2. Januar 2013
Berlin, Germany, Europe
Artistic Gymnastics
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!

The crew of the European Gymnastic Service GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL
has completed its most successful year so far.
In August 2012, at the Olympic Games in LONDON, we registered more than 11.8 million page admissions in a matchless team-work with the Dutch co. Janssen-Fritsen.
Now every day users from more than 128 countries are visiting all our GYMmedia portals  - yes, that really does mean  E V E R Y   D A Y...

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31. Dezember 2012
Barcelona, Spain
Artistic Gymnastics
Spain s Olympian Andreu VIVO died with 34 years

Spanish Olympic gymnast Andreu Vivo died of a heart attack in the Catalonian district of Collbaix early Sunday morning (December 30) while he was mountain climbing, the Catalonian Gymnastics Federation confirmed.
Vivo, 34, who competed in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, began to feel ill after climbing the Collbaix peak with a friend and collapsed soon after beginning the descent.
When emergency management personnel arrived at the scene they were unable to revive him, according to...

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23. Dezember 2012
Virginia Beach, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Gabby Douglas: 2012 Female Athlete

The US-Gymnast Gabrielle Victoria "Gabby" DOUGLAS" - Olympic all-around winner London 2012 - has been named "The Associated Press 2012 Female athlete of the year".
She edged out swimmer Missy Franklin with 48 of 157 votes from a panel of AP sports editors and news directors.
Douglas is the fourth gymnast to win the award, and first since Mary Lou Retton in 198 -  the first African-American woman to win the coveted all-around Olympic...

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16. Dezember 2012
Jesewitz / Leipzig, GERMANY
Artistic Gymnastics
Surprising death of Germany s oldest Olympic Champion Klaus Köste

With great dismay the German and international gymnastics family has heard from the death of the Olympic Champion from Munich 1972 (vault), the 2-times high bar European Champion and 34-times German national champion Klaus KÖSTE has died in his home town Jesewitz in the north of Leipzig.

It was a suprising death due to heart failure only two months before his 70th birthday.
After heart surgery two times in the past he nonetheless represented a person who...

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13. Dezember 2012
Tokyo, Japan
Artistic Gymnastics
Olympic champ Uchimura s wife expecting first child

Japanese gymnast and superstar Kohei Uchimura, who added an Olympic gold medal in the men's all-around competition to his trophy case this summer in London, announced on that he and his wife are expecting their first child.

Uchimura, who has won three consecutive World Championship all-around gold medals, issued the news through his corporate sponsor, Konami.

He was married in November 2012.
"I am able to inform you that we are expecting our first child next spring...

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