The Gymnastics community consists of amateur and licenced (professional) gymnasts, with the former representing the grass roots of the sport and the latter the elite, which competes at international level.

Amateur gymnasts

Innumerable amateur gymnasts of all ages regularly practice Gymnastics in a club.

This population represents the base of the FIG pyramid, on which the elite gymnasts are supported. These gymnasts at the base are also actors and ambassadors of Gymnastics for All in the world and are those that make up our audience, as spectators in the venues or as TV viewers.

Licenced gymnasts

Since the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in 2009 in London (GBR), each gymnast competing at a FIG-sanctioned event must present their licence on arrival at the competition venue. The figures in the table below indicate the number of gymnasts who hold a licence in each discipline. Participants in Gymnastics for All events do not need a licence.

Population by gender

FIG, in all its activities, is predominantly female. The table shows the number of active age group and senior athletes with a valid FIG licence by gender in the different disciplines.

The FIG has set up a Gender Equality Commission to ensure a fair and equal representation of both genders across all FIG disciplines and throughout the FIG authorities.

Figures valid as of the