Trampoline And Tumbling Olympics
The trampoline and tumbling gymnastics world championships are the world championships for trampoline gymnastics.
Trampoline and tumbling olympics. Tumbling is governed by the fig the international federation of gymnastics and is included as an event within trampoline gymnastics. Rhythmic gymnastics events were introduced at the 1984 summer olympics in los angeles and trampoline events were added at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney. Starting at the 2008 olympic games trampoline has become an olympic sport.
The frequency was switched to biennially from 1970 1998. Follow along as we pin t t greatness. Tumbling and trampoline is simply a version of gymnastics similar to how artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics are just different versions of the sport.
Gymnastics events have been contested at every summer olympic games since the birth of the modern olympic movement at the 1896 summer olympics in athens. Artistic gymnastics rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. Program is now available.
Trampoline double mini trampoline and power tumbling. Gymnastics at the 2016 summer olympics in rio de janeiro was held in three categories. Find out about the upcoming events for trampoline and tumbling.
The first modern trampoline was built by george nissen and larry griswold around 1934 at the university of iowa. All gymnastics events were staged at the arena olímpica do rio from 6 to 21 august 2016. For 32 years only men were allowed to compete.
The admission of trampolining to the olympic games required a switch to holding the world championship as a qualifier in the year before the olympics from 1999. Did you know there are two other events for this awesome sport. Digital versions of the trampoline tumbling 2017 2020 j o.
Power tumbling and double mini round out the 3 events to make this a high flyin fast paced sport. Jul 10 2012 although trampoline has been in the olympic games since 2000 and it s going strong. Your child will learn the basics in all three while increasing their balance flexibility strength and air awareness.
The sport of trampoline tumbling have three apparatus. They were originally held annually from 1964 1968. Beginning at the 1928 summer olympics in amsterdam women were allowed to compete in artistic gymnastics events as well.
Compulsory where the acrobatic athletes perform pre defined move combos. Although tumbling is not currently an olympic event elite tumblers competing at the international level can compete in various events organised by the fig as well as at the world games. 1 the sport of trampoline actually made its debut at the 2000 sydney games and consists of two separate routines.
T t has picked up in popularity in recent years leading to a surge of competitors in the sport and interest in its competitions. It was initially used to train tumblers and astronauts and as a training tool to develop and hone acrobatic skills for other sports such as diving gymnastics and freestyle skiing.
