Gymnastics Federation of India

(Redirected from Gymnastic Federation of India) Sports governing body in India

Gymnastics Federation of India
Official website

Sport	Gymnastics
Jurisdiction	India
Founded	February 17, 1951 (1951-02-17)
Affiliation	International Gymnastics Federation
Regional affiliation	Asian Gymnastics Union
Headquarters	New Delhi
President	Sudhir Mital
gymfedindia.com

The Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI) is the governing and controlling body of gymnastics in India. It was established on 17 February 1951. It is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, and is affiliated to the International Gymnastics Federation. GFI organised the first national gymnastics championship in 1952 in Madras. Each year, they hold national championships in the following categories: Senior Artistic, Junior Artistic, Sub Junior Artistic, Rhythmic & Aerobic, and Acrobatics & Tumbling. Sudhir Mital serves as the current president of GFI.

References

"GFI :: Gymnastics Federation of India". gymfedindia.com. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
"Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 (gymfedindia.com)" (PDF).
"Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
"GFI :: Gymnastics Federation of India". gymfedindia.com. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
"Indian gymnastics body gets new office bearers". The Times of India. 5 November 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

v t e Sports governing bodies of India
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Parasports	Blind chess Blind cricket Powerlifting

v t e National members of the International Gymnastics Federation
Disciplines Acrobatics Aerobics Artistic Parkour Rhythmic Trampolining Tumbling
African Gymnastics Union (UAG)	ALG ANG BEN BUR CPV CMR CGO EGY ETH LBA MAD MRI ǂ MAR MOZ NAM NGR SEN SEY RSA SUD SWZ TUN UGA ZIM
Pan-American Gymnastics Union (PAGU)	ARG ARU BAH BAR BER BOL BRA CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DOM ECU ESA GUA HON JAM MEX NCA PAN PAR PER PUR TTO USA URU VEN VIN
Asian Gymnastics Union (AGU)	AFG BRN BAN CAM CHN TPE HKG IND INA IRQ IRI JPN JOR KAZ KOR PRK KUW KGZ LBN MAA † MAS MGL MYA NEP PAK PLE PHI QAT KSA SGP SRI SYR THA TKM UZB VIE YEM
European Gymnastics	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BLR BEL BUL BIH CRO CYP CZE DEN EST FIN FRA GEO GER GBR GRE HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MKD MLT MDA MON MNE NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SMR SRB SVK SLO ESP SWE SUI TUR UKR
Oceania Gymnastics Union (OGU)	ASA AUS COK FIJ GUM NZL PNG TGA
Events Olympics World Championships Junior World Championships World Cup World Games Youth Olympics † = associated members ǂ = suspended

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