The Most Famous
GYMNASTS from Ireland
This page contains a list of the greatest Irish Gymnasts. The pantheon dataset contains 370 Gymnasts, 2 of which were born in Ireland. This makes Ireland the birth place of the 28th most number of Gymnasts behind South Korea, and United Kingdom.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Irish Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Irish Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jessica Gadirova (b. 2004)
With an HPI of 18.71, Jessica Gadirova is the most famous Irish Gymnast. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Jessica Gadirova (born 3 October 2004) is an English artistic gymnast of Irish birth and Azerbaijani descent, representing Great Britain internationally. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event and was part of the silver medal-winning team at the 2022 World Championships and gold medal-winning team at the 2023 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Individually, she is the 2022 World champion on floor exercise, the second British female and third Briton to win a World title on the apparatus (after Beth Tweddle and Giarnni Regini-Moran) as well as a three-time European champion on the same event (in 2021, 2022 and 2023). She is the first female gymnast to win three successive floor titles at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and the first of either sex since Franco Menichelli in 1965. She is the 2023 European all-around champion, the second Briton after Ellie Downie to achieve that feat, and the 2022 World and 2021 European all-around bronze medalist. Additionally she is the 2021 European vault silver medalist. Gadirova became the first female gymnast to win three gold medals at the same European Championships since Cătălina Ponor for Romania in 2004, and the first to win the all-around title in doing so since Svetlana Khorkina for Russia in 2002. She competed at the inaugural 2019 Junior World Championships alongside her twin sister, Jennifer. She was the first Irish-born gymnast to win a gymnastics World title in 2022; Rhys McClenaghan won the first gold medal for Ireland days later. Domestically, Gadirova is a three-time English, three-time British champion.
2. Jennifer Gadirova (b. 2004)
With an HPI of 15.11, Jennifer Gadirova is the 2nd most famous Irish Gymnast. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Jennifer Gadirova (born 3 October 2004) is an English artistic gymnast of Irish birth and Azerbaijani descent, representing Great Britain internationally. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team event, and was part of the Great Britain team to win silver, their best ever result, in the team event at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the same medal at the 2022 European Championships. Competing at the 2019 Junior World Championships, she won a silver medal in the vault final. Jennifer Gadirova is the twin sister and teammate of the 2022 World Champion on floor exercise, Jessica Gadirova.
3. Megan Ryan (b. 2002)
With an HPI of 0.00, Megan Ryan is the 3rd most famous Irish Gymnast. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Megan "Meg" Ryan (born 3 April 2002) is an Irish artistic gymnast who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games. She was the first Irish female gymnast to win a medal on the FIG World Cup series.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Irish gymnasts born between 2002 and 2004. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Irish gymnasts include Jessica Gadirova, Jennifer Gadirova, and Megan Ryan. As of April 2024, 1 new Irish gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Megan Ryan.
Living Irish Gymnasts
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Jessica Gadirova
2004 - Present
HPI: 18.71
Jennifer Gadirova
2004 - Present
HPI: 15.11
Megan Ryan
2002 - Present
HPI: 0.00
