Acrobatics began as a specific sport in the Soviet Union, in the 1930s. Acrobatic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which a couple or a team performs dance moves, gymnastics moves, tumbling, and acrobatic moves set to music. A mixed version of the event was contested at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
Despite never having appeared on the Olympic Programme, acrobatic gymnastics is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which also governs the Olympic disciplines of artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampolining. The FIG was founded on 23 July 1881, in Liège, with three founding members: Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. It was originally called the Bureau des Fédérations Européennes de Gymnastique (FEG), and re-named to FIG in 1921. As of 2024, the organization has 149 member federations.
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