Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia

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Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia
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Formation1991; 31 years ago (1991)
TypeNational sports governing body
Location
Region
Russia
President
Andrey L. Kostin
AffiliationsUEG, FIG
Websitesportgymrus.ru

The Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia (Eng. abbr.: AGFR, Russian: Федерация спортивной гимнастики России) is the governing body of gymnastics in Russia.[1] It is a member federation of both the European Union of Gymnastics[2] and the International Federation of Gymnastics.[3]

History[]

The first national federation for Russian gymnastics was the Russian Gymnastics Society, established in Tsarist Russia in 1883.[4] Its founding members included Vladimir Gilyarovsky and Anton Chekhov.[5]

Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, gymnastics in the Soviet Union was governed by the Gymnastics Section under the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports under the Council of Ministers of the USSR. The most likely year of the Gymnastics Section's creation is 1930, when the All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports was formed on the basis of the Committee. The Gymnastics Section became known as the USSR Gymnastics Federation after it joined FIG in 1949.[6]

In 1946, the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR created the Gymnastics Section of the RSFSR to govern gymnastics in Soviet Russia. From 1949, the Gymnastics Section of the RSFSR became known as the Federation of Gymnastics of the RSFSR.[6]

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia was registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation as the successor to the Gymnastics Section of the RSFSR.[6]

Events[]

The Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia organizes a number of gymnastics competitions in Russia. Those include:

Competition Frequency
Russian Artistic Gymnastics Championships Annually
Russian Junior Artistic Gymnastics Championships Annually
Cup of Russia in artistic gymnastics Annually

Administration[]

Vasily Titov at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
  • Vasily Titov — President (since October 2014)

Sponsors[]

  • VTB — general sponsor

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Российские федерации и союзы по летним олимпийским видам спорта". Russian Olympic Committee.
  2. ^ "Member Federations". European Union of Gymnastics. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
  3. ^ "Устав". The Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia. Archived from the original on 2009-12-05.
  4. ^ Riordan, James (April 1974). "Gymnastics in the USSR". Gymnast. Vol. XVI, no. 4. p. 20.
  5. ^ Gilyarovsky, Vladimir (February 2016). Memoirs of Old Moscow (PDF). Translated by Murphy, Brian; Pursglove, Michael. p. 357.
  6. ^ a b c "История Федерации" [Federation history] (in Russian). Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2021-11-05.

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