International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
International Gymnastics Hall of Fame a fost fondata de catre ziaristul American Glenn M. Sundby, care a acordat spatii largi promovarii ideii de a-I onora pe cei care au contribuit remarcabil, la dezvoltarea gimnasticii pe plan mondial.
Dupa ce o lunga perioada de timp a avut sediul la Oceanside, localitate situate in California, International Gymnastics Hall of Fame s-a mutat la Oklahoma, in 1995, avand sediul in cadrul Muzeului de Stiinte din Oklahoma.
Anual sunt primiti, in cadrtul unei Ceremonii speciale, noi membri, pe baza cristeriilor de selectie, IGHF acordand, de asemenea, si Ordinul International de Merit unor personalitati de marca din lumea gimnasticii.
Primul membru al acestei prestigioase institutii a gimnasticii i a fost cunoscuta gimnasta Olga Korbut (1988), numarul total al acestora ajungand in 2010 la 72.
Au primit onoarea de a fi inclusi in International Gymnasic Hall of Fame si glorii ale gimnasticii romanesti si mondiale: Nadia Comaneci (1993), Bela Karoly (1997), Ecaterina Szabo (2000), Teodora Ungureanu (2001), Daniela Silivas (2002), Simona Amnar (2007), Octavian Bellu (2009) si Lavinia Milosovici (2011).
Dar, iata lista Membrilor alesi in International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
2011
Lavinia Milosovici Leonid Arkayev Steffi Kraeker Alexander Tkatchev
2010
Yuri Korolev Henrietta Onodi Mikhail Voronin
2009
Octavian Bellu Dominique Dawes Viktor Chukarin Elvira Saadi Vitaly Scherbo 2008
Stoyan Deltchev Ma Yanhong Lilia Podkopayeva Shuji Tsurumi
2007
Simona Amanar Yelena Davydova Eberhard Gienger Shigeru Kasamatsu
2006
Vladimir Artemov Eizo Kenmotsu Natalia Kuchinskaya Shannon Miller
2005
Svetlana Boginskaya Valery Liukin Akinori Nakayama Erika Zuchold
2004
Alexander Dityatin Takuji Hayata Helena Rakoczy Heikki Savolainen Yelena Shushunova 2003
Max Bangerter Dimitri Bilozertchev Karin Janz Franco Menichelli Kurt Thomas
2002
Daniela Silivas Polina Astakhova Agnes Keleti Boris Shakhlin Keiko Tanaka Ikeda Berthe Villancher
2001
Teodora Ungureanu Nikolai Andrianov Ljubov Burda Bruno Grandi Sawao Kato William Thoresson
2000
Ecaterina Szabo Maxi Gnauck Li Ning Haruhiro Yamashita
1999
Frank Bare Miroslav Cerar Yukio Endo Eugen Mack Nelli Kim Yuri Titov
1998
Vera Caslavska Savino Guglielmetti Larissa Latynina Takashi Ono Cathy Rigby Ludmilla Tourischeva Peter Vidmar
1997
Bela Karolyi Bart Conner Jack Gunthard Mary Lou Retton Masao Takemoto Arthur Gander Leon Stukelj
1993
Nadia Comaneci
1988
Olga Korbut
ORDINUL INTERNATIONAL DE MERIT
2011 - Michel Leglise (France) 2010 - Eileen Langsley (M. Britanie) 2009 Margaret Sikkens Ahlquist (Suedia) 2008 – Prof. Ludwig Schweizer (Germania) 2007 - Vicelia Florenzano (Brazilia) 2006 – Ulrich Spieth (Germania) 2005 – Daniel Baumat (Elvetia) 2004 - Dr. Zakaria Ahmad (Malaysia) 2003 – Norbert Bueche (Elvetia)