Nikolai Andrianov
1952 - 2011
HPI 62.6941 languages
Russian gymnast
The Most Famous
Gymnasts from Russia
76 notable people
Top 10 Russian Gymnasts
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Russian Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Russian Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Russian Gymnasts.
#1 #2 
Boris Shakhlin
1932 - 2008
HPI 61.8430 languagesSoviet gymnast
#3 
Veikko Huhtanen
1919 - 1976
HPI 57.4420 languagesFinnish artistic gymnast
#4 
Mikhail Voronin
1945 - 2004
HPI 56.7223 languagesRussian gymnast
#5 
Valentin Muratov
1928 - 2006
HPI 55.6519 languagesSoviet gymnast
#6 
Yelena Shushunova
1969 - 2018
HPI 55.2928 languagesRussian gymnast
#7 
Aleksanteri Saarvala
1913 - 1989
HPI 55.2317 languagesgymnast (1913-1989)
#8 
Margarita Nikolaeva
1935 - 1993
HPI 54.9816 languagesOlympic artistic gymnast (1935–1993)
#9 
Larisa Petrik
b. 1949
HPI 54.9122 languagesSoviet gymnast
#10 
Alexander Dityatin
1957 - 2025
HPI 54.8825 languagesRussian gymnast
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Russians Gymnasts grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
2000s(10)
1990s(28)
1980s(13)
1960s(6)
Unknown(1)
Overlapping Lives
Which Gymnasts were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Gymnasts since 1700.
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