European Gymnastics

European gymnastics governing body

European Gymnastics

Headquarters of European Gymnastics in Lausanne.

Formation| 27 March 1982
Headquarters| Lausanne

Region served

| Europe

President

| Farid Gayibov
Website| EuropeanGymnastics.com

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]

## Events

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

### Current

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Discipline  | Competition  | First held  | Current Frequency

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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

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Discipline  | Competition  | First held  | Last held

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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

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In 2015, European Gymnastics consisted of 50 member federations

Federation  | Country  | Year joined

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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

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In 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.

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

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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.

## External links

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* Official website

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* t
* e

National members of the International Gymnastics Federation

* Disciplines
* Acrobatics
* Aerobics
* Artistic
* Parkour
* Rhythmic
* Trampolining
* Tumbling

African Gymnastics Union (UAG)|

* ALG
* ANG
* BEN
* BUR
* CPV
* CMR
* CGO
* EGY
* ETH
* LBA
* MAD
* MRI ǂ
* MAR
* MOZ
* NAM
* NGR
* SEN
* SEY
* RSA
* SUD
* SWZ
* TUN
* UGA
* ZIM

Pan-American Gymnastics Union (PAGU)|

* ARG
* ARU
* BAH
* BAR
* BER
* BOL
* BRA
* CAN
* CAY
* CHI
* COL
* CRC
* CUB
* DOM
* ECU
* ESA
* GUA
* HON
* JAM
* MEX
* NCA
* PAN
* PAR
* PER
* PUR
* TTO
* USA
* URU
* VEN
* VIN

Asian Gymnastics Union (AGU)|

* AFG
* BRN
* BAN
* CAM
* CHN
* TPE
* HKG
* IND
* INA
* IRQ
* IRI
* JPN
* JOR
* KAZ
* KOR
* PRK
* KUW
* KGZ
* LBN
* MAA †
* MAS
* MGL
* MYA
* NEP
* PAK
* PLE
* PHI
* QAT
* KSA
* SGP
* SRI
* SYR
* THA
* TKM
* UZB
* VIE
* YEM

European Gymnastics|

* ALB
* AND
* ARM
* AUT
* AZE
* BLR
* BEL
* BUL
* BIH
* CRO
* CYP
* CZE
* DEN
* EST
* FIN
* FRA
* GEO
* GER
* GBR
* GRE
* HUN
* ISL
* IRL
* ISR
* ITA
* KOS
* LAT
* LIE
* LTU
* LUX
* MKD
* MLT
* MDA
* MON
* MNE
* NED
* NOR
* POL
* POR
* ROU
* RUS
* SMR
* SRB
* SVK
* SLO
* ESP
* SWE
* SUI
* TUR
* UKR

Oceania Gymnastics Union (OGU)|

* ASA
* AUS
* COK
* FIJ
* GUM
* NZL
* PNG
* TGA

* Events
* Olympics
* World Championships
* Junior World Championships
* World Cup
* World Games
* Youth Olympics

* † = associated members
* ǂ = suspended

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Sports governing bodies in Europe

Olympic sports bodies (25)|

| Independent|

* LEN (aquatics)
* EAA (athletics)
* BE (badminton)
* EUBC (boxing)
* ECF (curling)
* ECA (canoeing)
* UEC (cycling)
* EEF (equestrian)
* CEE (fencing)
* EHF (field hockey)
* UEFA (football)
* EGA (golf)
* UEG (gymnastics)
* EHF (handball)
* EJU (judo)
* EKF (karate)
* RE (rugby union)
* ESC (shooting)
* ETTU (table tennis)
* ETU (taekwondo)
* TE (tennis)
* ITU (triathlon)
* CEV (volleyball)
* EWF (weightlifting)

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Dependent|

* WAE (archery)
* WBSC Europe (baseball and softball)
* FIBA Europe (basketball)
* UWW-Eu (wrestling)

Non-Olympic sports bodies|

| Independent|

* ETBF (Tenpin Bowling)
* ICC Europe (cricket)
* UEFS & FEF (futsal)
* ELF (lacrosse)
* EMF (minifootball)
* EMF (minigolf)
* EPPA (pitch and putt)
* EPBF (pool)
* EBU (professional boxing)
* EFRA (radio-controlled racing)
* CERH (roller hockey)
* CERS (roller skating)
* RLEF (rugby league)
* ESF (squash)
* EUSA (university sport)

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Dependent|

* IFAF Europe (american football)
* AFL Europe (australian rules football)
* EBGF (backgammon)
* ECU (chess)
* GGE (gaelic games)
* EGF (go)
* FIM Europe (motorcycle)

* Olympic Committees
* Paralympic Committee

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

Other|

* IdRef

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