2001 - 5th Annual Induction Ceremony
June 8, 2001, marked the 5th Annual Induction Ceremony in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (USA). Bruno Grandi (Italy) was inducted in Lifetime Achievement category, for his contribution to the sport in his home country of Italy and throughout the world as President of the FIG. In the Gymnastics category, five Olympic and/or World Champions were inducted. Those honored were Nikolai Andrianov (Russia), Lyubov Burda (Russia), William Thoresson (Sweden), Teodora Ungureanu (Romania), and Sawao Kato (Japan).