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Multi-Time World/Olympic Gymnastics Champions on Same Event

Medals aren't everything, especially in a sport so rife with international political considerations, but they do count for a lot. And so does history. To win more than one World Championships and/or Summer Olympic Games individual title on the same event puts one in a very elite group and it shows that winning that title surely wasn't a mistake. Some quizzes are about demonstrating what you know and/or getting points. Some quizzes are more educational. File this one under the latter. I probably would not get more than 607 of these right. Indeed, I did learn a surprising thing or two, just making this quiz myself. This is a "Yellow Box" quiz, so just typing in a well-known name is not enough. You also need to know what they were known for doing. Please guess by the gymnast's LAST name. In the case of Asian names, either the first or last name will suffice. I have tried to make allowances for difficult spellings. Also, the 'Alternate' Olympics for both 1980 (USGF International Invitational in Hartford, Connecticut) and 1984 (Friendship Games in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia) were included in the data that made these questions.
Please type the gymnast's LAST name (or FIRST or LAST for Asian names) in the YELLOW box. Thank you.
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Individual Event & Olympic/World Title Years
Answer
Men's All-Around - Olympics 1908, 1912
Alberto Braglia (Italy)
Men's All-Around - Worlds 1909, 1913
Marco Torres (France)
Men's All-Around - Worlds 1922, 1926
Peter Sumi (Yugoslavia)
Men's All-Around - Olympics 1952, 1956, & Worlds 1954
Victor Chukarin (Soviet Union)
Men's All-Around - Olympics 1960, & Worlds 1958
Boris Shakhlin (Soviet Union)
Men's All-Around - Olympics 1968, 1972
Sawao Kato (Japan)
Men's All-Around - Olympics 1976, & Worlds 1978
Nikolai Andrianov (Soviet Union)
Men's All-Around - Olympics 1980, & Worlds 1979
Alexander Dityatin (Soviet Union)
Men's All-Around - Worlds 1981, 1983
Yuri Korolyov (Soviet Union)
Men's All-Around - Olympics 1984, & Worlds 1983, 1987
Dmitry Bilozerchev (Soviet Union)
Men's All-Around - Olympics 1992, & Worlds 1993
Vitaly Scherbo (Soviet Union, Belarus)
Men's All-Around - Worlds 1994, 1997
Ivan Ivankov (Belarus)
Men's All-Around - Olympics 1996, & Worlds 1995
Li Xiaoshuang (China)
Men's All-Around - Olympics 2004, & Worlds 2003
Paul Hamm (United States of America)
Men's All-Around - Olympics 2008, & Worlds 2006, 2007
Yang Wei (China)
Men's All-Around - Olympics 2012, 2016, & Worlds 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
Kohei Uchimura (Japan)
Men's Floor - Olympics 1936, & Worlds 1934
Georges Miez (Switzerland)
Men's Floor - Olympics 1956, & Worlds 1954
Valentin Muratov (Soviet Union)
Men's Floor - Worlds 1954, & 1958
Masao Takemoto (Japan)
Men's Floor - Olympics 1960, & Worlds 1962
Nobuyuki Aihara (Japan)
Men's Floor - Worlds 1966, 1970
Akinori Nakayama (Japan)
Men's Floor - Olympics 1972, 1976
Nikolai Andrianov (Soviet Union)
Men's Floor - Worlds 1978, 1979
Kurt Thomas (United States of America)
Men's Floor - Olympics 1980, 1984, & Worlds 1979
Roland Bruckner (East Germany)
Men's Floor - Olympics 1980, & Worlds 1981
Li Yuejiu (China)
Men's Floor - Worlds 1983, 1985
Tong Fei (China)
Men's Floor - Worlds 1989, 1991, 1992
Igor Korobchinsky (Soviet Union)
Men's Floor - Worlds 1994, 1995, 1996
Vitaly Scherbo (Belarus)
Men's Floor - Worlds 1997, 1999
Alexei Nemov (Russia)
Men's Floor - Worlds 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009
Marian Dragulescu (Romania)
Men's Floor - 2005, 2007
Diego Hypolito (Brazil)
Men's Floor - Olympics 2008, 2012
Zou Kai (China)
Men's Floor - Worlds 2013, 2015, 2017
Kenzo Shirai (Japan)
Men's Pommel Horse - Worlds 1903, 1905
Georges Dejagere (France)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 1956, 1960, & Worlds 1958
Boris Shakhlin (Soviet Union)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 1964, 1968, & Worlds 1962, 1966, 1970
Miroslav Cerar (Yugoslavia)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 1976, 1980, & Worlds 1974, 1978, 1979
Zoltan Magyar (Hungary)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 1984, 1988, & Worlds 1983, 1987
Dmitry Bilozerchev (Soviet Union)
Men's Pommel Horse - Worlds 1985, 1989
Valentin Mogilny (Soviet Union)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 1988, & Worlds 1987
Zsolt Borkai (Hungary)
Men's Pommel Horse - Worlds 1991, 1997
Valery Belenky (Soviet Union & Germany)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 1992, & Worlds 1992
Vitaly Scherbo (Soviet Union)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 1992, & Worlds 1992, 1993, 1996
Pae Gil-su (North Korea)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 1996, & Worlds 1995
Li Donghua (Switzerland)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 2000, & Worlds 1994, 2001, 2002
Marius Urzica (Romania)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 2004, & Worlds 2003
Teng Haibin (China)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 2008, & Worlds 2005, 2006, 2007
Xiao Qin (China)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 2012, & Worlds 2010, 2011, 2014
Krisztian Berki (Hungary)
Men's Pommel Horse - Olympics 2016, Worlds 2015, 2017, 2019
Max Whitlock (United Kingdom)
Men's Rings - Worlds 1909, 1913
Marco Torres (France)
Men's Rings - Olympics 1928, & Worlds 1926
Leon Stukelj (Yugoslavia)
Men's Rings - Olympics 1936, & Worlds 1931, 1934, 1938
Alois Hudec (Czechoslovakia)
Men's Rings - Olympics 1956, 1960, & Worlds 1954, 1958
Albert Azaryan (Soviet Union)
Men's Rings - Olympics 1968, 1972, & Worlds 1970
Akinori Nakayama (Japan)
Men's Rings - Olympics 1976, & Worlds 1974, 1978
Nikolai Andrianov (Soviet Union)
Men's Rings - Olympics 1980, & Worlds 1979, 1981
Alexander Dityatin (Soviet Union)
Men's Rings - Olympics 1984, & Worlds 1983
Koji Gushiken (Japan)
Men's Rings - Olympics 1984, 1988, & Worlds 1983
Dmitry Bilozerchev (Soviet Union)
Men's Rings - Olympics 1984, & Worlds 1985
Li Ning (China)
Men's Rings - Worlds 1985, 1987
Yuri Korolyov (Soviet Union)
Men's Rings - Olympics 1992, & Worlds 1992
Vitaly Scherbo (Soviet Union)
Men's Rings - Olympics 1996, & Worlds 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Jury Chechi (Italy)
Men's Rings - Olympics 2000, & Worlds 2002
Szilveszter Csollany (Hungary)
Men's Rings - Worlds 2001, 2003
Yordan Yovchev (Bulgaria)
Men's Rings - Olympics 2004, & Worlds 2003
Dimosthenis Tampakos (Greece)
Men's Rings - Olympics 2008, & Worlds 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011
Chen Yibing (China)
Men's Rings - Olympics 2012, & Worlds 2013
Arthur Zanetti (Brazil)
Men's Rings - Olympics 2016, & Worlds 2015, 2017, 2018
Eleftherios Petrounias (Greece)
Men's Vault - Olympics 1928, & Worlds 1934, 1938
Eugen Mack (Switzerland)
Men's Vault - Olympics 1976, 1980
Nikolai Andrianov (Soviet Union)
Men's Vault - Olympics 1984, 1988, & Worlds 1987
Lou Yun (China)
Men's Vault - Olympics 1984, & Worlds 1985
Sylvio Kroll (East Germany)
Men's Vault - Worlds 1991, 1992
Yoo Ok-ryul (South Korea)
Men's Vault - Olympics 1992, & Worlds 1993, 1994
Vitaly Scherbo (Soviet Union & Belarus)
Men's Vault - Olympics 1996, & Worlds 1995, 1996
Alexei Nemov (Russia)
Men's Vault - Worlds 1999, 2002, 2003
Li Xiaopeng (China)
Men's Vault - Olympics 2000, 2004
Gervasio Deferr (Spain)
Men's Vault - Worlds 2001, 2005, 2006, 2009
Marian Dragulescu (Romania)
Men's Vault - Olympics 2008, & Worlds 2007
Leszek Blanik (Poland)
Men's Vault - Olympics 2012, & Worlds 2011, 2013
Yang Hak-seon (South Korea)
Men's Vault - Olympics 2016, & Worlds 2014, 2015, 2018
Ri Se-gwang (North Korea)
Men's Parallel Bars - Worlds 1911, 1913
Giorgio Zampori (Italy)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 1928, & Worlds 1926
Ladislav Vacha (Czechoslovakia)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 1948, & Worlds 1938
Michael Reusch (Switzerland)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 1952, & Worlds 1950
Hans Eugster (Switzerland)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 1956, & Worlds 1954
Viktor Chukarin (Soviet Union)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 1960, & Worlds 1958
Boris Shakhlin (Soviet Union)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 1968, & Worlds 1970
Akinori Nakayama (Japan)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 1972, 1976
Sawao Kato (Japan)
Men's Parallel Bars - Worlds 1974, 1978
Eizo Kenmotsu (Japan)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 1984, Worlds 1979
Bart Conner (United States of America)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 1984, 1988, & Worlds 1983, 1987, 1989
Vladimir Artemov (Soviet Union)
Men's Parallel Bars - Worlds 1989, 1991, 1992
Li Jing (China)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 1992, Worlds 1993, 1995
Vitaly Scherbo (Soviet Union & Belarus)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 1996, & Worlds 1996
Rustam Sharipov (Ukraine)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 2000, 2004, & Worlds 2002, 2003
Li Xiaopeng (China)
Men's Parallel Bars - Worlds 2005, 2007
Mitja Petkovsek (Slovenia)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 2012, & Worlds 2010
Feng Zhe (China)
Men's Parallel Bars - Olympics 2016, & Worlds 2014
Oleg Vernyayev (Ukraine)
Men's Parallel Bars - Worlds 2017, 2018
Zou Jingyuan (China)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Worlds 1911, 1913
Josef Cada (Austro-Hungary/Bohemia - later Czechoslovakia)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Olympics 1924, Worlds 1922, 1926
Leon Stukelj (Yugoslavia)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Olympics 1956, 1960, & Worlds 1962
Takashi Ono (Japan)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Olympics 1964, & Worlds 1958
Boris Shakhlin (Soviet Union)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Olympics 1968, & Worlds 1966
Akinori Nakayama (Japan)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Olympics 1972, 1976
Mitsuo Tsukahara (Japan)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Olympics 1984, & Worlds 1983, 1987
Dmitry Bilozerchev (Soviet Union)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Worlds 1989, 1991
Li Chunyang (China)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Olympics 1996, & Worlds 1995
Andreas Wecker (Germany)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Worlds 1996, 1999
Jesus Carballo (Spain)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Worlds 2001, 2002
Vlasios Maras (Greece)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Olympics 2016, & Worlds 2007
Fabian Hambuchen (Germany)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Olympics 2008, & Worlds 2009, 2011
Zou Kai (China)
Men's Horizontal Bar - Olympics 2012, & Worlds 2013, 2014, 2018
Epke Zonderland (Netherlands)
Women's All-Around - World 1934, 1938
Vlasta Dekanova (Czechoslovakia)
Women's All-Around - Olympic 1956, 1960, & World 1958, 1962
Larisa Latynina (Soviet Union)
Women's All-Around - Olympic 1964, 1968, & World 1966
Vera Caslavska (Czechoslovakia)
Women's All-Around - Olympic 1972, & World 1970, 1974
Ludmilla Tourischeva (Soviet Union)
Women's All-Around - Olympic 1988, & Worlds 1985
Yelena Shushunova (Soviet Union)
Women's All-Around - World 1993, 1994
Shannon Miller (United States of America)
Women's All-Around - Olympic 1996, World 1995
Lilia Podkopayeva (Ukraine)
Women's All-Around - World 1999, 2001, 2003
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Women's All-Around - Olympic 2016, & World 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
Simone Biles (United States of America)
Women's Vault - Olympic 1956, & World 1958
Larisa Latynina (Soviet Union)
Women's Vault - Olympic 1964, 1968, & Worlds 1962, 1966
Vera Caslavska (Czechoslovakia)
Women's Vault - Olympics 1976, & Worlds 1978
Nellie Kim (Soviet Union)
Women's Vault - Worlds 1985, 1987
Yelena Shushunova (Soviet Union)
Women's Vault - Olympics 1992, & Worlds 1991
Lavinia Milosovici (Romania)
Women's Vault - Olympics 1992, & Worlds 1992
Henrietta Onodi (Hungary)
Women's Vault - Worlds 1994, 1996
Gina Gogean (Romania)
Women's Vault - Olympics 1996, & Worlds 1995, 1997
Simona Amanar (Romania)
Women's Vault - Olympics 2000, & Worlds 1999, 2001
Elena Zamolodchikova (Russia)
Women's Vault - Worlds 2005, 2006, 2007
Cheng Fei (China)
Women's Vault - Worlds 2011, 2013
McKayla Maroney (United States of America)
Women's Vault - Olympics 2008, & Worlds 2014
Hong Un-jong (North Korea)
Women's Vault - Worlds 2015, 2017
Maria Paseka (Russia)
Women's Vault - Olympics 2016, & Worlds 2018, 2019
SImone Biles (United States of America)
Women's Uneven Bars - Olympics 1956, & Worlds 1954
Agnes Keleti (Hungary)
Women's Uneven Bars - Olympics 1960, 1964
Polina Astakhova (Soviet Union)
Women's Uneven Bars - Olympics 1972, & Worlds 1970
Karin Janz (East Germany)
Women's Uneven Bars - Olympics 1980, 1984, & Worlds 1979, 1981, 1983
Maxi Gnauck (East Germany)
Women's Uneven Bars - Olympics 1980, 1984, & Worlds 1979
Ma Yanhong (China)
Women's Uneven Bars - Olympics 1988, & Worlds 1987, 1989
Daniela Silivas (Romania)
Women's Uneven Bars - Olympics 1996, 2000, & Worlds 1995, 1996, 1997, 1991, 2001
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Women's Uneven Bars - Worlds 2006, 2010
Beth Tweddle (United Kingdom)
Women's Uneven Bars - Olympics 2008, Worlds 2009
He Kexin (China)
Women's Uneven Bars - Worlds 2011, 2015
Viktoria Komova (Russia)
Women's Uneven Bars - Olympics 2012, 2016
Aliya Mustafina (Russia)
Women's Uneven Bars - Worlds 2015, 2017
Fan Yilin (China)
Women's Uneven Bars - Worlds 2018, 2019
Nina Derwael (Belgium)
Women's Balance Beam - Olympics 1960, & Worlds 1962
Eva Bosakova (Czechoslovakia)
Women's Balance Beam - Olympics 1968, & Worlds 1966
Natalia Kuchinskaya (Russia)
Women's Balance Beam - Olympics 1976, 1980, & Worlds 1978
Nadia Comaneci (Romania)
Women's Balance Beam - Olympics 1984, & Worlds 1983
Olga Mostepanova (Soviet Union)
Women's Balance Beam - Olympics 1988, & Worlds 1985, 1989
Daniela Silivas (Romania)
Women's Balance Beam - Olympics 1996, & Worlds 1994
Shannon Miller (United States of America)
Women's Balance Beam - Worlds 2005, 2007
Nastia Liukin (United States of America)
Women's Balance Beam - Olympics 2012, & Worlds 2009
Deng Linlin (China)
Women's Balance Beam - Worlds 2014, 2015, 2019
Simone Biles (United States of America)
Women's Floor Exercise - Olympics 1952, 1956
Agnes Keleti (Hungary)
Women's Floor Exercise - Olympics 1956, 1960, 1964, & Worlds 1962
Larisa Latynina (Soviet Union)
Women's Floor Exercise - Worlds 1970, 1974
Ludmilla Tourischeva (Soviet Union)
Women's Floor Exercise - Olympics 1976, 1980, & Worlds 1978
Nellie Kim (Soviet Union)
Women's Floor Exercise - Olympics 1984, & Worlds 1983
Ekaterina Szabo (Romania)
Women's Floor Exercise - Olympics 1988, & Worlds 1987, 1989
Daniela Silivas (Romania)
Women's Floor Exercise - Worlds 1995, 1996, 1997
Gina Gogean (Romania)
Women's Floor Exercise - Worlds 1999, 2001
Andreea Raducan (Romania)
Women's Floor Exercise - Olympics 2016, & Worlds 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019
Simone Biles (United States of America)
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Level 71
Dec 9, 2020
This it the 3rd time I've submitted this quiz.

The first time I revised it, I noticed a minor error - I forgot to actually say the word "gymnastics" *anywhere*, even in the title, plus there were other errors, so I revised it.

The second time I revised it because I went through a more methodical, Excel-aided data compilation than the first time. I had done very thorough double, triple, even quadruple checking previously, but not aided by using Excel. This time, I found several more errors: 1) Two gymnasts who were not omitted from the answers were nevertheless under-represented on the list because I put them in one event less, each, than they belonged; 2) Five gymnasts were completely absent from the answers on the list; and 3) Maybe about 10 gymnasts' data was a little wrong.

Any quiz with this much information given out is bound to have an error or two. But I should have eliminated nearly all. Any more errors - please advise me.

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Level 71
Dec 17, 2020
131/168, or 78%.

I made this and still missed 37.