2. März 2014
Lausanne, Switzerland
Artistic Gymnastics
Jani Tanskanen re-elected!

* f i g --: The incumbent President of the Athletes' Commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), Jani TANSKANEN from Finland, was re-elected unanimously for another term. It was thus decided by the delegated gymnasts from the six competition disciplines, who met at FIG Headquarters, on 1st March 2014. 39 year old, Jani Tanskanen, 1997 world champion on Horizontal Bar, began his second term at the head of this Commission, a position which also allows him to sit,...

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28. Februar 2014
Plant City, USA
Artistic Gymnastics
William 'Bill' Roetzheim passed away ...

With great sadness the American and international GYMfamily shared the passing of the two times Olympian William "Bill" ROETZHEIM (85), of Plant City, on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Bill Roetzheim was born in Chicago, IL, and was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving the U.S. during the Korean War.  He was a highly successful gymnast, winning 9 National Championships in AAU and NCAA competition. He was a member of two USA Olympic Gymnastics Teams (1948, 1952).
Bill Roetzheim was the...

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28. Februar 2014
Greensboro, N.C./USA
Artistic Gymnastics
39th American Cup opens the competition Year 2014

The field is set for the 39th American Cup 2014, scheduled for Saturday, March 1, 2014, at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum Complex.  
U.S. National Team member Brenna Dowell of Odessa, Mo./GAGE, joins 2012 Olympic alternate Elizabeth Price of Coopersburg, Pa./Parkettes National Gymnastics Center; 2012 Olympian Sam Mikulak of Corona del Mar, Calif./University of Michigan; and 2013 World parallel bars bronze-medalist John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./Team Hilton Honors (U.S. Olympic Training Center), in representing the USA in...

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6. Februar 2014
Esslingen, Germany
Artistic Gymnastics
GYMfamily-Event: 9th SPIETH-Cup 2014

To the 9th time already the German club TSV Berkheim will organize the INTERNATIONAL SPIETH CUP 2014 in the "Spieth-City" of Esslingen, nearby Stuttgart, hometown of the worldwide wellknown top-label of gymnastics apparatus.

E S S L I N G E N - will welcome the best gymnasts of the youngest age groups (beginning with the 9 years old girls, up to the 16-years or older female athletes of artistic gymnastics.
Who is seeking a qualified possibility of...

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30. Januar 2014
Salt Lake City / USA
Artistic Gymnastics
Brazilian Gymnast Lais Souza fighting for life after ski accident

The former Brazilian top artistic gymnast, two-times Olympian (2004, 2008) and world cup winner Lais SOUZA, who was due to compete in the freestyle skiing competition at the Sochi Olympics is fighting now for her life after hitting a tree during a recreational skiing session in Utah. Lais Souza (25), is unable to move her arms or legs and can't breathe on her own following the accident which occurred on Monday.
The young Brazilian has been skiing for...

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