The Most Famous
GYMNASTS from Belgium
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belgian Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Belgian Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Boryana Kaleyn (b. 2000)
With an HPI of 39.54, Boryana Kaleyn is the most famous Belgian Gymnast. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Boryana Nikolaeva Kaleyn (Bulgarian: Боряна Николаева Калейн; born 23 August 2000) is a Bulgarian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 Paris Olympic all-around silver medalist. She is the 2023 European all-around champion, the 2024 European champion with hoop, the 2021 and 2022 European all-around silver medalist, and the 2022 European champion with ball, ribbon, and in the team competition. Kaleyn is also the 2023 World Team all-around champion and the 2022 World Cup Series all-around champion in Sofia and runner-up in Baku. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth in the all-around. At the national level, she is a four-time Bulgarian National Champion (in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022), twice silver medalist (in 2018 and 2023) and once bronze medalist (in 2017).
2. Nina Derwael (b. 2000)
With an HPI of 38.21, Nina Derwael is the 2nd most famous Belgian Gymnast. Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages.
Nina Derwael (Flemish pronunciation: [ˈninaː dɛrˈʋaːl] or [- dərˈʋaːl]; born 26 March 2000) is a Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2018, 2019), and a two-time European champion (2017, 2018) on the uneven bars. She is the 2019 European Games champion on the balance beam, as well as a two-time Belgian national all-around champion (2015, 2018). She represented Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2020 Olympics. At the 2020 Olympics, she led the Belgian gymnastics team to their first-ever team final where they finished eighth. She qualified for the all-around final where she finished sixth, and she won the gold medal in the uneven bars final, the first Olympic medal of any color for a Belgian female gymnast. She is the first Belgian gymnast to medal at the World Championships, the first to become a World champion, and the first to become a European champion.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Belgian gymnasts born between 2000 and 2000. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Belgian gymnasts include Boryana Kaleyn, and Nina Derwael. As of April 2024, 1 new Belgian gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Boryana Kaleyn.
