Oldest female Olympic / World medallists: 1996 to 2019

This list includes any gymnast who won a medal of any colour at a World Championships or Olympic Games at the age of 20 or over. Medals include those won with the team or as an individual, and team alternates are included from 2014. Each gymnast is only included once (at their oldest medal win)

Current list covers from 1996 to 2019. Medallists prior to 1996 will be added soon.

There is also a list of the oldest female Olympic / World champions available HERE

since 1996, there have been 128 medals won by gymnasts aged 20 and over:

• 45 gold medals
• 43 silver medals
• 40 bronze medals

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30 YEARS AND OVER

Rank	Country	Gymnast	Age	Competition	Event / Medal	Video
1	Germany Uzbekistan	Oksana Chusovitina Oksana Chusovitina	36 years, 118 days 30 years, 160 days	Worlds 2011 Worlds 2005	Silver – vault Silver – vault	LINK LINK

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27 YEARS OLD

Rank	Country	Gymnast	Age	Competition	Event / Medal	Video
2	Great Britain	Rebecca Downie	27 years, 261 days	Worlds 2019	Silver – uneven bars	LINK
3	Great Britain	Elizabeth Tweddle	27 years, 127 days	Olympics 2012	Bronze – uneven bars	LINK

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26 YEARS OLD

Rank	Country	Gymnast	Age	Competition	Event / Medal	Video
4	North Korea	Hong Un Jong	26 years, 236 days	Worlds 2015	Silver – vault	LINK
5	USA	Annia Hatch	26 years, 69 days	Olympics 2004	Silver – vault	LINK

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25 YEARS OLD

Rank	Country	Gymnast	Age	Competition	Event / Medal	Video
6	USA	Mohini Bhardwaj	25 years, 323 days	Olympics 2004	Silver – team
7	Russia	Svetlana Khorkina	25 years, 213 days	Olympics 2004	Silver – all around

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24 YEARS OLD

Rank	Country	Gymnast	Age	Competition	Event / Medal	Video
8	Germany	Elisabeth Seitz	24 years, 363 days	Worlds 2018	Bronze – uneven bars	LINK
9	Romania	Catalina Ponor	24 years, 353 days	Olympics 2012	Silver – floor	LINK
10	Netherlands	Sanne Wevers	24 years, 333 days	Olympics 2016	Gold – balance beam	LINK
11	Mexico	Alexa Moreno	24 years, 86 days	Worlds 2018	Bronze – vault	LINK
12	Russia	Maria Paseka	24 years, 81 days	Worlds 2019	Silver – team
13	Russia	Ksenia Afanasyeva	24 years, 49 days	Worlds 2015	Silver – floor	LINK
14	Russia	Aliya Mustafina	24 years, 30 days	Worlds 2018	Silver – team
15	Russia	Elena Zamolodchikova	24 years, 29 days	Worlds 2006	Bronze – team

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23 YEARS OLD

Rank	Country	Gymnast	Age	Competition	Event / Medal	Video
16	USA	Alicia Sacramone	23 years, 312 days	Worlds 2011	Gold – team
17	USA	Dominique Dawes	23 years, 304 days	Olympics 2000	Bronze – team
18	Switzerland	Giulia Steingruber	23 years, 197 days	Worlds 2017	Bronze – vault
19	Russia	Ekaterina Kramarenko	23 years, 169 days	Worlds 2014	Bronze – team

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22 YEARS OLD

Rank	Country	Gymnast	Age	Competition	Event / Medal	Video
20	Italy	Vanessa Ferrari	22 years, 330 days	Worlds 2013	Silver – floor	LINK
21	USA	MyKayla Skinner	22 years, 303 days	Worlds 2019	Gold – team
22	USA	Simone Biles	22 years, 213 days	Worlds 2019	Gold – floor	LINK
23	Russia	Lilia Akhaimova	22 years, 205 days	Worlds 2019	Silver – team
24	Russia	Ludmila Ezhova	22 years, 166 days	Olympics 2004	Bronze – team
25	USA	Amy Chow	22 years, 127 days	Olympics 2000	Bronze – team
26	Japan	Mai Murakami	22 years, 90 days	Worlds 2018	Bronze – floor
27	USA	Alexandra Raisman	22 years, 83 days	Olympics 2016	Silver – floor
28	Romania	Sandra Izbasa	22 years, 48 days	Olympics 2012	Gold – vault	LINK
29	Canada	Elsabeth Black	22 years, 28 days	Worlds 2017	Silver – all around
30	Switzerland	Ariella Kaeslin	22 years, 6 days	Worlds 2009	Silver – vault	LINK

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21 YEARS OLD

Rank	Country	Gymnast	Age	Competition	Event / Medal	Video
31	Russia	Daria Spiridonova	21 years, 92 days	Worlds 2019	Silver – team
32	China	Liu Xuan	21 years, 44 days	Olympics 2000	Gold – balance beam	LINK

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20 YEARS OLD

Rank	Country	Gymnast	Age	Competition	Event / Medal	Video
33	Romania	Simona Amanar	20 years, 354 days	Olympics 2000	Bronze – floor	LINK
34	Germany	Pauline Schaefer	20 years, 277 days	Worlds 2017	Gold – balance beam	LINK
35	Russia	Viktoria Komova	20 years, 274 days	Worlds 2015	Gold – uneven bars	LINK
36	Romania	Claudia Presacan	20 years, 266 days	Olympics 2000	Gold – team
37	Russia	Elena Produnova	20 years, 223 days	Olympics 2000	Bronze – balance beam	LINK
38	USA	Gabrielle Douglas	20 years, 222 days	Olympics 2016	Gold – team
39	China	He Kexin	20 years, 218 days	Olympics 2012	Silver – uneven bars	LINK
40	Brazil	Daiane Dos Santos	20 years, 195 days	Worlds 2003	Gold – floor	LINK
41	Great Britain	Kelly Simm	20 years, 187 days	Worlds 2015	Bronze – team
42	China	Zhang Nan	20 years, 171 days	Worlds 2006	Gold – team
43	China	Shang Chunsong	20 years, 144 days	Olympics 2016	Bronze – team
44	China	Sui Lu	20 years, 128 days	Olympics 2012	Silver – balance beam	LINK
45	China	Deng Linlin	20 years, 108 days	Olympics 2012	Gold – balance beam	LINK
46	Great Britain	Elissa Downie	20 years, 84 days	Worlds 2019	Bronze – vault
47	China	Cheng Fei	20 years, 82 days	Olympics 2008	Bronze – Balance beam
48	USA	Chellsie Memmel	20 years, 51 days	Olympics 2008	Silver – team

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