The Italian Gymnastics Federation informed about the death on 23 January 2006 of Savino Guglielmetti, born on 26 November 1911 in Milan. This great champion has won two gold medals at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Since his friend Leon Stukelj (SLO) has died in 2003, Savino Guglielmetti was one of the oldest Olympic champion*. Until his very last days, he was very quick-minded and highly interested in gymnastics, in particular in the work of...
Rumanian's Gymnastics President Adrian Stoica declared, the gymnasts, who will representing Romania at the this year Europeans will be chosen depending on their performance at the 'Romanian Internationals'.
Former gymnast Ioan Suciu was named to the position of technical manager of the men's team....
FIG-coaching seminar in the new Cuban center
Already since many years the FIG organises - with financial support by the IOC - coaching seminars all over the World.
One of these seminars now took place with 36 gymnastics coaches from Cuba, Mexico, Bolivia and Venezuela in a new Cuban gymnastics center. The seminar was led by Dieter Hofmann.
A Danish national artistic gymnastics team will give three weeks of performances beginning February 2 in Hanoi, the former imperial city of Hue, the central coastal city of Da Nang, Nha Trang resort and Ho Chi Minh City. This will be the delegation’s third visit to perform in Vietnam. The team was set up in 1993 under the initiative of the Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations (DGI)....
Rumanian Olympic champion Catalina Ponor said in an interview for Rumanian Mediafax News Agency that she would be tempted to be part of the 'Cirque du Soleil' circus group, as she received a proposal in this respect while she was participating in last year's European Gymnastics Championships in Debrecen, Hungary....