Informative Essay On Gymnastics Canada

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Gymnastics Canada was first established in 1969. It is Canada’s governing body for gymnastics. There are currently over 280,000 registered participants across Canada (“About GYMN”). Gymnastics is considered one of the oldest sports. It had originated in ancient Greece. The gymnastics we know today is said to have been developed in Germany around the 1800s. In 1843, the first Olympic Gymnasium opened in Montreal by an Englishman named F. Barnjum. Inspiration for Canadian gymnastics is derived from German and Czechoslovakian immigrants. Gymnastics was introduced into the school physical education curriculum in the early 1800s. Canada became the fourteenth country to join the International Gymnastics Federation in 1899 (Snyder and Letheren). The mission of Gymnastics Canada is stated on their website as follows: “We lead and govern the Canadian gymnastics system, direct High Performance in pursuit of international excellence, and guide and /or partner in the development of quality and innovative gymnastics programming”. Their mandate is …show more content…

They are responsible for two Elite Canada in artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics, the Canada Cup in trampoline gymnastics, and three Canadian Championships in rhythmic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics (“Canada Gymnastics Team|Gymnastics Canada”). Ellie Black is a 21-year-old artistic gymnast from Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has competed at the Rio 2016 and London 2012 Olympics. She began competing in gymnastics at the age of 9. It was not until the Beijing 2008 Olympics that she began dreaming of going to the Olympics. At London 2012, she finished 5th in the team, 8th in the vault, 15th in the floor exercise, and 26th in the beam. At Rio 2016, she finished 5th all around, 9th in the team, 15th in the floor exercise, 15th in the vault, 44th in the beam and 31st in the uneven bars. She is currently studying kinesiology at Dalhousie University (“Ellie

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