Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

The Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships was a biennial rhythmic gymnastics tournament gathering competitors from four different continents: Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. The tournament was 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.[1] 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.[2] All of the editions of the championships were officially organized by FIG; besides the Four Continents Championships, only two other major meets were officially organized by the federation: the World Gymnastics Championships and the FIG World Cup Final (as well as the different stages of the World Cup and World Challenge Cup series).[3]

Editions

YearEditionEventLocation
1978I1978 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsCanada Toronto
1980II1980 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsBrazil Rio de Janeiro
1982III1982 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsNew Zealand Auckland
1984IV1984 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsUnited States Indianapolis
1986V1986 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsAustralia Melbourne
1988VI1988 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsCanada Toronto
1990VII1990 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsJapan Tokyo
1992VIII1992 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsChina Beijing
1994IX1994 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsSouth Korea Seoul
1995X1995 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsEgypt Cairo
1997XI1997 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsAustralia Sydney
1999XII1999 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsUnited States Jacksonville
2001XIII2001 Four Continents Rhythmic Gymnastics ChampionshipsBrazil Curitiba

Individual all-around medalists

YearLocationGoldSilverBronzeRef.
1978 Canada Toronto Canada Debbie Bryant Canada Jana Lazor United States Sue Soffe [4]
1980 Brazil Rio de Janeiro Japan Michio Ota United States Sue Soffe
Japan Kimie Kimura		 N/A [5]
1982 New Zealand Auckland Japan Hiroko Yamazaki Canada Lori Fung Japan Tomoko Tomita [6]
1984 United States Indianapolis Canada Lori Fung Japan Chieko Hirose China Xia Yanfei [7]
1986 Australia Melbourne Canada Lori Fung China Xia Yanfei China He Xiaomin [8]
1988 Canada Toronto Canada Lori Fung United States Michelle Berube Japan Erika Akiyama [9]
1990 Japan Tokyo Japan Erika Akiyama Canada Mary Fuzesi North Korea Li Gong-hui [10]
1992 China Beijing China Gao Shasha China Bai Mei North Korea Han Yang-ok [11]
1994 South Korea Seoul Japan Miho Yamada China Zhou Xiaojing Canada Camille Martens [12]
1995 Egypt Cairo Australia Kasumi Takahashi China Zhou Xiaojing Japan Akane Yamao [13]
1997 Australia Sydney Japan Yukari Murata Japan Rieko Matsunaga China Zhou Xiaojing [14]
1999 United States Jacksonville Japan Yukari Murata Japan Rieko Matsunaga Canada Erika Stirton [15]
2001 Brazil Curitiba Canada Mary Sanders China Sun Dan Argentina Anahí Sosa [16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rhythmic Gymnastics in New Zealand
  2. ↑ Longines Timing
  3. ↑ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... FIG. p. 42.
  4. ↑ Gymn Forum - 1978
  5. ↑ Jornal do Brasil - 1980 (in Portuguese)
  6. ↑ Gymn Forum - 1982
  7. ↑ Gymn Forum - 1984
  8. ↑ Gymn Forum - 1986
  9. ↑ Gymn Forum - 1988
  10. ↑ Gymnastics Australia - 1990
  11. ↑ Gymnastics Australia - 1992
  12. ↑ Gymnastics Australia - 1994
  13. ↑ Gymn Forum - 1995
  14. ↑ Gymn Forum - 1997
  15. ↑ USA Gymnastics - 1999
  16. ↑ Longines Timing - 2001
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