Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia

Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia
Formation1991; 33 years ago (1991)
TypeNational sports governing body
Location
  • Moscow, Luzhnetskaya nab., 8
Region
Russia
President
Andrey L. Kostin
AffiliationsUEG, FIG
Websitesportgymrus.ru

The Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia (AGFR; Russian: Федерация спортивной гимнастики России) is the governing body of gymnastics in Russia.[1] It is a member federation of both the European Union of Gymnastics[2] and the International Gymnastics Federation.[3]

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) barred Russian athletes and officials, including judges.[4] It also announced that "all FIG World Cup and World Challenge Cup events planned to take place in Russia ... are cancelled, and no other FIG events will be allocated to Russia ... until further notice." FIG also banned the Russian flag and anthem at its events.[5] European Gymnastics announced in March 2022 that no athletes, officials, and judges from the Russian Gymnastics Federation can participate in any European Gymnastics events, that no European Gymnastics authorities from Russia can pursue their functions, and that European Gymnastics had removed from its calendar all events allocated to Russia and would not allocate any future events to Russia.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Российские федерации и союзы по летним олимпийским видам спорта". Russian Olympic Committee.
  2. ^ "Member Federations". European Union of Gymnastics. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
  3. ^ "Устав". The Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia. Archived from the original on 2009-12-05.
  4. ^ Bissada, Mason; Dellatto, Marisa (8 March 2022). "International Gymnastics Federation Bars Russia, Belarus As Sports World Reacts To Ukraine Invasion". Forbes.
  5. ^ "FIG decision regarding the conflict in Europe" (Press release). International Gymnastics Federation. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Further measures regarding Russia and Belarus". European Gymnastics.
  7. ^ "European Gymnastics' position regarding the invasion of Ukraine". European Gymnastics.
  8. ^ "Moscow stripped of 2023 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. June 9, 2022.