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Sports Offered
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Special Olympics gymnastics combines strength, flexibility and artistry. Competitions are offered for men in the artistic events and women in artistic and rhythmic events. Male and female gymnasts may compete in all events offered (All Around) or may be specialists, competing in one, two, or more (but not all) events.
As in all Special Olympics sports, athletes are grouped in competition divisions according to ability level, age and gender.
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- Special Olympics gymnastics was first included in 1972 as an official sport in the third International Special Olympics World Summer Games, when 11 athletes competed in tumbling and free exercise routines.
- At the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Dublin, Ireland, 177 artistic gymnasts and 53 rhythmic gymnasts from 51 programs competed.
- Five Minnesota delegations currently offer their athletes the opportunity to train and compete in gymnastics. For a list of the delegations participating in gymnastics, click here. Participation in gymnastics at Summer Games has grown from 41 athletes in 1995 to 89 in 2006. For more information about gymnastics or Summer Games, please contact Pam Bergerson.
- In addition to participating in gymnastics at the Summer Games, athletes may attend area competitions in Area 3, Area 4 and Area 11.
Special Olympics Minnesota Gymnastics Events
Artistic Gymnastics:
Men's Events
Floor Exercise
Pommel Horse
Rings
Vaulting
Parallel Bars
Horizontal Bar
All Around (combination of all six event scores)
Women's Events
Vaulting
Uneven Bars
Balance Beam
Floor Exercise
All Around (combination of all four event scores)
Rhythmic Gymnastics (Level I and up for females only):
Rhythmic Floor Exercise
Hoop
Ball
Ribbon
All Around
The following events provide meaningful competition for athletes with lower ability levels:
Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual Compulsory routines, performed while sitting (mixed gender): Rope, Hoop, Ball, Ribbon, All Around
Above listed routines, performed while standing
Sports Rules
National Governing Body: Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
Special Olympics Incorporated: Gymnastics Rules- Artistic and Rhythmic (updated January 2008)
Other Resources
Gymnastics Coach Recertification Test
Gymnastics Coaches Training Schools
Gymnastics Participation by Delegation, Area and Level – Use this link to locate a gymnastics team in your area.
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