The Most Famous

GYMNASTS from Egypt

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This page contains a list of the greatest Egyptian Gymnasts. The pantheon dataset contains 370 Gymnasts, 3 of which were born in Egypt. This makes Egypt the birth place of the 30th most number of Gymnasts behind South Korea, and Türkiye.

Top 3

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

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1. Adem Asil (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 35.31, Adem Asil is the most famous Egyptian Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 12 different languages on wikipedia.

Adem Asil (born 21 February 1999) is an Egyptian-born Turkish male artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2022 World Champion on still rings and is the 2023 European all-around champion. Born Abdelrahman Elzamzamy, he changed his name to Abdelrahman Elgamal when he moved to Turkey and competed under that name at a 2020 European Championship. In 2021, he changed it again to Adem Asil, as a response to the condition of changing a foreign name into Turkish, to obtain naturalization.

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2. Stiliana Nikolova (b. 2005)

With an HPI of 32.65, Stiliana Nikolova is the 2nd most famous Egyptian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 9 different languages.

Stiliana Nikolova (Bulgarian: Стилияна Николова, born 22 August 2005 in Cairo, Egypt) is a Bulgarian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2024 European all-around champion, the 2022 World all-around bronze medalist and hoop, clubs, and ribbon silver medalist, the 2023 World ball bronze medalist and team competition champion, and a two-time (2022, 2023) European all-around bronze medalist and champion in the team competition. At the national level, she is a two-time national champion (in 2023 and 2024) and the 2022 national all-around silver medalist. She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she came in 11th place. At the junior level, she is the 2020 European Junior ribbon champion and ball silver medalist and the 2019 and 2020 Bulgarian Junior all-around champion.

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3. Zeina Ibrahim (b. 2003)

With an HPI of 15.97, Zeina Ibrahim is the 3rd most famous Egyptian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 7 different languages.

Zeina Ibrahim Sharaf (Arabic: زينة ابراهيم•شرف, born 20 June 2003) is an Egyptian artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 African Games team and uneven bars champion and the 2021 African all-around champion. She is also the 2022 African team and balance beam champion. She represented Egypt at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and the 2020 Olympic Games.

People

Pantheon has 3 people classified as Egyptian gymnasts born between 1999 and 2005. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Egyptian gymnasts include Adem Asil, Stiliana Nikolova, and Zeina Ibrahim. As of April 2024, 3 new Egyptian gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Adem Asil, Stiliana Nikolova, and Zeina Ibrahim.

Living Egyptian Gymnasts

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Newly Added Egyptian Gymnasts (2024)

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