Just five weeks after his 79th birthday, Dieter HO F M A N N, the former German gymnastics coach of the GDR men's Olympic silver team from Seoul in 1988, died on the night of April 18 to19, 2020. He was just skiing before in Switzerland when he was torn from the middle of his active life when he was diagnosed with a COVID19 infection in Germany. For over three weeks, the doctors fought for his life in the...
* f i g ---: The postponement of the Olympic Games to July 2021 gives the FIG a wider window to reorganise the Gymnastics event calendar, especially regarding the remaining qualifying events for Tokyo 2020 that had been deferred or cancelled. ► FIG - Overview
* fig -press--: The FIG welcomes the decision of the International World Games Association (IWGA) to hold The World Games in Birmingham, United States, in July 2022 instead of 2021. Following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the IWGA and the Birmingham Organising Committee have agreed to reschedule the 11th edition of The World Games, which will now take place from 07 to 17 July 2022. ► WORLD GAMES 2022
The FIG fully supports...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee have announced today that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo will be held from 23rd July to 8th August 2021. Following this announcement, FIG President Morinari Watanabe said: "We thank the IOC, the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan for quickly setting the new dates for the Olympic Games. We can also be proud of the solidarity shown by all...
♦ Welcome to European Gymnastics!
The official website address of the former "European Gymnastics Union" (UEG) has been changed to ► www.europeangymnastics.com and the official brand merk now is "EUROPEAN GYMNASTIC" . The previous UEG website and email addresses remain in use and, therefore, will be automatically redirected. Also all the social media channels will...