Gymnastics
All are Gymnasts unless stated
- "Belarusian Swan" = Svetlana Boginskaya
- "Fierce Five" = Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber
- "Goddess of Gymnastics" = Svetlana Boginskaya
- "Kimanellie" = Nellie Kim
- "Magnificent Seven" = Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Dominique Dawes, Kerri Strug, Amy Chow, Amanda Borden and Jaycie Phelps
- "Martha" = Márta Károlyi coach (anglicized name)
- "Nastia" = Anastasia Liukin (Russian diminutive)
- "Prince of gymnastics" = Li Ning
- "Queen Khorkina" = Svetlana Khorkina
- "Sexy Alexei" = Alexei Nemov
- "Sparrow from Minsk" = Olga Korbut
- "Prince" = Justin Spring
- "Sasha" = Alexander Artemev (Russian diminutive)
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