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

Gymnast	Country	Injury	Date	Recovery	SRC

Long Term

Gymnast	Country	Injury	Date	Recovery	SRC
Emelie Petz	GER	torn Achilles tendon	7/20/21	minimum eight months	^[1]
Emily Lee	USA	torn Achilles tendon	6/27/21	minimum eight months	^[2]
Thais Fidelis	BRA	torn Achilles tendon	5/28/21	minimum eight months	^[3]
Marta Pihan-Kulesza	POL	torn ACL	4/23/21	minimum nine months	^[4]
Lorette Charpy	FRA	torn ACL and meniscus	3/15/21	minimum nine months	^[5]
Maria Kharenkova	GEO	torn Achilles tendon	3/11/21	minimum eight months	^[6]
Boglárka Dévai	HUN	torn ACL	10/20/20	minimum nine months	^[7]
Claire Pontlevoy	FRA	torn ACL	2/8/20	expected to return 12/12/20	^[8]^[9]
Carolyne Pedro	BRA	unknown	9/30/19	resumed training as of 2/16/20	^[10]^[11]
Kirsten Polderman	NED	torn ACL	6/16/19	resumed training as of 1/24/20	^[12]^[13]
Leonie Meier	SUI	torn ACL	3/28/19	expected to return 3/20/20	^[14]^[15]
Dipa Karmakar	IND	knee	3/16/19	resumed training as of 6/25/20	^[16]^[17]
Michelle Timm	GER	unknown	3/5/19	resumed training as of 8/31/20	^[18]^[19]

Unknown

Gymnast	Country	Injury	Date	SRC
Alice Kinsella	GBR	torn ankle ligaments	late July 2021	^[20]
Giorgia Villa	ITA	ankle	7/10/21	^[21]
Aleksandra Shchekoldina	RUS	leg/ ankle/ foot injury	unknown	^[22]
Laurie Hernandez	USA	torn meniscus	6/4/21	^[23]^[24]
Ana Perez Campos	ESP	broken ankles	1/9/21	^[25]

References

[1] Petz Achilles

[2] Lee Achilles

[3] Fidelis Achilles

[4] Pihan-Kulesza ACL

[5] Charpy ACL and meniscus

[6] Kharenkova Achilles

[7] Devai ACL

[8] Pontlevoy ACL

[9] return to competition

[10] Pedro injury

[11] Pedro resumed training

[12] Polderman ACL

[13] resumed training

[14] Meier ACL

[15] Meier resumed training

[16] Karmakar knee

[17] resumed training

[18] Timm injured

[19] resumed training

[20] Kinsella ankle

[21] Villa ankle

[22] Shchekoldina leg/ ankle/ foot

[23] Hernandez knee

[24] torn meniscus

[25] Perez ankles

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Injuries

Contents

Short Term

Long Term

Unknown

References

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