FIG elections 2024

via FIG email

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.

NEW Gymnastics documentary – Underdogs

The girls of the Vare Gymnastics team had a lot more bounce in their round-offs Monday night. 

That’s because the South Philadelphia gym where they are practicing and all the equipment is brand new. Every mat, vault, beam and bar. Something this inner city gymnastics team never had before in it’s 27-year history.

The inner city youth gymnastics team is the subject of a new documentary filmUnderdogs” being released at the Philadelphia Film Festival this week. …

Back in 2017, a roof collapse forced the closure of the Gray’s Ferry center. It also forced the team to re-locate to other practice gyms. 

Their story of grit and determination caught the attention of local filmmakers.  …

See Vare Gymnastics team receive $21 million recreation center facelift in new ‘Underdogs’ documentary

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

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.

introducing Double Back

My favourite progression for Double Back is backward layout 1 1/4 to flat back on soft, safe matting. ROTATION is 1st priority.

When the gymnast has a good feeling on HOW to generate rotation, next work on vertical height (time in the air) and adding the tuck. Please teach hands on the shins, not the thighs.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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?

Gymnastics in Gaza

Wassim Naqqar, 11, snagged first place in gymnastics in the Palestinian territories before the war began.

But after being forced to flee northern Gaza in April as fighting escalated in the area, he left Palestine Club in Sheikh Redwan, where he would train in gymnastics, yoga and parkour, a sport that involves running, swinging and vaulting in urban spaces.

His favourite sport of the three? Gymnastics. But because the region is war-torn, he says he often winds up practising it on the rubble. …

WaPo (paywall) – This 11-year-old does gymnastics atop the rubble of Gaza as the war rages on

Father-son duo helping train around 60 kids in war-torn region, teaching them gymnastics and parkour

tumbler broke the fluorescent light !

Aaron needs a higher Gym. 😀