1. The word gymnastics comes from the Greek word meaning “to exercise naked.”

2. No exercises practiced in ancient times are still practiced in contemporary gymnastics.

3. Tumbling was practiced in ancient times in many places beyond just Greece.

4. The first woman to earn a perfect 10 in an Olympic gymnastics event was Olga Korbut.

5. Nadia Comăneci as well as American gymnast Mary Lou Retton trained with Romanian gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi.

6. Soviet gymnast Larisa Semyonovna Latynina holds the record of 18 career Olympic medals.

7. The first year in which gymnastics was included as a competitive sport in the Olympics was 1912.

8. Women always competed in Olympic gymnastics.

9. A “Salto” in gymnastics is a flip.

10. The pommel horse originated in England in the Middle Ages.