Since COP, scoring, styles, and coaching regimes change and morph over the years, I’m curious what everyone’s favorite gymnasts of each quad were (ending in the Olympic year—ex: 2000 would be the quad 1997-2000)
2024:
2020/2021:
2016:
2012;
2008:
2004:
2000:
1996:
1992:
1988:
Nice thread, @Big_rock_show !
2024: Andrade
2020/2021: Lee
2016: Hernandez 2) Ross
2012: Douglas/Maroney
2008: Memmel/Liukin
2004: Hatch 2) Memmel 3) Pavlova
2000: Khorkina/Produnova 3) Atler
1996: Miller/Mo Huilan
1992: Miller/Laschenova 3) Bogi
1988: Silivas
Here’s mine!
2024: Biles
2020/2021: Biles
2016: Biles (feeling like a fan girl lol)
2012; Iordache
2008: Memmel
2004: Patterson
2000: Zamo, Atler, Allana Slater
1996: Miller, Moceanu
1992: Miller, Zmeskal
1988: Bogi
Trying not to look at others first:
2024: Jones
2020/2021: Biles/Andrade
2016: Biles
2012: Komova
2008: Liukin
2004: Postell (Kupets if they have to be Olympians)
2000: Produnova (Atler close second)
1996: Mo Huilan
1992: Bontas/Onodi
1988: Silivas/Dobre
2024: Andrade
2020/2021: Biles
2016: Iordache
2012: Maroney
2008: Liukin
2004: Vise
2000: Raducan
1996: Moceanu
1992: Zmeskal
1988: Silivas
2024: Kinsella
2020/2021: Melnikova
2016: Mustafina
2012; Komova
2008: Liukin
2004: Khorkina
2000: Lobaznyuk
1996: Podkopaeva
1992: Lysenko
1988: Omelianchik
2024: still early and am undecided between Wong, Jones, Lincoln, and eager to see Douglas, Thomas
2020/2021: Andrade
2016: Maroney (2013)
2012: Douglas
2008: Pavlova
2004: Memmel
2000: Moceanu (‘98 especially)
1996: Mo Huilan
1992: Lyssenko
1988: Dobre
Your cards are on the table! This list really reflects a consistent point of view and I love it. Kinsella is great in terms of technique and I can see that reflected throughout your list.
Also love our overlaps. I fought over Prod/Lobaz for 2000. Easily could’ve gone for your '88-96 choices too.
2024: Jones/Andrade
2020/2021: Andrade/Lee
2016: Biles
2012; Douglas
2008: Liukin/Izbasa
2004: Kupets/Hatch
2000: Dawes/Lobaz
1996: Dawes
1992: Dawes/Okino
1988: Boginskaya
2024: Ellie Black, Ou Yushan
2020: Ellie Black, Luo Huan, Melnikova
2016: Bai Yawen, Shang Chunsong
2012: Komova
2008: Cheng Fei, Liukin
2004: Fan Ye, Zhang Nan
2000: Atler
1996: Podkopayeva
1992: Lysenko
1988: Shushunova
2024: Gadirova (Jessica)
2020/2021: Melnikova
2016: Biles
2012: Komova
2008: Liukin
2004: Pavlova
2000: Raducan
1996: Moceanu
1992: Miller
1988: Omelianchik
2024: Jones
2020/2021: Chiles, McCusker
2016: Biles, Kocian
2012: Douglas, Maroney
2008: Liukin
2004: Vise
2000: Atler
1996: Podkopayeva
1992: Zmeskal
1988: Omelianchik, Dobre
2024: Andrade, Ou Yushan
2020/2021: Andrade, Lee
2016: n/a (I was on hiatus from gym fandom)
2012; Deng Linlin, He Kexin
2008: Fan Ye, Cheng Fei, Jiang Yuyuan
2004: Fan Ye, Li Ya
2000: Kui Yuanyuan, Bi Wenjing
1996:I didn’t have a firm favorite. I really liked Khorkina ca. 1994-95, but then she started to grate on me.
1992: Lu Li, Milosovici, Lysenko, Boginksaya. Honorable mention to Dudnik; a pity her career was all too brief.
1988: Omelianchik, Silivas, Mills
1984 (because I’m old): Yurchenko, Mostepanova, Ilienko, Agache, Szabo, Stoyanova, Johnson, McNamara
1980: Shaposhnikova, Filatova, Naimushina
As you can see, I’m hard-pressed to choose just one favorite from each quad!
2024: Ou Yushan
2020/2021: Andrade
2016: Biles
2012: Komova
2008: Cheng Fei
2004: Ponor
2000: Khorkina
1996: Mo Huilan
1992: Boginskaya
1988: Silivas
1984: Yurchenko
1980: Mukhina
IratePanda, I’m loving the Agache, Ilienko, and Stoyanova love. Under-rated gems. There were seriously too many favorites to chose between during the 80s… we’ll never see another decade like it
1972: Tourischeva
1976: Kim
1980: Naimushina
1984: Mostepanova
whoaaa Kim!
Naimushina!!!
The 1980s were transformative. Also, I’m 52, truly a child of the 80s. I don’t know how many other people here remember what it was like to read about a competition in IG magazine 6-10 weeks before any TV coverage surfaced.
Too too many in the 80s and 90s
Nadia Comaneci - first favorite
1988 - Natalia Frolova & Phoebe Mills
1992 - Dominique Dawes, Lashchenova, Strazeva, Lysenko, Chen Cuiting, Yang Bo, henrietta Onodi
1996 - Isabelle Severino, Annia Portuando, Meng Fei
2000 - kate richardson, sabina Cojacar, Tabitha Yim, Vanessa Atler
2004 - Anna Pavlova, Hollie Vise, Fan Ye
2008 - Nastia Liukin, Cheng Fei, Anna Pavlova, Jiang Yuyuan
2012 - Mustafina, Kyla Ross, McKayla Maroney
2016 - Simone Biles, Madison Kocian, Rebeca Andrade, Mustafina
2020 - Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade, murakami mai, mdjds, Jordan Chiles
2024 - Simone Biles, Shilese Jones, Rebeca Andrade, mdjds
2024: Andrade
2020/2021: Murakami
2016: Biles
2012: Yao Jinnan
2008: Memmel
2004: Pavlova
2000: Atler, Chow
1996: Podkopayeva, Mo Huilan
1992: Dawes
1988: Omelianchik