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    This document provides a timeline of key events in the history of gymnastics from 1793 to 2020. Some important milestones include the publication of the first gymnastics textbook in 1793, the introduction of women's artistic gymnastics at the Olympics in 1928, and Nadia Comaneci receiving the first perfect score in 1976. More recent developments include changes to the scoring and levels systems, and US women's gymnastics teams winning multiple Olympic gold medals. The 2020 Olympics were also postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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    This document provides a timeline of key events in the history of gymnastics from 1793 to 2020. Some important milestones include the publication of the first gymnastics textbook in 1793, the introduction of women's artistic gymnastics at the Olympics in 1928, and Nadia Comaneci receiving the first perfect score in 1976. More recent developments include changes to the scoring and levels systems, and US women's gymnastics teams winning multiple Olympic gold medals. The 2020 Olympics were also postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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    This document provides a timeline of key events in the history of gymnastics from 1793 to 2020. Some important milestones include the publication of the first gymnastics textbook in 1793, the introduction of women's artistic gymnastics at the Olympics in 1928, and Nadia Comaneci receiving the first perfect score in 1976. More recent developments include changes to the scoring and levels systems, and US women's gymnastics teams winning multiple Olympic gold medals. The 2020 Olympics were also postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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    HISTORY OF

    GYMNASTICS
    TIMELINE OF GYMNASTICS
    Short Video of the Evolution of GYMNASTICS
    TIMELINE OF GYMNASTICS

    • 1793. JOHAN CHRISTOPH FRIENDRICH GUTSMUTH, considered to be the


    great grand father of gymnastics, published the first gymnastics textbook.
    • 1811. The first gymnasium was opened by Freidrich Ludwig Jahn, the father of
    gymnastics.
    • 1881. The Bureau of European Gymnastics Federation, which would later become
    the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) was formed.
    • 1896. The first summer Olympic was held in Athens and gymnastics events were part
    of the competition.
    • 1928. Women were allowed to compete artistic gymnastics at the 1928 Summer
    Olympic held in Amsterdam.
    • 1963. United State Gymnastics Federation now known as USA Gymnastics, was
    formed.
    • 1976. Nadia Comaneci received the first perfect score at the 1976 Olympic.
    • 1984. Rhythmic gymnastics was added to the Olympic. Also Mary Lou Retton
    became the first American woman to win the Olympic all-around title.
    • 1996. The magnificent Seven, The 1996 USA Olympic women’s gymnastics team, win
    the US’s first gold medal in the womens team competition. The seven members were
    Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Dominiquen Dawes, Kerri Strug,Amy Chow,
    Amanda Borden and Jaycie Phelps.
    • 1997. FIG raised the age requirement for gymnasts to compete at senior-level
    gymnastics events from 15 to 16.
    • 2000. Trampoline made its Olympic debut at the 200 Olympics.
    • 2001. Due to safety concerns The Vault table replaced the vault horse (basically a
    pommel horse with no handles) in gymnastics competition.
    • 2002. United States Sports Acrobatics (USSA) merged with USA Gymnastics making
    Acro the fifth gymnastics discipline.
    • 2004. Crly Patterson becomes the first American woman to win the Olympic all-
    around title in a non- boycotted Olympics.
    • 2006. FIG introduced a new scoring system for women’s artistic gymnastics.
    • 2012. The Fierce Five win the US’s second ever gold medal in women’s team.
    • 2013. The gymnastics level changed from 6 compulsory level and 4 optional levels
    and 4 optional levels, to 5 compulsory levels and 5 optional levels.
    • 2016. The Final Five win the gold medal in the women’s team competition to defend
    their titles and Simone Biles wins the All around and was the only American to
    qualify for all 4 event finals.
    • 2019. Simone Biles makes history again as she wins the World championship in
    Stuttgart, Germany and becomes the first female gymnast to win 21 medals in total
    (beating out Svetlana Khorkina who was the previous record holder with 20 world
    medals
    • 2020. The International Olympic Committee makes the decision to postpone the 2020
    Tokyo Olympic in response to the coronavirus pandemic that affected the entire
    world.

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