This list includes any gymnast who won a gold medal at a World Championships or Olympic Games at the age of 18 or over. Medals include those won with the team or as an individual, and team alternates are included from 2018. Each gymnast is only included once (at their oldest medal win)
Current list covers from 1996 to 2019 . Champions prior to 1996 will be added soon.
There is also a list of the oldest female Olympic / World medallists available HERE
28 YEARS OLD
Rank Country Gymnast Age Competition Event 1 Uzbekistan Oksana Chusovitina 28 years, 65 days Worlds 2003 Vault
25 YEARS OLD
Rank Country Gymnast Age Competition Event 2 North Korea Hong Un Jong 25 years, 216 days Worlds 2014 Vault 3 Great Britain Elizabeth Tweddle 25 years, 205 days Worlds 2010 Uneven bars
24 YEARS OLD
Rank Country Gymnast Age Competition Event 4 Netherlands Sanne Wevers 24 years, 333 days Olympics 2016 Balance beam 5 Russia Svetlana Khorkina 24 years, 215 days Worlds 2003 All around
23 YEARS OLD
Rank Country Gymnast Age Competition Event 6 USA Alicia Sacramone 23 years, 312 days Worlds 2011 Team
22 YEARS OLD
Rank Country Gymnast Age Competition Event 7 USA MyKayla Skinner 22 years, 303 days Worlds 2019 Team 8 USA Simone Biles 22 years, 213 days Worlds 2019 Floor 9 Russia Maria Paseka 22 years, 80 days Worlds 2017 Vault 10 USA Alexandra Raisman 22 years, 76 days Olympics 2016 Team 11 Romania Sandra Izbasa 22 years, 48 days Olympics 2012 Vault
21 YEARS OLD
Rank Country Gymnast Age Competition Event 12 Russia Aliya Mustafina 21 years, 319 days Olympics 2016 Uneven bars 13 Japan Mai Murakami 21 years, 64 days Worlds 2017 Floor 14 China Liu Xuan 21 years, 44 days Olympics 2000 Balance beam
20 YEARS OLD
Rank Country Gymnast Age Competition Event 15 Romania Simona Amanar 20 years, 350 days Olympics 2000 All around 16 Germany Pauline Schaefer 20 years, 277 days Worlds 2017 Balance beam 17 Russia Viktoria Komova 20 years, 274 days Worlds 2015 Uneven bars 18 Romania Claudia Presacan 20 years, 266 days Olympics 2000 Team 19 USA Gabrielle Douglas 20 years, 222 days Olympics 2016 Team 20 Brazil Daiane Dos Santos 20 years, 195 days Worlds 2003 Floor 21 China Zhang Nan 20 years, 171 days Worlds 2006 Team 22 China Deng Linlin 20 years, 108 days Olympics 2012 Balance beam 23 China Cheng Fei 20 years, 76 days Olympics 2008 Team 24 Russia Elena Zamolodchikova 20 years, 65 days Worlds 2002 Vault 25 Russia Ksenia Afanaseyva 20 years, 33 days Worlds 2011 Floor
19 YEARS OLD
Rank Country Gymnast Age Competition Event 26 USA Dominique Dawes 19 years, 246 days Olympics 1996 Team 27 China Yao Jinnan 19 years, 245 days Worlds 2014 Uneven bars 28 USA Brenna Dowell 19 years, 237 days Worlds 2015 Team 29 Belgium Nina Derwael 19 years, 200 days Worlds 2019 Uneven bars 30 China Sui Lu 19 years, 198 days Worlds 2011 Balance beam 31 USA Shannon Miller 19 years, 141 days Olympics 1996 Balance beam 32 USA Jade Carey 19 years, 134 days Worlds 2019 Team 33 Romania Silvia Stroescu 19 years, 101 days Olympics 2004 Team 34 Australia Lauren Mitchell 19 years, 93 days Worlds 2010 Floor 35 USA Amanda Borden 19 years, 74 days Olympics 1996 Team 36 USA Madison Kocian 19 years, 55 days Olympics 2016 Team 37 Romania Corina Ungureanu 19 years, 44 days Worlds 1999 Team
18 YEARS OLD
Rank Country Gymnast Age Competition Event 38 Romania Gina Gogean 18 years, 363 days Worlds 1997 Balance beam 39 Romania Lavinia Milosovici 18 years, 351 days Worlds 1995 Team 40 Ukraine Iryna Krasnianska 18 years, 336 days Worlds 2006 Balance beam 41 USA Anastasia Liukin 18 years, 290 days Olympics 2008 All around 42 USA Tasha Schiwert 18 years, 272 days Worlds 2003 Team 43 Russia Dina Kochetkova 18 years, 268 days Worlds 1996 Balance beam 44 USA Kerri Strug 18 years, 247 days Olympics 1996 Team 45 Romania Oana Ban 18 years, 219 days Olympics 2004 Team 46 China Pang Panpan 18 years, 133 days Worlds 2006 Team 47 China Li Ya 18 years, 127 days Worlds 2006 Team 48 Romania Maria Olaru 18 years, 107 days Olympics 2000 Team 49 USA Ragan Smith 18 years, 83 days Worlds 2018 Team 50 Belarus Elena Piskun 18 years, 77 days Worlds 1996 Uneven bars 51 USA Amy Chow 18 years, 69 days Olympics 1996 Team 52 China Liu Tingting 18 years, 58 days Worlds 2018 Balance beam 53 USA Margaret Nichols 18 years, 45 days Worlds 2015 Team 54 Romania Andreea Raducan 18 years, 35 days Worlds 2001 Floor 55 China Zhou Zhurou 18 years, 34 days Worlds 2006 Team 56 Russia Ekaterina Kurbatova 18 years, 13 days Worlds 2010 Team 57 Russia Ksenia Semenova 18 years, 0 days Worlds 2010 Team
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