With great sadness the international and German gymnastics family must take farewell to KLaus LOTZ. The longtime UEG-President (1992 -2003) and since then honorary president as well as an honorary member of the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB), died on Tuesday, December 17at the age of 78 years. After an 10-year membership since 1982 in the Control Commission of the European Gymnastics Union as treasurer (1985) and later as Vice President (1990), he gave from 1993 UEG president a decade considerable...
A dramatic TV appearance graduated in the Romanian Television "Pro TV" from the world 's oldest gymnast, the German Johanna QUAAS, this week in Bucharest. Here she met among others with one of the most successful women's gymnastics coach in the world, Octavian BELU (ROU ) together. Here, the " talent for improvisation" the 88- year-old German fitness queen was put to a severe test, were all gymnastics equipment built for the dainty little person in the live...
The French Georges Guelzec has been re-elected as President of the European Union of Gymnastics (UEG) at the continental governing body's congress in Portorož, Slovenia.
Guelzec (67) received 40 of the 41 ballot votes after standing unopposed for the position, which he has held since 2009 when he succeeded Dimitrios Dimitropoulos (GRE).
Existing UEG vice-presidents Ruedi Hediger of Switzerland and Malin Eggertz Forsmark of Sweden were also re-elected, with Azerbaijan's Fahrid Gayibov joining them in the position...
Oleg VERNIAIEV of Ukraine and Larisa IORDACHE of Romania took the titles in a closely fought battle at the 2013 Glasgow World Cup from the Emirates Arena. In front of a capacity crowd both the men’s and women’s events went down to the final routines with Great Britain’s Daniel Purvis just beaten to the men’s crown and USA’s reigning champion Elizabeth Price also narrowly taking silver. Verniaiev took his second World Cup gold in succession with another masterful...
Jean-Pierre ZERBATO (LUX), former member of the Executive Board for the International Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.), passed away on December 1, 2013 after bearing an illness with courage. He was 84 years old. A native of Schifflange (LUX), Zerbato devoted his life to local, national and international gymnastics. He was the Secretary General of his hometown club for 40 years, before being named Vice President of the Luxembourg Federation in 1964, a position he would occupy until 1972. His competency and...