European Gymnastics

European Gymnastics is one of five continental unions that represents the interests of Europe in the International Gymnastics Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique or FIG). It was formed on 27 March 1982 as the European Union of Gymnastics (French: Union Européenne de Gymnastique or UEG) and adopted its current name on 1 April 2020.[1][2]

European Gymnastics
Formation27 March 1982
HeadquartersLausanne
Region served
Europe
President
Farid Gayibov
WebsiteEuropeanGymnastics.com

Events

European Gymnastics organises European Gymnastics Championships for each of the gymnastic disciplines.

Current
Discipline Competition First held Current Frequency
Artistic gymnastics European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships 1955 Annually
European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships 1957 Annually
Trampoline European Trampoline Championships 1969 Biennially (even years)
Rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships 1978 Annually
Acrobatic gymnastics Acrobatic Gymnastics European Championships 1978 Biennially (odd years)
TeamGym European TeamGym Championships 1996 Biennially (even years)
Aerobic gymnastics Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships 1999 Biennially (odd years)

Defunct
Discipline Competition First held Last held
Artistic gymnastics European Cup in Artistic Gymnastics 1988 1995
Rhythmic gymnastics European Cup in Rhythmic Gymnastics 1989 1995
Artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics European Team Gymnastics Championships 1997 2003

Member federations

As of 2015, European Gymnastics consists of 50 member federations

Federation Country Year joined
Royal Belgian Gymnastics Federation  Belgium 1982
Danish Gymnastics Federation  Denmark 1982
Royal Spanish Federation of Gymnastics  Spain 1982
France Gymnastics Federation  France 1982
British Gymnastics  United Kingdom 1982
Royal Dutch Gymnastics Union  Netherlands 1982
Italian Gymnastics Federation  Italy 1982
Gymnastics Federation of Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1982
Norwegian Gymnastics Federation  Norway 1982
Gymnastics Federation of Portugal  Portugal 1982
 West Germany 1982
San Marino Gymnastic Federation  San Marino 1982
Swedish Gymnastics Federation  Sweden 1982
Swiss Gymnastics Federation   Switzerland 1982
Turkish Gymnastics Federation  Turkey 1982
Liechtenstein Gymnastics and Athletics Association  Liechtenstein 1983
 Czechoslovakia 1983
Austrian Association for Gymnastics  Austria 1984
Finnish Gymnastics Federation  Finland 1984
Hungarian Gymnastics Federation  Hungary 1984
 East Germany 1985
Bulgarian Gymnastic Federation  Bulgaria 1985
Polish Gymnastic Association  Poland 1986
Cyprus Gymnastics Federation  Cyprus 1986
Hellenic Gymnastics Federation  Greece 1986
Gymnastics Ireland  Ireland 1986
Iceland Gymnastics Federation  Iceland 1986
 Soviet Union 1986
Romanian Gymnastics Federation  Romania 1987
 Yugoslavia 1987
Andorran Gymnastics Federation  Andorra 1989
Monégasque Federation of Gymnastics  Monaco 1989
Israel Gymnastics Federation  Israel 1989
Belarus Gymnastics Association  Belarus 1992
Estonian Gymnastics Federation  Estonia 1992
Latvia Gymnastics Federation  Latvia 1992
Lithuanian Gymnastic Federation  Lithuania 1992
Russian Gymnastics Federation  Russia 1992
Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation  Ukraine 1992
Gymnastics Federation of Slovenia  Slovenia 1992
Croatian Gymnastics Federation  Croatia 1992
Albanian Gymnastics Federation  Albania 1993
Armenian Gymnastics Federation  Armenia 1993
United Gymnastics Federation of Georgia  Georgia 1993
Gymnastics Federation of Slovakia  Slovakia 1993
Czech Gymnastic Federation  Czech Republic 1993
Union of Gymnastics Federations of the Republic of Moldova  Moldova 1993
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995
Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation  Azerbaijan 1996
Federation of Gymnastics Sports of Macedonia  North Macedonia 2002
Kosovo Gymnastics Association  Kosovo 2015 [3]

Other

As of June 2021, the president of European Gymnastics, Farid Gayibov, was being investigated for his close association with Kamran Ramazanov, the CEO of the Azeri IT company SmartScoring. In 2017, Gayibov signed a service contract on behalf of European Gymnastics with SmartScoring for providing live scoring and video streaming services for certain European gymnastics competitions amidst the protests of a number of member federations of European Gymnastics. Despite millions of dollars in financing, SmartScoring provided poor coverage of the qualification rounds of the 2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Basel, Switzerland and the 2021 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. Notwithstanding any customer feedback, on June 3, 2021 Gayibov extended European Gymnastics‘ contract with SmartScoring until 2023.

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) barred Russian athletes and officials, including judges.[4] It also announced that "all FIG World Cup and World Challenge Cup events planned to take place in Russia ... are cancelled, and no other FIG events will be allocated to Russia ... until further notice." FIG also banned the Russian flag at its events.[5]

References
  1. "History". European Gymnastics. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  2. Rowbottom, Mike (17 November 2019). "UEG to become European Gymnastics from April 2020". InsideTheGames.biz.
  3. Tota, Elton (24 November 2015). "European Union of Gymnastics accepts Kosovo Gymnastics Association". balkaneu.com. Independent Balkan News Agency.
  4. Bissada, Mason; Dellatto, Marisa (8 March 2022). "International Gymnastics Federation Bars Russia, Belarus As Sports World Reacts To Ukraine Invasion". Forbes.
  5. "FIG decision regarding the conflict in Europe" (Press release). International Gymnastics Federation. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.


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