30. Januar 2015  
Lausanne, Switzerland  
Artistic Gymnastics

After 60 Years: 2017 Europeans in Bucharest again

2017 RENDEZ-VOUS TAKEN IN THE COUNTRY OF NADIA COMANECI
The European Gymnastics Union (UEG) announced during a meeting in the Olympic Capital of Lausanne (SUI) today, that the delegates have voted for Bucharest (ROU) to host their 7th European Championships in men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics from April 10th to 17th, 2017. Present in Lausanne to defend its bid, the President of the Romanian Federation of Gymnastics, Adrian Stoica, was very pleased with this choice in the name « … of the entire country that lives for gymnastics since generations and the legends of which have conquered the entire world! »

Adrian Stoica (ROU)

Adrian Stoica added that he is looking forward to welcoming the elite of European gymnastics in the country of Nadia Comaneci.
This championship will be held in a sports complex which will be financed to the amount of 80 million Euro by the Romanian state and the city of Bucharest.
This event will also mark the 60th anniversary of the creation of Women's European Championships, the first of which was organised in Bucharest in 1957.

* UEG - Press release (2015, Jan 30);
NADIA COMANECI WILL BE THERE
As soon as the news released regarding the choice of Bucharest (ROU) to host the European Championships Artistic Gymnastics 2017, all eyes turned to the one that bears the image of gymnastics beyond all boundaries Nadia Comaneci. From the United States, her home country today, she shared her enthusiasm. "I was very excited to learn that the 2017 European Championships will be held in Bucharest, where the first Europeans were held in 1957. To be able to host these very important championships while celebrating the 60th Anniversary will be wonderful for all Romanians.  Personally, it will also be the 40th Anniversary of my second win in the European Championships All Around in Prague.  I pledge to do all that I can to make these 2017 Europeans the best ever!"
For those who still do not know, the Romanian gymnast performed a perfect 10.00 at  the Olympic Games in Montreal (CAN) in 1976, a result that would create the icon she is today in the world.

* Other events have been allotted:

- The 9th European Aerobic Championships 2015 will be organised in the town of Elvas (POR);
- the 11th European TeamGym Championships 2016 (Oct) will be held in Maribor, Slovenia.
* source: ueg press release