FIG elections 2024

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The election of the President was followed by elections for the other FIG governing bodies.
VICE-PRESIDENTS:
Mr Ali AL-HITMI (QAT)
Ms Naomi Chieko VALENZO AOKI (MEX)
Mr Suat CELEN (TUR)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The FIG Executive Committee is comprised of the President, the three Vice-Presidents, the President of the Gymnastics for All Committee and the seven Technical Committee Presidents, the five Presidents of the Continental Unions and the President of the Athletes’ Commission, who are all ex officio members. The seven Executive Committee members elected by Congress are as follows:
Ms ZHOU Qiurui (CHN)
Ms Li Li LEUNG (USA)
Mr Edwin RODRIGUEZ (DOM)
Mr Vassily TITOV (RUS)
Mr Jeffrey THOMSON (CAN)
Ms Eirini AINDILI (GRE)
Mr Srayuth PATANASAK (THA)

COUNCIL
The FIG Council is composed of the FIG President, the three FIG Vice-Presidents and the seven elected members of the Executive Committee, 21 Council members elected at the Congress, the six Technical Committee Presidents and the President of the Gymnastics for All Committee, the five Presidents of the Continental Unions and the President of the Athletes’ Commission. The 21 Council members elected at the Congress by the delegates of their respective Continental Union are as follows:

EG (seven members) 
Ms Blanka MLEJNKOVA (CZE)
Ms Hlif THORGEIRSDOTTIR (ISL)
Mr Alfons HOELZL (GER)
Mr Jacob WISCHNIA (ISR)
Mr Krasimir DUNEV (BUL)
Mr Marijo MOZNIK (CRO)
Mr Joao Paulo ROCHA (POR)

AGU (five members) 
Mr Timur ABDUVALIEV (UZB)
Mr Saqer ALMULLA (KUW)
Ms Cynthia NORTON CARRION (PHI)
Ms Danissa DUISENGALIYEVA (KAZ)
Mr Ahmad PARVAIZ (PAK) 

UAG (four members) 
Mr Gebeyaw Takele DAGNEW (ETH)
Ms Lamiaa ABDELRAHMAN (EGY)
Mr Bakhit MUTAZ (SUD)
Ms Harriet AYAA (UGA) 

PAGU (four members) 
Mr Ricardo CACHO RESENDE (BRA)
Mr Juan MEDINA (COL)
Ms Kenia HERRERA (NCA)
Ms Patricia DIEGUEZ (GUA) 

OGU (one member)
Since there were no candidates for the Council from OGU, a separate election will be organised by the OGU to designate its Council member.  

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND GFA COMMITTEE PRESIDENTS
The FIG Congress elected the following committee presidents: 

Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee: Mr Andrew TOMBS (GBR) 
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee: Ms Donatella SACCHI (ITA)


Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee: Ms Noha ABOU SHABANA (EGY)

Trampoline Gymnastics Technical Committee: Mr Christophe LAMBERT (FRA)

Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Committee: Ms Nikolina HRISTOVA (BUL) 

Aerobic Gymnastics Technical Committee: Ms Tammy YAGI-KITAGAWA (JPN) 

Parkour Technical Committee: Mr Charles PERRIERE (CMR)

Gymnastics for All Committee: Mr Rogerio VALERIO (POR)

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE AND GFA COMMITTEE MEMBERS

The FIG Congress elected the following committee members:

Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee
Mr Jing LI (CHN)
Mr Yoon Soo HAN (KOR)
Mr Butch ZUNICH (USA)
Mr Steve BUTCHER (TTO)
Mr Mohamed SOLIMAN (EGY)
Mr Julio MARCOS FELIPE (ESP)

Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee
Ms Nehad ZAYED (EGY) 
Ms Helena LARIO (ARG) 
Ms Lyudmila LI (UZB) Ms Johanna GRATT (AUT)
Ms Trisha HADE (AUS) 
Ms Liubov ANDRIANOVA (RUS

Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Committee
Ms Marcia AVERSANI L. (BRA) 
Ms Maria PETROVA MIHAYLOVA (BUL) 
Ms Natalya BULANOVA (AZE) 
Ms Alua BEKTUROVA (KAZ) 
Ms Isabell SAWADE (GER) 
Ms Gyozal MUMINOVA (UZB) 

Trampoline Gymnastics Technical Committee
Ms Tatiana SHUISKA (UKR) 
Mr Miguel Vicente MARINO (ESP) 
Ms Mariela STOYCHEVA (BUL) 
Mr Clive MORGAN (GBR) 
Mr Nikolai MAKAROV (RUS)

Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Committee
Ms Irina NIKITINA (RUS
Mr Juan Antonio LEON (ESP) 
Mr Bernardo TOMAS (POR) 
Mr Marco PALELLA (ITA)

Aerobic Gymnastics Technical Committee
Ms Cristina CASENTINI (ITA) 
Mr Jorge FILLON (ARG) 
Mr Vladislav OSKNER (RUS
Ms Ana MACANITA (POR) 
Ms Desislava BOGUSHEVA (BUL) 
Ms Barbara STENGL (GER) 

Parkour Technical Committee
Ms Angie SANCHEZ (COL) 
Mr Man Fung KAM (HKG) 
Mr Jose Antonio ROBLES JIMAREZ (MEX) 
Mr Aimene BOUSTILA (ALG) 

Gymnastics for All Committee
Mr Jérôme HUEBSCHER (SUI)
Mr Chris MUCHATUTA (ZIM) 
Ms Yumiko ITOH (JPN) 
Ms Monika SISKOVA (SVK) 
Ms Lori LAZNOVSKY (USA) 
Ms Michelle CARBINATTO (BRA) 

I can’t understand the logic of FIG banning most Russian athletes — while allowing Russian administrators. Have these people not supported Putin’s war?

Mya Hooten – Bars collapse

Who’s to blame?

I’d say it’s FIG who approves ‘single point of failure’ equipment.

WHY in 2024 do we have equipment that falls down if one single part fails?

OBVIOUSLY there should be redundant anchors. And redundant chains. If one fails, the other keeps the apparatus from falling.

On the Olympic qualifying rules 2028

Hardy Fink again encourages Federations to vote for a return to the system used 2005 to 2021.

He details why the current system is not working in this document.

Parents: “I love to watch you play.”

A video from True Sport shows how terrible it can be for some kids who play sport on the ride home after a game or practice. It’s part of a new campaign called, “The Ride Home“.

… a father berates his son for wanting to have fun during a practice. …

The ride home is easy, actually. You just have to remember to say six words:

I love to watch you play.

Active for Life

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

using A.I. to reduce online abuse

I’m looking forward to the day when I can have my personal Apple Intelligence system shielding me from abusive online comments — AND any mention of NFL football. 😀

That should soon be possible.

I believe in freedom of speech. And personal freedom from speech.

Here’s what the IOC did in Paris to protect Olympians.

Shannon Guay sentenced up to 50 years

A former Michigan gymnastics coach will serve a life sentence for sexually assaulting more than a dozen young girls.

Shannon Guay was sentenced Wednesday for 21 counts of criminal sexual conduct plus one count of kidnapping.

Guay, who went by “Coach Jake” while working in Kent County, was arrested last year while living in Florida. …

The crimes reportedly occurred in the ‘90s and 2000s. The victims were all under 16 at the time.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Safeguarding Policy – Pain, Injury & Illness

British Gymnastics has a number of Safeguarding VIDEOS.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Flipping LONG JUMP

I’m old enough that I competed the Western Roll on High Jump in Jr. High School.  (Dive roll was already banned.)

Technique changed to the Fosbury Flop before I finished High School.

The evolution of technique.


In the Long Jump, Kiwi Tuariki Delamere competed a new technique at the Pacific 8 Track and Field Championships 1974. Front flip.

He was no gymnast.  😀 

That jump was not far off the sea level World Record at the time. 

Flipping was quickly banned. 

Click PLAY or watch an interview with Tuariki on YouTube.

Others had tried that flip.  I heard future Olympic gymnast, Sid Freudenstein, tried it High School competition for Triple Jump in 1968.

Related – How Tuariki Delamere’s somersault turned the sport of long jump on its head

Sports Psychology Has an Evidence Problem

Of course every coach uses methods from sport psychology to improve ultimate performances.

But we don’t really know how or why methodology works: self-talkmental focus, attention, etc.

The brain is complex. Each athlete is different from the next.

A mental training plan for one might well be quite difficult for the teammate training beside them.

Sports Psychology Has an Evidence Problem

The benefits of training your mental skills are, by definition, all in your head. So how do we prove that it works?