Gymnastic Timeline (English Class - IFBA - Matheus dos Anjos, Natan Costa e Ronildo Andrade)
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The first text-book about gymnastics was published.
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The first gymnasium was opened by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, the father of gymnastics.
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The european federation foundation of gymnastics was in 1991. Witch years later, in 1921, became the International Federation of Gymnastics
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Gymnastics was introduced in the Olympic games of Athens, only for the men and with 5 modalities
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In 1909, the first woman participated in Olympic games practicing gymnastics, it was in Luxembourg.
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In 1928, the participation of women in international gymnastics competitions was completely allowed
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From 1956 onwards, gymnastics is defined as present today, with 6 masculine and 4 feminine modalities.
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In 1984, Rhythmic gymnastics was added to the Olympics. Also Mary Lou Retton became the first American woman to win the Olympic all-around title.
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Trampoline / Olympic debut
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Carly Patterson became the first American woman to win the Olympic all-around title in a non-boycotted Olympics
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In 2006 FIG introduced a new scoring system for women’s artistic gymnastics. The new scoring system has two separate scores added together — a difficulty score, and an execution score.
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The Fierce Five won the US’s second ever gold medal in the women’s team competition.
