Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia
Formation | 1991 |
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Type | National FIG |
Website | sportgymrus |
The Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia (AGFR;
After the
History
The first national federation for Russian gymnastics was the Russian Gymnastics Society, established in the Russian Empire in 1883.[9] Its founding members included Vladimir Gilyarovsky and Anton Chekhov.[10]
Following the
In 1946, the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR created the Gymnastics Section of the Russian SFSR as the central department of the USSR Gymnastics Section. From 1949, the Gymnastics Section of the Russian SFSR became known as the Federation of Gymnastics of the Russian SFSR.[11]
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia was registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation as the successor to the Gymnastics Section of the USSR.[11]
After the
Events
The Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia organizes a number of gymnastics competitions in Russia. Those include:
Competition | Frequency |
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Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships | Annually |
Russian Junior Artistic Gymnastics Championships | Annually |
Cup of Russia in artistic gymnastics | Annually |
Administration
- Vasily Titov — President (since October 2014)[citation needed]
Sponsors
- VTB — general sponsor[citation needed]
See also
- Russia men's national gymnastics team
- Russia women's national gymnastics team
- Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation
References
- ^ "Российские федерации и союзы по летним олимпийским видам спорта". Russian Olympic Committee.
- European Union of Gymnastics. Archived from the originalon 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
- ^ "Устав". The Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia. Archived from the original on 2009-12-05.
- ^ a b Bissada, Mason; Dellatto, Marisa (8 March 2022). "International Gymnastics Federation Bars Russia, Belarus As Sports World Reacts To Ukraine Invasion". Forbes.
- ^ a b "FIG decision regarding the conflict in Europe" (Press release). International Gymnastics Federation. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Further measures regarding Russia and Belarus". European Gymnastics.
- ^ "European Gymnastics' position regarding the invasion of Ukraine". European Gymnastics.
- ^ "Moscow stripped of 2023 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. June 9, 2022.
- ^ Riordan, James (April 1974). "Gymnastics in the USSR". Gymnast. Vol. XVI, no. 4. p. 20.
- ^ Gilyarovsky, Vladimir (February 2016). Memoirs of Old Moscow (PDF). Translated by Murphy, Brian; Pursglove, Michael. p. 357.
- ^ a b c "История Федерации" [Federation history] (in Russian). Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2021-11-05.