17 Facts About Rhythmic gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon or rope.

Rhythmic gymnastics is governed by the International Gymnastics Federation, which first recognized it as a sport in 1963.

At the international level, rhythmic gymnastics is a women-only sport.

Rhythmic gymnastics grew out of the ideas of Jean-Georges Noverre, Francois Delsarte, and Rudolf Bode, who all believed in movement expression, where one used dance to express oneself and exercise various body parts.

In Beecher's Rhythmic gymnastics program, called "dance without dancing", the young women exercised to music, moving from simple calisthenics to more strenuous activities.

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Rhythmic gymnastics's went on to develop "harmonic gymnastics", which enabled late nineteenth-century American women to engage in physical culture and expression, especially in the realm of dance.

Rhythmic gymnastics was added to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, with an individual all-around competition.

Olympic rhythmic gymnastics is typically restricted to female participants, although Japan has begun developing programs in which men can compete.

Also, continental championships are held in the Americas and Asia, as well regional multi-sport events in which rhythmic gymnastics is part of the program, such as the Pan American Games and the Asian Games.

Major defunct championships or competitions in which rhythmic gymnastics events were held include the European Cup Final, the European Team Gymnastics Championships, the Goodwill Games, and the Four Continents Gymnastics Championships .

Rhythmic gymnastics has been dominated by Eastern European countries, especially the Soviet Union and Bulgaria.

Rhythmic gymnastics's became the first rhythmic gymnast to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by her perfect performance of full 10 marks in all her routines at a World Championship, and received the trophy personally from the President of the International Olympic Committee at the time, Juan Antonio Samaranch.

Some notable success in rhythmic gymnastics for Spain include Carolina Pascual, the silver medalist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Carmen Acedo who won gold medal in clubs competition in World Championships in 1993, Rosabel Espinosa, 1991 European Junior All-around bronze medalist, Almudena Cid who is a four-time Olympian and Carolina Rodriguez.

Israeli head coach Irina Vigdorchik, who moved from Moscow to Israel in 1979, said rhythmic gymnastics had been brought to Israel by Russian immigrants in the early 1970s.

Romania has enjoyed more success in artistic Rhythmic gymnastics, but had their share of producing talents, like Doina Staiculescu, Irina Deleanu, Alexandra Piscupescu, Ana Luiza Filiorianu and Andreea Verdes.

Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics is an artistic sport which is performed to music on a 13-by-13-metre gymnastic spring floor.

Currently, MRG and women's rhythmic gymnastics are both under the umbrella of Japan Gymnastics Association and major competitions are often held at the same venue.