The Most Famous
GYMNASTS from Latvia
This page contains a list of the greatest Latvian Gymnasts. The pantheon dataset contains 183 Gymnasts, 2 of which were born in Latvia. This makes Latvia the birth place of the 25th most number of Gymnasts behind Uzbekistan and Finland.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Latvian Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Latvian Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Igors Vihrovs (1978 - )
With an HPI of 30.21, Igors Vihrovs is the most famous Latvian Gymnast. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Igors Vihrovs (born 6 June 1978) is a Latvian gymnast, who won the gold medal in floor exercise at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and bronze in floor exercise in 2000 European Championships and 2001 World Championships. He was the first Olympic gold medalist for independent Latvia.
2. Jevgēņijs Saproņenko (1978 - )
With an HPI of 27.38, Jevgēņijs Saproņenko is the 2nd most famous Latvian Gymnast. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Jevgēņijs Saproņenko (Ukrainian: Євгеній Сапроненко, born 11 November 1978) is a Latvian Ukrainian gymnast. His best discipline is vault where he has won silver medals in 1999 and 2001 World Championships and 2004 Summer Olympics. He has also shown good results in floor exercise.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as gymnasts born between 1978 and 1978. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living gymnasts include Igors Vihrovs and Jevgēņijs Saproņenko.
