European Gymnastics
# European Gymnastics

European Gymnastics is one of five continental unions that represents the interests of Europe in the International Gymnastics Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique or FIG). It was formed on 27 March 1982 as the European Union of Gymnastics (French: Union Européenne de Gymnastique or UEG) and adopted its current name on 1 April 2020.

## Events

European Gymnastics organises 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 | Annually |
| Artistic gymnastics | European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships | 1957 | Annually |
| Trampoline | European Trampoline Championships | 1969 | Biennially (even years) |
| Rhythmic gymnastics | Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships | 1978 | Annually |
| Acrobatic gymnastics | Acrobatic Gymnastics European Championships | 1978 | Biennially (odd years) |
| TeamGym | European TeamGym Championships | 1996 | Biennially (even years) |
| Aerobic gymnastics | Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships | 1999 | 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 2015, European Gymnastics consists of 50 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 Federation | 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 |
| Armenian Gymnastics Federation | 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 | North Macedonia | 2002 |
| Kosovo Gymnastics Association | Kosovo | 2015 |

## Other

As of June 2021, the president of European Gymnastics, Farid Gayibov, was being investigated for his close association with Kamran Ramazanov, the CEO of the Azeri IT company SmartScoring. In 2017, Gayibov signed a service contract on behalf of European Gymnastics with SmartScoring for providing live scoring and video streaming services for certain European gymnastics competitions amidst the protests of a number of member federations of European Gymnastics. Despite millions of dollars in financing, SmartScoring provided poor coverage of the qualification rounds of the 2021 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Basel, Switzerland and the 2021 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. Notwithstanding any customer feedback, on June 3, 2021 Gayibov extended European Gymnastics‘ contract with SmartScoring until 2023.

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) barred Russian athletes and officials, including judges. It also announced that "all FIG World Cup and World Challenge Cup events planned to take place in Russia ... are cancelled, and no other FIG events will be allocated to Russia ... until further notice." FIG also banned the Russian flag at its events.

