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
Hatakeda Hitomi	JPN	spinal injury	10/20/21	discharged from the hospital on 10/26/21	^[1]^[2]
Claudia Fragapane	GBR	foot	9/27/2021	resumed training as of 10/24/21	^[3]^[4]
Alice Kinsella	GBR	torn ankle ligaments	late July 2021	resumed training as of 10/8/21	^[5]^[6]
Danusia Francis	JAM	torn ACL	7/25/2021	minimum nine months	^[7]
Emelie Petz	GER	torn Achilles tendon	7/20/21	minimum eight months	^[8]
Thais Fidelis	BRA	torn Achilles tendon	5/28/21	minimum eight months	^[9]
Marta Pihan-Kulesza	POL	torn ACL	4/23/21	resumed training as of 8/26/2021	^[10]^[11]
Lorette Charpy	FRA	torn ACL and meniscus	3/15/21	resumed training as of 9/23/2021	^[12]^[13]
Maria Kharenkova	GEO	torn Achilles tendon	3/11/21	minimum eight months	^[14]
Ana Perez Campos	ESP	broken ankles	1/9/21	resumed training as of 10/1/21	^[15]^[16]
Boglárka Dévai	HUN	torn ACL	10/20/20	minimum nine months	^[17]
Claire Pontlevoy	FRA	torn ACL	2/8/20	expected to return 12/12/20	^[18]^[19]
Kirsten Polderman	NED	torn ACL	6/16/19	resumed training as of 1/24/20	^[20]^[21]
Leonie Meier	SUI	torn ACL	3/28/19	expected to return 3/20/20	^[22]^[23]
Dipa Karmakar	IND	knee	3/16/19	resumed training as of 6/25/20	^[24]^[25]
Michelle Timm	GER	unknown	3/5/19	resumed training as of 8/31/20	^[26]^[27]

Unknown

Gymnast	Country	Injury	Date	SRC
Olivia Greaves	USA	injured	11/7/21	^[28]
Anina Wildi	SUI	pelvic injury	10/16/21	^[29]
Yeo Seo-Jeong	KOR	back injury	10/10/21	^[30]
Sophie Scheder	GER	fractured foot	9/21/21	^[31]
Viktoria Listunova	RUS	elbow injury	July	^[32]
Aleksandra Shchekoldina	RUS	leg/ ankle/ foot injury	unknown	^[33]
Laurie Hernandez	USA	torn meniscus	6/4/21	^[34]^[35]

References

[1] Hatakeda spinal injury

[2] scharged from the hospital

[3] Fragapane foot

[4] resumed training

[5] Kinsella ankle

[6] resumed training

[7] Francis ACL

[8] Petz Achilles

[9] Fidelis Achilles

[10] Pihan-Kulesza ACL

[11] resumed training

[12] Charpy ACL and meniscus

[13] resumed training

[14] Kharenkova Achilles

[15] Perez ankles

[16] resumed training

[17] Devai ACL

[18] Pontlevoy ACL

[19] return to competition

[20] Polderman ACL

[21] resumed training

[22] Meier ACL

[23] Meier resumed training

[24] Karmakar knee

[25] resumed training

[26] Timm injured

[27] resumed training

[28] Greaves injured

[29] Wildi pelvis

[30] Yeo back

[31] Scheder foot

[32] Listunova elbow

[33] Shchekoldina leg/ ankle/ foot

[34] Hernandez knee

[35] torn meniscus

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Injuries

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Short Term

Long Term

Unknown

References

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