GYMNASTS from Belarus

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belarusian Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Belarusian Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Olga Korbut (1955 - )

With an HPI of 59.36, Olga Korbut is the most famous Belarusian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 50 different languages on wikipedia.

Olga Valentinovna Korbut (born 16 May 1955) is a retired Belarusian gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. Nicknamed the "Sparrow from Minsk", she won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the Soviet team, and was the inaugural inductee to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1988. Korbut retired from gymnastics in 1977 at the age of 22, considered young for gymnasts of the period, but her influence and legacy in gymnastics were far-reaching. Korbut's 1972 Olympic performances are widely credited as redefining gymnastics, changing the sport from emphasising ballet and elegance to acrobatics, as well as changing gymnastics from a niche sport to one of the most popular sports in the world. She emigrated to the United States in 1991, where she lives and trains gymnasts, and became a citizen in 2000.

2. Vitaly Scherbo (1972 - )

With an HPI of 44.49, Vitaly Scherbo is the 2nd most famous Belarusian Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 31 different languages.

Vitaly Venediktovich Scherbo (or Shcherbo; Russian: Виталий Венедиктович Щербо, or Shcherba; Belarusian: Віталь Венядзіктавіч Шчэрба, Vital' Venjadziktavich Shcherba, born 13 January 1972) is a Belarusian former artistic gymnast. One of the most successful gymnasts of all time, he is the only male gymnast ever to have won a world title in all 8 events (individual all-around in 1993, team in 1991, floor in 1994, 1995 and 1996, horizontal bar in 1994, parallel bars in 1993 and 1995, pommel horse in 1992, rings in 1992, vault in 1993 and 1994). He was the most successful athlete at the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning 6 of 8 events – team, all-around, and 4 of the 6 event finals.

3. Svetlana Boginskaya (1973 - )

With an HPI of 42.08, Svetlana Boginskaya is the 3rd most famous Belarusian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Svetlana Leonidovna Boginskaya (Belarusian: Святлана Леанідаўна Багінская, romanized: Sviatlana Lieanidauna Bahinskaya; born February 9, 1973) is a former artistic gymnast for the Soviet Union and Belarus of Belarusian origin. She is a three-time Olympic champion, with an individual gold medal on vault from the 1988 Summer Olympics and team gold medals from the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.

4. Uladzislau Hancharou (1995 - )

With an HPI of 23.97, Uladzislau Hancharou is the 4th most famous Belarusian Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Uladzislau Alehavich Hancharou (Belarusian: Уладзіслаў Алегавіч Ганчароў; born 2 December 1995) is a Belarusian male trampoline gymnast. He is the 2016 Olympic champion in men's individual trampoline.

5. Ivan Litvinovich (2001 - )

With an HPI of 22.27, Ivan Litvinovich is the 5th most famous Belarusian Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Ivan Uladzimiravich Litvinovich (Belarusian: Іван Уладзіміравіч Літвіновіч; born 26 June 2001) is a Belarusian trampoline gymnast. In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's trampoline event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. This was also the first medal for Belarus at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's individual event at the 2019 Trampoline World Championships held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, he competed in the boys' trampoline and mixed multi-discipline team events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina without winning a medal. In the individual event he qualified to compete in the final where he finished in 4th place with a score of 57.150.