Six years later, the would-be ballerina, now 13, has emerged as one of the nation's top junior rhythmic gymnasts.

Ban quickly rose to prominence as one of Romania's top junior world-class gymnasts.

By the mid-1980s, top gymnasts routinely performed flight series and multiple aerial elements on beam.

Recovered from her injury, Schwikert ended the 2006-2007 season as one of the top collegiate gymnasts in the nation.

A new age limit kept some of their top gymnasts out of the World Championships in 1997.

Savolainen's career as a top gymnast lasted for six Summer Olympics.

Peters says his pupil is among the top gymnasts because she enjoys competing.

As other top gymnasts fell, sometimes more than once, Chloe remained consistent and hit every piece of apparatus.

Currently, she is considered to be one of the top rhythmic gymnasts in the world.

The top rhythmic gymnasts regularly receive perfect scores of 10.0.