08. December 2013  
Portorož, Slovenia  
Artistic Gymnastics

UEG: Georges Guelzec re-elected as President

Georges Guelzec (FRA)

The French Georges Guelzec has been re-elected as President of the European Union of Gymnastics (UEG) at the continental governing body's congress in Portorož, Slovenia.
Guelzec (67) received 40 of the 41 ballot votes after standing unopposed for the position, which he has held since 2009 when he succeeded Dimitrios Dimitropoulos (GRE).
Existing UEG vice-presidents Ruedi Hediger of Switzerland and Malin Eggertz Forsmark of Sweden were also re-elected, with Azerbaijan's Fahrid Gayibov joining them in the position after garnering 23 votes to Romanian Adrian Stoica's 14 and Luxembourg's Paolo Frising's 13.
Ater the UEG meeting, attended by 44 of the 48 UEG federations Guelzec said to thr press:
"I have observed with great satisfaction the spirit of solidarity and unanimity prevailing within the UEG. Everyone supports the projects we develop. We deliberately decided to anticipate the challenges ahead in a proactive policy. One of them will be in 2015 the 1st European Games in Baku (AZE), in which gymnastics will participate with all its diversity, with all its Olympic and non-Olympic disciplines."

++ THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES of UEG 2013
* MEN's ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
President: Jacob WISCHNIA (ISR) and the members
Dmitri ANDREEV (RUS), Nikolaos PROVIAS (GRE), Andreas STRUPLER (SUI), Tom THINGVOLD (NOR), Andrew TOMBS (GBR), Mario VUKOJA (CRO)

* WOMEN's ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
President: Yvette BRASIER/FRA and the members
Christina B. FRAUENKNECHT (SUI),  Sabrina KLAESBERG (GER), Hana LISKAROVA (CZE), Anca G. MIHAILESCU-GRIGORAS (ROU), Satu MURTONEN (FIN), Orna SHAI (ISR).

* RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS :
President: Heide BRUNEDER (AUT) and the members
Gilberte GIANADDA (SUI), Marina LOBACH (BLR), Dominique MULLER LAUTH (FRA), Elena NEFEDOVA (RUS), Maria PETROVA (BUL), Pancratia SIRVENT (ESP)
 
* T R A M P O L I N E  G Y M N A S T I C S
President: Vladimir ZEMAN (CZE) and the members
Irina KARAVAEVA (RUS), Luis NUNES (POR), Patrick SIEGFRIED (GER), Mariela STOYCHEVA (BUL), Babette VAN WETERING (NED), Miguel VICENTE (ESP).
 
* A C R O B A T I C  G Y M N A S T I C S
President: Carine CHARLIER (FRA) and the members
Bernardo GRACA TOMAS (POR), Kerstin HOFFMANN (GER), Halyna KOVALCHUK (UKR), Melanie SANDERS (GBR), Dmitri VINNIKOV (RUS), Urszula WOJTKOWIAK (POL)
 
* A E R O B I C  G Y M N A S T I C S
President: Maria Cristina CASENTINI (ITA) and the members
Alina DRAGAN (ROU), Olga KYSELOVICOVA (SVK), Ignacio MARRON (ESP), Vladislav OSKNER (RUS), Andrea SINKO (HUN), Monika WIETHOFF (GER).
 
* T e a m G y m
President: Per SJOSTRAND (SWE) and the members
Petr GRYGA (CZE),  Keith HUGHES (GBR),  Solveigh JONSDOTTIR (ISL), Heli LEMMETTY (FIN)

* G Y M N A S T I C S  f o r  A L L   (General Gymnastics)
Präsident: Alberto Claudino LOUREIRO NUNES (POR) and the members
Ilse ARYS (BEL), Regina BEELER (SUI), Kamil SKWARCZYNSKI (POL), Maria STAHL (SWE), Heidi Marie TAKSDAL (NOR), Hlif THORGEIRSDOTTIR (ISL).