At the 2001 World Championships Philippe Rizzo became the first Australian gymnast to win a medal, winning a silver on horizontal bar.

Five years later he became the first Australian to win a gold medal.

[1] Australian women won their first medal as a team in 2003.

[2] In 2005 Monette Russo became the first Australian woman to win an individual medal, earning bronze in the all-around.

[3] At the 2010 World Championships Lauren Mitchell became the first Australian woman to win a gold medal.