13. September 2019  
Italy  
Artistic Gymnastics

Bruno GRANDI passes away

Bruno GRANDI, the longtime President of the International Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.) from 1997 until 2016, passed away. The FIG said Grandi, the federation’s leader from 1997-2016, died Friday in Italy after an unspecified illness. Grandi was “a warm man with a strong sense of justice,” the federation said, praising his reforms to help gymnastics “gain credibility, popularity and universality.” Disputes in gymnastics at the 2004 Athens Olympics led to a review of the scoring system and the maximum mark of 10. Under Grandi’s leadership, the gymnastics body also imposed minimum age limits in competition — 16 for females and 18 for males. “This measure strove to combat the intensive training imposed on children in certain countries and to reduce the risk of injuries,” the FIG said.
Grandi was an International Olympic Committee member for four years through 2004.

Bruno GRANDI (*09.05.1934 - 13.09.2019): L E G A Z Y !

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Bruno GRANDI was also a good gymnast in his youth. After graduation, he studied at the Sports University in Rome and then became a teacher of gymnastics, later coach of the Italian youth national team, then the national team of Italy.
From 1977 to 2000 he was president of the Italian Gymnastics Federation. After the death of Mario Pescante, he was also Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Italy 1998-1999.

From Yuri Titov (RUS) in 1996 he took over the duties of the President of the World Gymnastics Federation (FIG) until 2016.
There he sat down u. a. for a reduction in the size of the team in international competitions, which allowed the Olympic and World Cup medals to be distributed to more states.
In 2001, Grandi was inducted into the "International Gymnastics Hall of Fame" (*photo, right).
The longstanding honorary professor of the University of Milan was also a member of the International Olympic Committee for four years until 2004.
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