Uzbekistan at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Uzbekistan at the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Flag of Uzbekistan
IOC codeUZB
Medals
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
6

Uzbekistan first competed at the 1993 World Championships, after the fall of the Soviet Union. At this competition Oksana Chusovitina won Uzbekistan its first World Championships medal, a bronze on vault.[1] Ten years later at the 2003 World Championships, Chusovitina would win Uzbekistan its first World Championships gold medal.[2] At the 2007 World Championships Anton Fokin would become the first Uzbek male gymnast to win a World Championships medal, a bronze on parallel bars.[3]

Medalists

Medal Name Year Event
 Bronze Oksana Chusovitina United Kingdom 1993 Birmingham Women's vault
 Silver Oksana Chusovitina Belgium 2001 Ghent Women's vault
 Bronze Oksana Chusovitina Hungary 2002 Debrecen Women's vault
 Gold Oksana Chusovitina United States 2003 Anaheim Women's vault
 Silver Oksana Chusovitina Australia 2005 Melbourne Women's vault
 Bronze Anton Fokin Germany 2007 Stuttgart Men's parallel bars

References

  1. ^ "Oksana Chusovitina: Uzbekistan". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
  2. ^ "41-year-old Oksana Chusovitina may be the most incredible athlete at the Olympics". ESPN. August 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "41st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships – London (GBR), October 13-18, 2009". Asian Gymnastics Union. October 11, 2009.
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