1896 Athens Olympic artistic gymnastics competition opens — opens
Opens today in Athens.
View full resultsOn this day in gymnastics history
Apr 9
Events on this day
2015 Qualifier · Prelim I (MAG)
WAG D-I postseason: 6 regionals → Super Six + Event Finals. Oklahoma outright champion 198.175. Both MAG & WAG present.
View full results →2015 Qualifier · Prelim II (MAG)
WAG D-I postseason: 6 regionals → Super Six + Event Finals. Oklahoma outright champion 198.175. Both MAG & WAG present.
View full results →Born on this day (6)
Jean Gounot — born 1894
Gounot competed for France in men's artistic gymnastics, 1920–1928. Three Olympic medals across three Games.
Gounot's career →Aleksanteri Saarvala — born 1913
Saarvala competed for Finland in men's artistic gymnastics, 1936–1948. Three Olympic medals across two Games, two of them gold.
Saarvala's career →John Whitaker — born 1886
Whitaker competed for Great Britain in men's artistic gymnastics, 1908–1912. One Olympic medal across two Games.
Whitaker's career →Peter Villemoes Andersen — born 1884
Andersen competed for Denmark in men's artistic gymnastics, 1912. One Olympic medal.
Andersen's career →Gretel Schiener — born 1940
Competed for Germany, 1960.
Schiener's career →Jamie Graham — born 1884
Competed for Great Britain, 1908.
Graham's career →Also on this day, across the years
- 1896 — Men's Horizontal Bar final at the Athens Olympics
- 1896 — Men's Pommel Horse final at the Athens Olympics
- 1896 — Men's Still Rings final at the Athens Olympics
- 1896 — Men's Vault final at the Athens Olympics
- 1896 — Men's Team final at the Athens Olympics
- 1896 — Men's Team final at the Athens Olympics