Tag: Prof Bruno Grandi
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Kyla and Kohei Longines Prize for Elegance
Antwerp, Oct 05, 2013: The Longines Prize for Elegance 2013 has been awarded to Kyla Ross (USA) and for the second time to the All Around world champion, Kohei Uchimura (JPN). The aim of this prize is to honor the two gymnasts who have displayed the most charisma, charm and above all elegance – one…
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FIG Athletes’ Commission GYMNASTS HAVE VOTED!
Antwerp,Oct 4,2013: Jani Tanskanen (FIN), incumbent President and Elizabeth Tweddle (GBR) will represent respectively the male and female gymnasts within the Athletes’ Commission of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) for the period 2013 – 2016. It was thus decided yesterday and today by the gymnasts who are currently participating in the 44th Artistic Gymnastics World…
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FIG President’s Newsletter
Dear friends, During our recent visit to Cape Town, for the second edition of the World Gym For Life Challenge, we came across Brandon Beack, a young South African gymnast, who is a member of Cape Town’s ACS Gymnastics Club. Brandon, 17, would not have missed the event for the world. We met him, seated…
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The assembly renews Bruno confidence!
Cancun (MEX) / FIG Office, October 26, 2012: The 106 FIG member federations present at Cancun have elected their President for the Olympic cycle 2013 – 2016, in renewing their confidence in the person of Prof. Bruno Grandi (ITA), incumbent President and in charge since the Atlanta (USA) Congress in 1996. The elected President received…
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Aerobic at Round Table Meeting in Sofia
Lausanne, August 21, 2012: It is custom for the Aerobic Technical Committee to invite the directors of participating federations to a Round Table meeting parallel to a world championship event, as was done at the 2012 Aerobic Gymnastics edition in Sofia (BUL) last June. The meeting is a time to discuss the competition in progress…
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FIG Foundation grants 60,000 francs
Lausanne (SUI), July 17, 2012: The FIG Foundation has approved proposals advanced by its working group mandated to attribute scholarships to gymnasts for 2012. According to the rules, each FIG discipline on the Olympic programme (Men’s and Women’s Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline Gymnastics) shall receive three CHF 5,000 grants, a total allocation of CHF 60,000,…
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Candidates line up FIG elections in FIG Congress
LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, June 19, 2012: The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) published a list of valid leadership candidatures today for the upcoming 2013 – 2016 Olympic Cycle. Elections will be held during the 79th FIG Congress in Cancun (MEX) on October 25 – 27, 2012. FIG President Prof. Bruno Grandi (ITA), who runs for…
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A Step and Dance in the right direction!
Right direction, For the first time in its still young history – one which only dates back as far as 1995 – Aerobic Gymnastics has expanded its programme to include Step and Dance. The new categories made their first official appearance at the 2012 FIG Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia. For some, this is…
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Italian National Day, FIG President Bruno Grandi Honoured
Rome (ITA) – Lausanne (SUI) / FIG Office, June 02, 2012: Italian National Day, The President of the Italian Republic, Mr Giorgio Napolitano, on the occasion of the National Day, awarded the FIG President Prof. Bruno Grandi, with the Grand Officer of the Order of Merit distinction, the highest honor bestowed by Italy. This award…
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79th FIG Congress Cancun (MEX), October 25 – 27, 2012
LAUSANNE (SUI), April 27, 2012: 79th FIG Congress Cancun, In exactly six months, on October 25, 2012, delegates of the 130 FIG national affiliated federations will participate in the 79th statutory General Assembly in Cancun, on Mexico’s Caribbean Coast. For the oldest international sporting federation and its President, Prof. Bruno Grandi (ITA), the Assembly will…