The lethally plane crash of the Spanish-German
Joaquín BLUME in April 1959 is a sad fact in the history of gymnastics. The hero of the second European Championships in Paris 1957 – winning four titles beside
Jack Günthard (SUI) and
Juri Titow (URS). The festival with a special aim was named after the celebrated Spanish national hero after the tragically accident:
The “festival con corazón –
Festival with heart “BLUME GRAN CANARIA” celebrates its 50th anniversary these days. Meanwhile it has become the paragon of the outstanding social values of all gymnastics disciplines all over the world…
* GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL supports this world-event in popular gymnastics for all age groups for more than a decade and will report on the website > www.blume-grancanaria.org during the following days from Gran Canaria.