Junior World Gymnastics Championships refers to a number of different World Championships in four disciplines recognized by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in competitive gymnastics: acrobatic gymnastics, men's and women's artistic gymnastics, parkour, and rhythmic gymnastics.
History Before merging with FIG in 1999, the International Federation of Sports Acrobatics (IFSA) organized and promoted World Junior Championships in acrobatic gymnastics from 1989 to 1999.Sports Acrobatics - FIG, FIT, IFSA: The merger history As of 2019, FIG has organized junior world championships in artistic and rhythmic gymnastics.FIG - Main decisions from the 18th FIG Council in Istanbul
Currently, FIG organizes periodical World Age Group competitions in aerobic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics and trampoline. The former governing body for trampoline, the International Trampoline Federation (FIT), incorporated into the FIG in 1998, also organized World Age Groups competitions from 1973 to 1996. These competitions, however, are not considered world championships.
Acrobatic Format:
1989–1999: Junior World Championships 2001–2002: World Age Group Games 2004–2006: International Age Group Competition 2008–: World Age Group Competition
EditionYearHost cityHost countryEventsJunior 1 1989 Katowice 21 2 1991 Beijing 21 3 1993 Moscow 21 4 1995 Riesa 22 5 1997 Honolulu 22 6 1999 Nowa Ruda 16Age Group 1 2001 Zielona Góra 2 2002 Riesa 3 2004 Liévin 4 2006 Coimbra 5 2008 Glasgow 6 2010 Wrocław 7 2012 Orlando 8 2014 Levallois-Perret 9 2016 Putian 10 2018 Antwerp
Aerobic FIG Aerobic Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions :
EditionYearHost cityHost countryEvents2004 1 Sofia 2006 2 Nanjing 2008 3 Ulm 2010 4 Rodez 2012 5 Sofia 2014 6 Cancún 2016 7 Incheon 2018 8 Guimarães 2021 9 Baku
Artistic
EditionYearHost cityHost countryEvents 1 2019 Győr 14 2 2023 Antalya 14 2 2025 Manila 14
Parkour EditionYearHost cityHost countryEvents 1 2024 Kitakyushu 2
Rhythmic
EditionYearHost cityHost countryEvents 1 2019 Moscow 8 2 2023 Cluj-Napoca 8
Trampoline FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions are currently held in 32 disciplines: Categories (male and female): Individual Trampoline Synchronised Trampoline Tumbling Double-Mini Trampoline Age Groups: Age Group 1 (11–12) Age Group 2 (13–14) Junior (15–16) Age Group 3 (17–21)
Since 1998, the championships are held alongside the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, often a week later and in the same venue. From 1990 to 1996, the junior championships were in the same country as the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, but in a different city. The earlier championships, from 1973 to 1988, had separate hosts, unrelated to the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships.
YearEditionHost cityHost countryEventsSeparate Championships1973 1 London 341974 2 San Mateo 241975 3 Toronto 241976 4 Cedar Rapids 241978 5 Honolulu 241984 6 Kanazawa 241986 7 Moulins 241988 8 Birmingham 24Host by Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Host1990 9 Dillenburg 241992 10 Auckland 241994 11 Vila do Conde 241996 12 Kamloops 24Alongside Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships1998 13 Sydney 241999 14 Sun City 242001 15 Odense 24YearEditionHost cityHost countryEvents2003 16 Hanover 242005 17 Eindhoven 242007 18 Quebec City 242009 19 Saint Petersburg 242010 20 Metz 242011 21 Birmingham 242013 22 Sofia 242014 23 Daytona Beach 322015 24 Odense 322017 25 Sofia 322018 26 Saint Petersburg 322019 27 Tokyo 322021 28 Baku 322022 29 Sofia 322023 30 Birmingham 322025 31 Pamplona 32
See also Gymnastics World Championships Gymnastics at the Youth Olympics Major achievements in gymnastics by nation
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