There are so many great gymnasts that I have watched over the years going back to the 90s. For me the Mount Rushmore will be split into two section males and females.
Male Mount Rushmore
Alexei Nemov – for me he is the best of the best top level skills with a great personality. He has proven just how great he was and I loved watching his routines.
Kohei Uchimura – this list would never be complete without him. He has been the most dominant gymnast for the last decade and is great.
Blaine Wilson – one of the best male gymnasts that I watched in the 90s and he has a lot of abilities that just brought him to me as one of the best. He had a personality and also had an attitude that just pushed things.
Kyle Shewfelt – amazing and only Canadian male gymnast to make the list. I love his positive attitude and I love the fact that he has a move named after him.
Honourable mention goes to Nile Wilson an amazing British gymnast who has the best YouTube channel that I have seen and shows so much as well as talks about very difficult items such as mental health.
Female Mount Rushmore
Shannon Miller – my favourite gymnast from the 90s and has shown through her perseverance that with the proper attitude you can overcome any adversity.
Elise Hoffner-Hibbs a great Canadian gymnast who for years was the best we had to offer and she became a great champion in the NCAA. Her eponymous skill the double illusion turn is so rare that it shows how skilled she was and is.
Svetlana Khorkina – the best ever to be on the uneven bars. I love her skills and see just how great she was on the bars. Yes in recent years she had said some stuff that I don’t think was fair but to me her words while unkind she still is the best of the best.
Nadia Comaneci – what list could be complete without this lady. The first person that earned a perfect 10 at the Olympics. Her uneven bars released named after her are one of the best and most difficult skills.
Special mention goes to Simone Biles which could easily have replaced many on this list. The same can be said for Nastia Liukin or Shawn Johnson Simona amanar. All of them are amazing and have shown that they have made a great impact on the sport.
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