ARTISTIC GIMNASTICSARTISTIC GIMNASTICS

HistoryHistory

Gymnastics was originated in Ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago

At the beginning of the 19th century, a German educator Friedrich Ludwig Jahn invented modern gimnastics

In 1881 International Gymnastics Federation was founded

Gimnastics were included into the program of the 1896 Summer Olympics

Women and man’s Women and man’s EventsEvents

WomenWomen Floor Exercise Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam

MenMen Floor Exercise Pommel Horse Still Rings Vault Parallel Bars High Bar

Floor Exercise

Pommel Horse

Still RingsStill Rings

VaultVault

Parallel BarsParallel Bars

High BarHigh Bar

Uneven BarsUneven Bars

Balance BeamBalance Beam

Important GimnastsImportant Gimnasts

Rafael MartinezRafael Martinez He is a Spanish gimnast who lives He is a Spanish gimnast who lives

in Mostolesin Mostoles European champion in 2005 European champion in 2005

championship.championship. He finished in 5th position in Beijing He finished in 5th position in Beijing

20082008

Yang WeiYang Wei He is a Chinese gimnastHe is a Chinese gimnast He won the gold medal in the individual round in the last olimpic He won the gold medal in the individual round in the last olimpic

games, in Beijinggames, in Beijing

GOOD BYE!GOOD BYE!