Great Britain's multiple medallist at World and European Championships, 23-year-old Elissa Rebecca Louise "Ellie" DOWNIE has announced her retirement from top-level sport. Ellie retires as one of Britain's most successful gymnasts. She won 12 medals at World and European Championships in her career and represented the British Gymnastics team to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
2017 was arguably Ellie's best year; a year in which she became a major all-around champion - another first for Great Britain. This happened at...
Yesterday (2023, January 09) Hungary's 5-time Olympic gymnastics champion, Agnes KELETI, celebrated her 102nd birthday and remains the oldest Olympic champion in the world. However, this fact does not mean much to her. "You have to love life and always look on the bright side," she said in a press interview, that was her general attitude to life! Without it, Keleti would probably not have come this far in life. High-ranking representatives of Hungarian sport and the National Olympic Committee...
The team of the European Gymnastics Service GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL finishes one of its most successful year and starts now into the 26th year of establishing of this GYMnews label! All our business partners, clients and customers - without those engagement the development of such a gym news system were impossible, and all useres and friends of gymnastics from nearly 100 countries day by day.
Our hearts go out especially to the people of Ukraine and to all...
Jessica Gadirova and Jake Jarman have both recently been recognised with prestigious national awards marking their outstanding gymnastics performances this year. World and European floor champion Jessica has been named The Sunday Times Young Sportswoman of the Year, picking up the award at a star studded event in London. Jess then went on to receive a second award, this time alongside Jake Jarman who like Jess has had an historic year of competition. Jake won an incredible four gold medals...
... the Canarian organisers would not have thought that their exemplary 60-year festival tradition in honour of their Spanish European gymnastics champion Joaquin BLUME (1933 - 1959) would survive the crazy pandemic times in such a grand manner:
So the Spanish Chief organiser Jesus TELO RODRIGUEZ sums up the 60th BLUME GRAN CANARIA 2022 as a great success, as this unique festival of gymnastics and gymnastics disciplines in combination with tourism and active...