Photo: First Trampoline Gymnastics Olympic champions
Irina Karavaeva (RUS) and Alexander Moskalenko (RUS)
An important milestone in the history of Trampoline Gymnastics, the
year 1964 was not only when the International Trampoline Federation (FIT) was
created, but also the time of the inaugural Trampoline Gymnastics World
Championships.
Now, fifty years later, the
international Trampoline Gymnastics community is commemorating the early years
of the discipline. FIT Honorary Members, authorities of the International
Gymnastics Federation (FIG), former Trampoline World champions and delegation
members of the 30th World Championships that conclude Sunday in Daytona Beach
(USA) gathered for an anniversary dinner at the Ocean Center Saturday
evening..
On the occasion of the anniversary dinner in Daytona
Beach, FIG President Prof. Bruno Grandi (ITA) paid tribute to
the attending Ron Froehlich (USA), who was the
last president of the FIT and the driving force of the integration of
Individual Trampoline in the Olympic programme. Grandi also honored Alexander Moskalenko (RUS) and Irina Karavaeva (RUS), the first two Olympic champions
in Trampoline, who attended the festivities at the Ocean Center.
Among the distinguished guests of the anniversary dinner
were furthermore Jeff Hennessy (USA),
former chairman of the FIT Technical Committee and the United States' most
successful Trampoline and Double Mini-trampoline coach, Horst Kunze (GER), who has been heading the FIT TC for 24
years
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