Injuries

Injuries are a sad reality of the sport and they happen on a pretty frequent basis. This page will track all injuries of current gymnasts. Gymnasts will be removed from this page when they return to competition, whether international or domestic, or if they medically retire.

Short Term

Long Term

Gymnast	Country	Injury	Date	Recovery	SRC
Jade Barbosa	BRA	torn ACL	10/5/19	minimum nine months	[1]
Kirsten Polderman	NED	torn ACL	6/16/19	minimum nine months	[2]
Rebeca Andrade	BRA	torn ACL	6/8/19	resumed training by 10/30/19	[3][4]
Leonie Meier	SUI	torn ACL	3/28/19	minimum nine months	[5]
Lucy Stanhope	GBR	stress fracture in back	late September 2018	resumed training by 8/23/19	[6] [7]
Amy Tinkler	GBR	torn ankle ligaments	3/22/18	ongoing recovery after January 2019 surgery	[8] [9]
Larisa Iordache	ROU	torn Achilles tendon	10/4/17	ongoing recovery after 9/10/18 surgery	[10] [11]

Unknown

Gymnast	Country	Injury	Date	SRC
Ellie Black	CAN	sprained ankle	10/10/19	[12]
Yamilet Peña	DOM	unknown	10/4/19	[13]
Jordan Chiles	USA	wrist surgery	10/4/19	[14]
Sophie Scheder	GER	back	10/3/19	[15]
Carolyne Pedro	BRA	unknown	9/30/19	[16]
Angelina Simakova	RUS	unknown	9/24/19	[17]
Shilese Jones	USA	unknown	9/21/19	[18]
Amelie Morgan	GBR	ankle	9/17/19	[19]
Coline Devillard	FRA	ankle	9/16/19	[20]
Tabea Alt	GER	back pain	6/15/19	[21]
Aliya Mustafina	RUS	torn ankle ligament	6/3/19	[22]
Vanessa Ferrari	ITA	leg surgery	4/16/19	[23]
Axelle Klinckaert	BEL	knee injury	4/2/19	[24]
Dipa Karmakar	IND	knee injury	3/16/19	[25]
Michelle Timm	GER	unknown	3/5/19	[26]
Kiara Munteanu	AUS	unknown	10/10/18	[27]
Ana Maria Ocolişan	ROU	ankle injury	8/1/18	[28]

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