Uzbekistan at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

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]

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

Medalists edit

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

References edit

  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.