18. Januar 2013  
Doha, Qatar  
Artistic Gymnastics

Qatars President Al-Hitmi re-elected!

* f i g - news --: President of the Qatar Gymnastics Federation (QGF), Ali Achmad AL-HITMI, has been re-elected for another four-year term by delegates attending the General Assembly in the Qatari capital of Doha, December 25, 2012. President Al-Hitmi is a former FIG Council Member (2009 – 2012), and as of January 1, 2013 a Member of the FIG Executive Committee, following his election at the recent FIG Congress in Cancun (MEX), October 2012. The election of the QGF President to the FIG Executive Board reinforces Asian Union presence among the authorities of the international Federation; the Union is, incidentally, led by Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Shatri, also of Qatari origin. In his electoral speech, President Al-Hitmi declared his commitment to the development of gymnastics within his national federation, as well as locally and internationally.
Qatar has been demonstrating impressive progress through the organisation of an annual FIG Circuit Challenge Cup competition in Artistic Gymnastics every March, and by training gymnasts with a growing international performance level.
On the programme for Qatari gymnastics this year:
-  two international judges courses for Men’s and Women’s in March,
- a sixth edition Challenge Cup on March 27 – 29, and
-  the Arab Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in December.

The Qatar Olympic Committee has endorsed the re-election of Ali Al-Hitmi as President in recognition of his contribution to the development and expansion of gymnastics in Qatar and beyond.
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