17. Februar 2008
Moutier / Schweiz
Sports Acrobatics
WORLDS-host Russia backed out

New host nation wanted!
After Russia's withdrawal as host for the World Championships in Acrobatic Gymnastics, scheduled for June 2008, no new host has been determined yet. 
According to the Gymnastics World Federation F.I.G., Great Britain and the USA are availabe as new hosts. A decision about this will be taken soon.  

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27. Oktober 2007
s'Hertogenbosch / Netherlands
Sports Acrobatics
23rd Europeans of Acrobatic Gymnastics finished

The  23rd European Championships of Acrobatic Gymnastics ended with the elite's finals on Saturday, October 27 in s'Hertogenbosh, Netherlands.
Including the 7th European Junior Championships and the 3rd European Age Group Competions nearly 400 participants, representing 23 nations took part at this continental higlight of this discipline.
Top in the senior category was the Ukraine, winning three of the five titles, in front of Russia (two gold medals), but in juniors competition Russia won three...

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18. Oktober 2007
London, Great Britain
Sports Acrobatics
Highest Award for Professor Patricia Wade

Genuinely respected throughout the world Professor Patricia Wade, President of the FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Committee, was awarded "Pro Ecclessia et Pontifice", on 2 October 2007 at the St Mary’s University College, London at the celebration of her career of 41 years in education and sport.
Bishop George Stack from Westminster dioceses on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI conferred the gold medal award Pro Ecclessia et Pontifice, known as the "Cross of Honour for Church and...

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24. Juli 2007
Kiev / Ukraine
Sports Acrobatics
1st European Games of Non-Olympic Sports 2007

The 1st European Games of non-Olympic sports 2007 took place in Kiev, Ukraine, on July 20-23.
Altogether 600 athletes from 46 countries competed in 15 different sports.

The event, which is the equivalent to the World Games at the European scale, featured also an acrobatic gymnastics event.

The women's group competition saw the victory of Anastasia Chistyakova-Ekaterina Stroynova-Ekaterina Loginova (RUS). Maria Kovtun-Anton Glazkov (RUS) won the men's pair competition....

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29. Mai 2007
Swidnica / Poland
Sports Acrobatics
11th International Spring Tournament of Sports Acrobatics

In Memory of Henrik Chmielewskiego...
Almost tropical temperatures dominated at the 11th annual edition of the "International Spring Tournament of Sports Acrobatics 2007", which was held in Swidnica, in the South of Poland last weekend, in memory of the Polish acrobat Henrik Chmielewskiego (1917 - 1982).

Participants from six different countries took part, from the USA, Hungary, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Republic of South Africa and Germany.
The German delegation brought together acrobats from Saxonia and Wurttemberg.

Especially...

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