olympic Games QF
4 MyKayla Skinner  United States 14.916 Olympic Games EF
5 Giulia Steingruber   Switzerland 14.823 European Championships EF
6 Yeo Seo-jeong  South Korea 14.800 Olympic Games QF
7 Alexa Moreno  Mexico 14.716 Olympic Games QF
8 Shallon Olsen  Canada 14.699 Olympic Games QF
9 Lilia Akhaimova  Russia 14.699 Olympic Games QF
10 Angelina Melnikova  Russia 14.683 Olympic Games EF

Uneven bars

Rank Name Country Score Event
1 Nina Derwael  Belgium 15.400 Olympic Games TF
Sunisa Lee  United States 15.400 Olympic Games TF
3 Rebeca Andrade  Brazil 15.100 World Championships QF
4 Anastasia Ilyankova  Russia 14.966 Olympic Games QF
5 Angelina Melnikova  Russia 14.933 Olympic Games QF
6 Viktoria Listunova  Russia 14.900 Olympic Games TF
7 Vladislava Urazova  Russia 14.866 Olympic Games QF
8 Wei Xiaoyuan  China 14.733 World Championships QF
9 Lu Yufei  China 14.700 Olympic Games QF
Elisabeth Seitz  Germany 14.700 Olympic Games QF

Balance beam

Rank Name Country Score Event
1 Guan Chenchen  China 14.933 Olympic Games QF
2 Luo Rui  China 14.566 World Championships QF
3 Viktoria Listunova  Russia 14.333 Olympic Games TF
Tang Xijing  China 14.333 Olympic Games QF
5 Sunisa Lee  United States 14.200 Olympic Games QF
Vladislava Urazova  Russia 14.200 Olympic Games AA
7 Giorgia Villa  Italy 14.150 Flanders International Team Challenge
8 Larisa Iordache  Romania 14.133 Olympic Games QF
9 Urara Ashikawa  Japan 14.100 World Championships EF
Ellie Black  Canada 14.100 Olympic Games QF
Lu Yufei  China 14.100 Olympic Games QF

Floor exercise

Rank Name Country Score Event
1 Jade Carey  United States 14.366 Olympic Games EF
2 Angelina Melnikova  Russia 14.300 European Championships QF
3 Vanessa Ferrari  Italy 14.266 Doha World Cup EF
4 Viktoria Listunova  Russia 14.166 Olympic Games TF
Mai Murakami  Japan 14.166 Olympic Games EF
6 Simone Biles  United States 14.133 Olympic Games QF
7 Rebeca Andrade  Brazil 14.066 Olympic Games QF
8 Jessica Gadirova  Great Britain 14.066 Olympic Games QF
Leanne Wong  United States 14.066 World Championships AA
10 Kayla DiCello  United States 13.800 World Championships QF
Jennifer Gadirova  Great Britain 13.800 Olympic Games QF

Men

All around

Floor exercise

Pommel horse

Rings

Single vault

No.GymnastNationScoreEvent
1Wataru Tanigawa Japan15.533NHK Trophy
2Hidenobu Yonekura Japan15.500All Japan Championships Tryout
3Keisuke Asato Japan15.300All Japan Championships VT QF
4Adem Asil Turkey15.266Olympic VT Final
5Daiki Hashimoto Japan15.233All Japan Championships AA QF
6Chen Yilu China15.200Chinese National Games VT Final
7Andrey Medvedev Israel15.133Doha World Cup VT Final
8Shin Jea-hwan South Korea15.100Olympic QF
9Carlos Yulo Philippines15.066All Japan Team Championships
10Zhang Boheng China15.033Chinese Championships AA QF

Vault

Parallel bars

Horizontal bar

  1. Japan, China, and Russia only

Retirements

Gymnasts who announced retirements in 2021
GymnastCountryDateRef
Nile Wilson Great BritainJanuary 14, 2021[15]
Daria Spiridonova RussiaFebruary 17, 2021[16]
Aliya Mustafina RussiaJune 8, 2021[17]
Kenzo Shirai JapanJune 16, 2021[18]
Epke Zonderland NetherlandsJune 24, 2021[19]
MyKayla Skinner United StatesAugust 1, 2021[20]
Sam Mikulak United StatesAugust 9, 2021[21]
Maria Holbură RomaniaAugust 10, 2021[22]
Giulia Steingruber  SwitzerlandOctober 1, 2021[23]
Mai Murakami JapanOctober 24, 2021[24]
Larisa Iordache RomaniaDecember 16, 2021[25]

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