Four Continents Gymnastics Championships

The Four Continents Gymnastics Championships refers to two distinct competitions, organized by different federations in different disciplines. In rhythmic gymnastics the tournaments were organized from 1978 to 2001 by the International Gymnastics Federation.[1] In aesthetic group gymnastics the tournaments have been organized by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics since 2014.[2] The events gather competitors from four different continents: Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania.

Rhythmic gymnastics

The Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships was a biennial rhythmic gymnastics tournament proposed to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) by members of the gymnastics federations of New Zealand and Canada. The purpose was to provide a corresponding event to the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships as a chance for rhythmic gymnasts from non-European nations to compete internationally.[3] The first edition of the Four Continent Championships was organized in 1978 in Toronto, Canada. The last edition of the tournament was held in Curitiba, Brazil, in 2001.[4] All of the editions of the championships were officially organized by FIG.[1]

Editions

Year	Edition	Event	Location
1978	I	1978 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Toronto
1980	II	1980 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Rio de Janeiro
1982	III	1982 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Auckland
1984	IV	1984 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Indianapolis
1986	V	1986 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Melbourne
1988	VI	1988 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Toronto
1990	VII	1990 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Tokyo
1992	VIII	1992 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Beijing
1994	IX	1994 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Seoul
1995	X	1995 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Cairo
1997	XI	1997 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Sydney
1999	XII	1999 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Jacksonville
2001	XIII	2001 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships	Curitiba

Individual all-around medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1978	Toronto	Debbie Bryant	Jana Lazor	Sue Soffe	[5]
1980	Rio de Janeiro	Michio Ota	Sue Soffe Kimie Kimura	N/A	[6]
1982	Auckland	Hiroko Yamazaki	Lori Fung	Tomoko Tomita	[7]
1984	Indianapolis	Lori Fung	Chieko Hirose	Xia Yanfei	[8]
1986	Melbourne	Lori Fung	Xia Yanfei	He Xiaomin	[9]
1988	Toronto	Lori Fung	Michelle Berube	Erika Akiyama	[10]
1990	Tokyo	Erika Akiyama	Mary Fuzesi	Li Gong-hui	[11]
1992	Beijing	Gao Shasha	Bai Mei	Han Yang-ok	[12]
1994	Seoul	Miho Yamada	Zhou Xiaojing	Camille Martens	[13]
1995	Cairo	Kasumi Takahashi	Zhou Xiaojing	Akane Yamao	[14]
1997	Sydney	Yukari Murata	Rieko Matsunaga	Zhou Xiaojing	[15]
1999	Jacksonville	Yukari Murata	Rieko Matsunaga	Erika Stirton	[16]
2001	Curitiba	Mary Sanders	Sun Dan	Anahí Sosa	[17]

Aesthetic group gymnastics

The Four Continents Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships are organized and sanctioned by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAAG).[18]

Editions

Year	Event	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2014	1st Four Continents Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships	Toronto	Canada Rhythmic Expressions	Japan Team Shoin	Canada Jusco	[19]
2015	2nd Four Continents Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships	Nagano	Japan Team Japan	Japan Team Shoin	Canada Rhythmic Expressions	[20][21][22]
2017	3rd Four Continents Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships	Chicago	Japan JWCPE AGG Team	Canada Rhythmic Expressions	Brazil Marrie Cotia	[23]
2019	4th Four Continents Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships	Singapore	Japan Team Japan	Japan JWCPE AGG Team	Canada Rhythmic Expressions	[24]

See also

• Asian Gymnastics Championships
• Pan American Gymnastics Championships

References

1. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... FIG. p. 42.
2. Kalev Estienne
3. Rhythmic Gymnastics in New Zealand
4. Longines Timing
5. Gymn Forum - 1978
6. Jornal do Brasil - 1980 (in Portuguese)
7. Gymn Forum - 1982
8. Gymn Forum - 1984
9. Gymn Forum - 1986
10. Gymn Forum - 1988
11. Gymnastics Australia - 1990
12. Gymnastics Australia - 1992
13. Gymnastics Australia - 1994
14. Gymn Forum - 1995
15. Gymn Forum - 1997
16. USA Gymnastics - 1999
17. Longines Timing - 2001
18. IFAAG
19. IFAAG - Official competition report
20. Gym Love (in Japanese)
21. Webstagram (in English and Japanese)
22. Eestielu (in Estonian)
23. 2017 Official results
24. Facebook - IFAGG - 2019 Results