Vanessa Ferrari is an Italian artistic gymnast. She was the 2006 World All-Around Champion and competed for Italy at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Aerobic gymnastics or sport aerobics is a competitive sport originating from traditional aerobics in which complex, high-intensity movement patterns and elements of varying difficulty are performed to music.
The Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships are the world championships for the sport of rhythmic gymnastics. The tournament is promoted and organized by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). It is one of the three tournaments in rhythmic gymnastics officially organized by FIG, as well as the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup and the gymnastics competitions at the Olympic Games. The first edition of the World Championships was held in 1963, a time when the sport was known as modern gymnastics. The current program of the World Championships contemplates both individual and group performances. In even non-Olympic years and the year before the Olympics, a team event is also contested. Two events are not competed at the World Championships anymore: individual rope and free hands.
9th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Nanjing, China from June 1 to June 3, 2006.
Izabela Daniela Lăcătuş is a retired Romanian artistic and aerobic gymnast. She was an alternate to the artistic gymnastics team at the 1992 Olympics. After retiring from artistic gymnastics she had a career in aerobic gymnastics, winning 16 world and continental medals including the 2000 individual world title.
The 25th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships was opened on May 15, 2009 in Baku, Azerbaijan in the Heydar Aliyev Sports-Concert Complex and ended on May 17. 186 gymnasts from 32 countries were scheduled to participate.
The 8th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria from June 3 to June 5, 2004.
The 7th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Žvejų rūmai hall, Klaipėda, Lithuania from July 29 to July 31, 2002.
Dorel Moiş is a retired Romanian aerobic gymnast. He won three world championship medals and one gold European championships medal on the trio event. After retiring from aerobic gymnastics he founded a dance group called Xtreme.
The 6th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Riesa, Germany from June 2 to June 4, 2000.
The 5th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Hannover, Germany from June 4 to June 6, 1999.
The 4th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Catania, Italy from May 15 to May 16, 1998.
Elena Amelia Racea is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is a European champion on balance beam and a European all around and team bronze medalist.
Cosmin Muj is a Romanian aerobic gymnast. He won one gold world championships medal on the group event and one bronze European championships medal on the trio event.
The 7th Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships was held in Bucharest, Romania November 9–13, 2011.
The 28th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships was held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia from May 29 to June 3, 2012.
The 24th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 18 April to 21 April 2002 in Patras.
The 6th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships was held from 15 to 19 April 2015 at the Park&Suites Arena in Montpellier, France. As usual in this format, no team competitions took place.
The 2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, the 31st edition, took place from May 1 to 3 2015 in Minsk, Belarus at the Minsk-Arena.
The European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships are an artistic gymnastics championships for male and female gymnasts from European countries organised by the European Union of Gymnastics. It was first held in 2005 and has been held biennially since then in odd-numbered years. These championships occur in years between the European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, which have been held in even-numbered years since 1990.
