World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships

The Aesthetic Group Gymnastics World Championships[1] are the world championships for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics. Aesthetic Group Gymnastics is a discipline not currently recognized by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. World Championships are organized annually since 2000 by the International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAGG).[2][3]

Categories

World Championships are organized every year for both Juniors and Seniors at the same time. Each gymnast can compete in only one of the following categories:

• World Championships Junior
• World Championships Senior
• IFAGG Trophy Mixed Junior
• IFAGG Trophy Mixed Senior
• IFAGG Trophy Short Program Junior
• IFAGG Trophy Short Program Senior
• IFAGG Trophy Short Program Mixed Junior
• IFAGG Trophy Short Program Mixed Senior

Note

Mixed teams are made of female gymnasts with at least one male gymnast.

Editions

Year	Edition	Host city	Country	Events (female)	Most gold medals
2000	1	Helsinki	Finland	1	Finland
2001	2	Tallinn	Estonia	1	Estonia
2002	3	Prague	Czech Republic	1	Finland
2003	4	Graz	Austria	1	Finland
2004	5	Sofia	Bulgaria	1	Finland
2005	6	Copenhagen	Denmark	1	Russia
2006	7	Tampere	Finland	1	Finland
2007	8	Salou	Spain	1	Estonia
2008	9	Toronto	Canada	1	Finland
2009	10	Moscow	Russia	1	Finland
2010	11	Varna	Bulgaria	1	Finland
2011	12	Tartu	Estonia	1	Russia
2012	13	Cartagena	Spain	1	Russia
2013	14	Lahti	Finland	1	Russia
2014	15	Moscow	Russia	1	Russia
2015	16	Tórshavn	Denmark	1	Finland
2016	17	Brno	Czech Republic	1	Russia
2017	18	Helsinki	Finland	1	Finland
2018	19	Budapest	Hungary	1	Russia
2019	20	Cartagena	Spain	1	Russia
2020	21	Sofia	Bulgaria	1	Cancelled due to pandemic
2021	22	Jesolo	Italy	1	Future event
2022	23	Graz	Austria	1	Future event
2023	24	Nur-Sultan	Kazakhstan	1	Future event

Medalists

Senior

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000	Helsinki	Finland Campuksen Koonto	Estonia GC Piruett	Finland Lahjan Tytöt
2001[4]	Tallinn	Estonia GC Piruett	Finland Lahjan Tytöt/Pantterit	Estonia SC Velar
				Finland Olarin Voimistelijat
2002	Prague	Finland Olarin Voimistelijat/Dynamot	Russia Vozrozhdenie	Russia Vera Sport Club
2003	Graz	Finland Olarin Voimistelijat/Dynamot	Finland Olarin Voimistelijat/Elektronit	Estonia GC Janika
2004	Sofia	Finland Olarin Voimistelijat/Dynamot	Russia SC Oscar	Russia SC Roxett
2005	Copenhagen	Russia SC Roxett	Finland Vantaan Voimisteluseura/Frida	Estonia GC Piruett
2006	Tampere	Finland Olarin Voimistelijat/Dynamot	Bulgaria National Team	Russia SC Roxett
2007	Salou	Estonia GC Janika	Bulgaria National Team	Russia SC Oscar
2008	Toronto	Finland Olarin Voimistelijat/Deltat	Estonia Janika Elite	Bulgaria National Team
				Russia SC Oscar
2009	Moscow	Finland Deltat	Russia SC Oscar	Russia Madonna
2010	Varna	Finland Fotonit/OVO	Russia Madonna	Bulgaria National Team
2011	Tartu	Russia Madonna	Bulgaria National Team	Estonia Joint Elite Team
2012	Cartagena	Russia Madonna	Bulgaria National Team	Russia Nebesa
2013	Lahti	Russia Madonna	Finland OVO Team	Bulgaria National Team
2014	Moscow	Russia Madonna	Bulgaria National Team	Russia Expressia
2015	Tórshavn	Finland Minetit	Russia Expressia	Bulgaria National Team
2016	Brno	Russia Expressia	Finland Minetit	Russia Madonna
2017	Helsinki	Finland Minetit	Russia Expressia	Finland OVO Team
2018	Budapest	Russia Madonna	Finland Minetit	Russia Expressia
2019	Cartagena	Russia Madonna	Finland Minetit	Finland OVO Team
2021	Jesolo	Future event
2022	Graz	Future event

Junior

Note: First Junior World Championship event was held in 2005.[5]

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005	Plzen	Finland Olarin Voimistelijat/Deltat	Russia SC Roxett	Estonia GC Meetrum
2006	Tallinn	Finland Olarin Voimistelijat/Alfat	Estonia GC Janika	Russia Yunona
2007	Espoo	Finland Olarin Voimistelijat/Ampeerit	Estonia GC Janika	Finland VVS/Tiklit
2008	Cartagena	Finland Olarin Voimistelijat/Fotonit	Russia Victoria	Russia Sonet
2009	Rostov-on-Don	Russia Victoria	Russia Sonet	Ukraine National team
2010	Brno	Russia Victoria	Finland Fosforit	Russia Vdokhnovenie
2011	Vigo	Russia Roxett	Russia Sonet	Estonia Janica Sunshine
2012	Varna[6]	Russia Roxett	Russia Vdokhnovenie	Bulgaria National Team
2013	Sofia	Russia Victoria	Finland Minetit	Finland OVO Junior team
2014	Moscow	Russia Victoria	Finland Minetit	Finland OVO Junior team
2015	Tórshavn	Russia Victoria	Finland Minetit Junior	Bulgaria National Team
2016	Brno	Russia Victoria	Finland OVO Junior team	Finland Minetit
2017	Helsinki	Finland Minetit Elite	Finland OVO Junior team	Russia Victoria
2018	Budapest	Russia Victoria	Finland Minetit Junior	Russia Victoria Strela
2019	Cartagena	Finland OVO Junior team	Russia Victoria Strela	Russia Victoria
2021	Jesolo	Future event
2022	Graz	Future event

All-time medal table

2000-2019

• Last updated after the 2019 World Aesthetic Gymnastics Championships

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	17	12	16	45
2	Finland (FIN)	16	14	8	38
3	Estonia (EST)	2	4	6	12
4	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	5	6	11
5	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		35	35	37	107

Team competition

Senior

Note: Awarding ceremony for country ranking has been organized since 2011.

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012	Cartagena	Russia Madonna Nebesa Oscar	Finland OVO Team Minetit Sanix	Spain Alcon Cusi Dvillena Inef Catalunya Barcelona Maniotas
2013	Lahti	Russia Madonna Nebesa Expressia	Finland OVO Team Minetit Sanix	Spain Alcon Cusi Muntanyenc Sant Cugat Inef Barcelona
2014	Moscow	Russia Madonna Expressia Roxett	Finland OVO Team Sanix Team Vantaa	Spain Alcon Cusi Gimnastica Sant Cugat Ritmica Cartagena
2015	Tórshavn	Russia Expressia Madonna Nebesa	Finland Minetit OVO Team OVO Team Esport	Spain Inef Barcelona Ritmica Cartagena Acordes Naron
2016	Brno	Russia Expressia Madonna Nebesa	Finland Minetit OVO Team Team Vantaa	Japan Team Japan Team Shoin JWCPE AGG Team
2017	Helsinki	Russia Expressia Madonna Nebesa	Finland Minetit OVO Team Sirius	Estonia GC Janika Diamonds GC Rytmika Perfetto GC Janika Tallinn Senior Team
2018	Budapest	Russia Madonna Expressia Nebesa	Finland Minetit OVO Team Gloria	Japan Team Japan Team Shoin JWCPE AGG Team
2019	Cartagena	Russia Madonna Expressia Nebesa	Finland Minetit OVO Team Gloria	Japan Team Japan JWCPE AGG Team Team Shoin
2020	Sofia	CANCELLED DUE TO PANDEMIC
2021	Jesolo	Future event

Junior

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2014	Moscow	Finland Minetit OVO Junior Team Minetit United	Russia Victoria Ocharovanie Idel	Estonia GC Janika Junior Team GC Rytmika Perfetto GC Janika Junior Elite
2015	Tórshavn	Finland Minetit Juniors OVO Junior Team Elite	Russia Victoria Roxett Sonet	Estonia Diamonds GC Rytmika Perfetto Forfett
2016	Brno	Finland OVO Junior Team Minetit Juniors Elite Juniors	Russia Victoria Sonet Roxett	Estonia GC Janika Diamonds GC Janika Tallinn Junior Elite GC Janika Rosett
2017	Helsinki	Finland Minetit Elite OVO Junior Team Minetit Elite United	Russia Victoria Victoria Strela Roxett	Estonia GC Rytmika Perfetto Juniors GC Janika Rosett GC Janika Mireth
2018	Budapest	Russia Victoria Victoria Strela Oscar	Finland Minetit Elite OVO Junior Team Elite	Estonia GC Rytmika Junior Team Mireth Grisete
2019	Cartagena	Russia Victoria Strela Victoria Oscar	Finland OVO Junior Team Minetit Elite Illusion Jr.	Spain Gimnasia San Anton Cartagena Ritmica Barcelona Gymnos'85
2020	Sofia	CANCELLED DUE TO PANDEMIC
2021	Jesolo	Future event

Country competition medal table

2000-2019

• Last updated after the 2019 World Aesthetic Gymnastics Championships

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	10	4	0	14
2	Finland (FIN)	4	10	0	14
3	Estonia (EST)	0	0	6	6
4	Spain (ESP)	0	0	5	5
5	Japan (JPN)	0	0	3	3
Totals (5 nations)		14	14	14	42

External links

• International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics

References

1. "World Championships". International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics.
2. World Championships, IFAAG World Championships.
3. Results, IFAAG Results.
4. "MAAILMAMEISTRIVÕISTLUSED rühmvõimlemises" (in Estonian).
5. "AESTHETIC GROUP GYMNASTICS- THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT AND INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION" (PDF).
6. Sport Doc Box