Oksana Chusovitina

Oksana Chusovitina
Оксана Чусовитина
Chusovitina in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina
Country represented	Uzbekistan
Former countries represented	Germany (2006–2012)  Uzbekistan (1993–2006)  Unified Team (1992)  CIS (1992)  Soviet Union (until 1991)
Born	(1975-06-19) 19 June 1975 (age 49) Bukhara, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior international
Years on national team	(URS) 1988–1992 (UZB) 1993–2005 (GER) 2006–2012 (UZB) 2013–present
Club	Turnteam Toyota Köln
Head coach(es)	Svetlana Boguinskaya (personal) Shanna Polyakova
Former coach(es)	Svetlana Kuznetsova
Music	Phantom of the Opera (1996–2000) The Godfather Theme (2007) Pirates of the Caribbean (2006 & 2008)
Eponymous skills	Hop-full pirouette, full out dismount (uneven bars); layout-full out (floor exercise)
World ranking	Vault: 1 (2016)[1] (see archives)
Medal record Women's artistic gymnastics Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 0 World Championships 3 4 4 World Cup Final 1 0 1 Asian Games 2 4 2 Asian Championships 0 4 1 European Championships 1 2 1 Islamic Solidarity Games 2 1 0 Total 10 16 9 Olympic Games Representing  Unified Team 1992 Barcelona Team Representing  Germany 2008 Beijing Vault World Championships Representing the  Soviet Union 1991 Indianapolis Team 1991 Indianapolis Floor exercise 1991 Indianapolis Vault Representing  CIS 1992 Paris Vault Representing  Uzbekistan 2003 Anaheim Vault 2001 Ghent Vault 2005 Melbourne Vault 1993 Birmingham Vault 2002 Debrecen Vault Representing  Germany 2011 Tokyo Vault 2006 Aarhus Vault Goodwill Games Representing the  Soviet Union 1990 Seattle Team 1990 Seattle Vault Representing  Uzbekistan 2001 Brisbane Vault World Cup Final Representing  Uzbekistan 2002 Stuttgart Vault 2002 Stuttgart Balance beam Asian Games Representing  Uzbekistan 2002 Busan Vault 2002 Busan Floor exercise 2002 Busan All-around 2002 Busan Balance beam 2014 Incheon Vault 2018 Jakarta Vault 1994 Hiroshima Vault 1994 Hiroshima Uneven bars Asian Championships Representing  Uzbekistan 1996 Changsha Vault 1996 Changsha Uneven bars 1996 Changsha Floor exercise 2023 Singapore Vault 1996 Changsha All-around Islamic Solidarity Games Representing  Uzbekistan 2017 Baku Vault 2021 Konya Vault 2021 Konya Team European Championships Representing  Germany 2008 Clermont Vault 2011 Berlin Vault 2012 Brussels Vault 2007 Amsterdam Vault

Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (Russian: Оксана Александровна Чусовитина; born 19 June 1975) is an Uzbek artistic gymnast.

Chusovitina's career as an elite gymnast has spanned more than three decades. She won the USSR Junior Nationals in 1988 and began competing at the international level in 1989 before many of her current rivals were even born. She is the only gymnast ever to compete in eight Olympic Games, and is one of only two female gymnasts to compete at the Olympics under three different national teams: the Unified Team in 1992; Uzbekistan in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2016 and 2020; and Germany in 2008 and 2012. She is one of the 18 Olympians and 6 female Olympians to participate in 8 different Olympics. Chusovitina's longevity and consistency as an elite gymnast is exceptionally unusual; the skillset and wear and tear typical of the sport mean elite female gymnasts have often retired in their early twenties and a gymnast in her late twenties would be considered a seasoned veteran.

Chusovitina has also competed in 16 World Championships, four Asian Games, and three Goodwill Games. Chusovitina holds the record for the most individual world championship medals in a single event (nine, on the vault). Chusovitina is one of the few female gymnasts to return to international competitions after becoming a mother. In 2017, she was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.^[2]