HUNGARIAN GYMNASTICS FEDERATION IS 125 YEARS OLD
Date of issue: 24 September 2010
The Hungarian Gymnastics Federation was established in
1885, barely four years after the foundation of the International
Gymnastics Federation, and became part of the FIG in 1898, but was
excluded from the organisation for a few years after World War I. Since
its foundation, the Federation has been expanded by numerous
disciplines: acrobatic gymnastics (1949), rhythmic gymnastics (1954),
aerobic gymnastics (1991), gymnastics for all (1997) and trampoline
(2002). At present 114 sections and clubs with approximately 2,600
gymnasts operate in Hungary in the sport’s seven disciplines.
Hungarian
gymnasts made their first major international appearance at the Athens
Olympics in 1896. Since then, gymnasts from Hungary have won 14 gold, 11
silver and 13 bronze medals in artistic gymnastics at the world’s
largest sporting event. Since the first official FIG artistic gymnastics
world championship in Luxembourg in 1930, Hungarian gymnastics have
played a decisive role in the international gymnastics scene.
In
Hungary three artistic gymnastics (1934, 1983, 2002) and three rhythmic
gymnastics world championships (1963, 1996, 2003) have been held.
Besides these, many other world events have been staged in Hungary such
as the FIG congress (1934), the FIG symposium (1983, 2005), the FIG
training symposium (1999), Training Academy (2005), World Cup (2008,
2009) and Grand Prix (2009). Hungarians have also played an influential
role in the life of the European Gymnastics Federation, founded in 1982.
Successful artistic (1992, 2005), rhythmic (1999) and aerobic (2003,
2007) gymnastics European championships have been held in Hungary.
Source: tornasport.huIn the upper part of the stamp
commemorating the 125th anniversary of the foundation of the Hungarian
Gymnastics Federation there is a gymnast performing a typical movement
during a routine on the pommel horse with outlines creating an
impression of the whole series of movements. Below this are seven
pictograms of all the disciplines of men’s and women’s artistic
gymnastics (floor exercise, vault, rings, parallel bars, high bar, beam
and asymmetric bars). The main motif of the first day cover for the
stamp captures an exciting moment from the 1934 world championship held
at the Beszkárt stadium in Budapest. The cover is also adorned with the
Federation’s logo from the time of its foundation as well as its present
day logo. The graphic design of the commemorative postmark is a
stylised version of the Gymnastics Federation’s 1885 logo.
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Order code: 2010211010011 (stamp) 2010211060012 (FDC)
Perforated size: 26.67 x 40 mm, 50 stamps/sheet
Number of copies: 200,000
Date of issue: 24 September 2010
Printed by Pénzjegynyomda
Face value: HUF 140
Designed by Imre Benedek