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gymnastics is a sport that dates back to 2,700B.C with acrobats vaulted over the backs of bulls. the term gymnastics is derives from the greek word for naked gymnos.

modern gymnastics began with the work of Johann Friedrich GutsMuths(1759-1839) from Germany

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn is know as the farther of gymnastics.The Europen Gymnastics Federation FEG was founded on july 23, 1881 in Liege and Nicholas J. Cuperus was named president. on aprial 7, 1921 the FEG office becomes the international Gymnastics Federation FIG.

Gymnastics is among one of the oldest sports. the history of gymnastics shows that Germany and Czechoslovakia developed gymnastics apparatus around 1800s. At a competive level it can be traced back to the 1896 Olympics in Athens.

The first international gymnastics outside of the olympics was held in 1903 in Antwerp, Belgium, where gymnasts from Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the netherlands in what was considered the first World championships.

gymnastics is for anyone who is willing to try new things and work hard. Gymanstics, as an activity sport, has been around for over 2000 years but as an competitive sport it is a little more than 100 years old. Mass and individual exhibitions were conducted by various clubs and ethnic groups such as the Turvereins and Sok ols. While it was slow-growing in the club area, it was fast-growing sport in the Turvereins and Sokols. In 1830s, the sport of gymnastics was introduced to United States and its school systems by such immigrants as Charles Beck, Charles Follen and Franci s Lieber. now the sport has many people involved in it and keeps growing.