European Union of Gymnastics

European Union of Gymnastics

Formation	1982
Headquarters	Lausanne
Region served	Europe
President	Georges Guelzec
Website	www.ueg-gymnastics.com

The European Union of Gymnastics (French: Union Européenne de Gymnastique) is one of four continental unions that represents the interests of Europe in the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. It was formed in 1982.

Events

The European Union of Gymnastics organizes European Gymnastics Championships for each of the gymnastic disciplines.

Current

Discipline	Competition	First held	Current Frequency
Artistic gymnastics	European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships	1955	1 !Annually
Artistic gymnastics	European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships	1957	1 !Annually
Trampoline	European Trampoline Championships	1969	2 !Biennially (odd years)
Rhythmic gymnastics	Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships	1978	1 !Annually
Acrobatic gymnastics	European Acrobatics Championships	1978	2 !Biennially (odd years)
TeamGym	European TeamGym Championships	1996	2 !Biennially (even years)
Aerobic gymnastics	Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships	1999	2 !Biennially (odd years)

Defunct

Discipline	Competition	First held	Last held
Artistic gymnastics	European Cup in Artistic Gymnastics	1988	1995
Rhythmic gymnastics	European Cup in Rhythmic Gymnastics	1989	1995
Artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics	European Team Gymnastics Championships	1997	2003

Member federations

As of 2008, the union consists of 47 member federations

Federation	Country	Year joined
Royal Belgian Gymnastics Federation	Belgium	1982
Danish Gymnastics Federation	Denmark	1982
Royal Spanish Federation of Gymnastics	Spain	1982
France Gymnastics Federation	France	1982
British Gymnastics	United Kingdom	1982
Royal Dutch Gymnastics Union	Netherlands	1982
Italian Gymnastics Federation	Italy	1982
Gymnastics Federation of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1982
Norwegian Gymnastics Federation	Norway	1982
Gymnastics Federation of Portugal	Portugal	1982
	West Germany	1982
San Marino Gymnastic Federation	San Marino	1982
Swedish Gymnastics Federation	Sweden	1982
Swiss Gymnastics Federation	Switzerland	1982
Turkish Gymnastics Federation	Turkey	1982
Liechtenstein Gymnastics and Athletics Association	Liechtenstein	1983
	Czechoslovakia	1983
Austrian Association for Gymnastics	Austria	1984
Finnish Gymnastics Federation	Finland	1984
Hungarian Gymnastics Federation	Hungary	1984
	East Germany	1985
Bulgarian Gymnastic Federation	Bulgaria	1985
Polish Gymnastic Association	Poland	1986
Cyprus Gymnastics Federation	Cyprus	1986
Hellenic Gymnastics Federation	Greece	1986
Gymnastics Ireland	Ireland	1986
Iceland Gymnastics Federation	Iceland	1986
	Soviet Union	1986
Romanian Gymnastics Federation	Romania	1987
	Yugoslavia	1987
Andorran Gymnastics Federation	Andorra	1989
Monégasque Federation of Gymnastics	Monaco	1989
Israel Gymnastics Association	Israel	1989
Belarus Gymnastics Association	Belarus	1992
Estonian Gymnastics Federation	Estonia	1992
Latvia Gymnastics Federation	Latvia	1992
Lithuanian Gymnastic Federation	Lithuania	1992
Russian Gymnastics Federation	Russia	1992
Ukrainian Gymnastics Federation	Ukraine	1992
Gymnastics Federation of Slovenia	Slovenia	1992
Croatian Gymnastics Federation	Croatia	1992
Albanian Gymnastics Federation	Albania	1993
Gymnastic Federation of Armenia	Armenia	1993
United Gymnastics Federation of Georgia	Georgia	1993
Gymnastics Federation of Slovakia	Slovakia	1993
Czech Gymnastic Federation	Czech Republic	1993
Union of Gymnastics Federations of the Republic of Moldova	Moldova	1993
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1995
Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation	Azerbaijan	1996
Federation of Gymnastics Sports of Macedonia	Macedonia	2002

External links

Official website

National members of the International Federation of Gymnastics

Disciplines Acrobatics Aerobics Artistic Rhythmic Trampolining Tumbling

African Gymnastics Union (UAG)	ALG ANG ǂ BEN BUR † CPV CMR CAF †ǂ CGO EGY ETH LBA MRI ǂ MAR MOZ NAM NGR SEN SEY ǂ RSA SUD SWZ † TUN UGA ǂ ZAM ǂ ZIM

Pan-American Gymnastics Union (PAGU)	ARG ARU BAH BAR BER BOL BRA CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DOM ECU ESA GUA HON JAM MEX NCA PAN PAR PER PUR TTO USA URU VEN VIN

Asian Gymnastics Union (AGU)	AFG BRN BAN CAM CHN TPE HKG IND INA IRQ IRI JPN JOR KAZ KOR PRK KUW ǂ KGZ LIB MAC † MAS MGL MYA NEP PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SIN SRI SYR TJK ǂ THA TKM UZB VIE YEM

European Union of Gymnastics (UEG)	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BLR BEL BUL BIH CRO CYP CZE DEN EST FIN FRA GEO GER GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MKD ǂ MLT MDA MON MNE NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SMR SRB SVK SLO ESP SWE SUI TUR UKR

Oceania	ASA AUS COK FIJ NZL

Events Olympics World Championships † = associated members ǂ = suspended

Sports governing bodies in Europe

Olympic sports bodies (23)

Independent	EAA (athletics) BE (badminton) EBU (boxing) ECF (curling) UEC (cycling) CEE (fencing) EHF (field hockey) UEFA (football) UEG (gymnastics) EHF (handball) EJU (judo) RE (rugby union) ESC (shooting) LEN (swimming) ETTU (table tennis) ETU (taekwondo) TE (tennis) ITU (triathlon) CEV (volleyball) EWF (weightlifting)

Dependent	WAE (archery) FIBA Europe (basketball) UWW-Eu (wrestling)

Non-Olympic sports bodies (12)

Independent	CEB (baseball) ECC (cricket) UEFS (futsal) EKF (karate) ELF (lacrosse) UEM (motorcycle) EPPA (pitch and putt) CERH (roller hockey) CERS (roller skating) ESF (softball) ESF (squash)

Dependent	IFAF Europe (american football)

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