Table of Contents 1. Introduction ../3 2. Key Contacts and Event Details ../4 3. Gymnastics Disciplines ../5 4. British representation at the 2013 World Games ../6 5. GBR Athlete Profiles - Trampoline, Double Mini Trampoline, Tumbling ../7 6. GBR Athlete Profiles – Acrobatic ../13 7. Historical Statistics ../18 8. Sports in the World Games ../19 9. Medal Table ../20 10. Did you know? ../21 11. Sources of information ../21 2 1. Introduction The 9th World Games in Cali, Colombia is the largest multi-sport event in 2013. The World Games provide a unique setting for thousands of athletes from different sports and countries to join in a celebration of unity and friendship. Many people call the Games "The Olympics for the non-Olympic sports/disciplines”. The Games are held quadrennially in the years following the Olympic Games but this is the first time that they will take place in South America. Athletes from 38 sports will compete over 11 days in Colombia’s third largest city, Cali, which hosts the multi-sport Games together with two other municipalities in the Cauca Valley, in western Colombia. The Opening Ceremony will be held on 25 July, which is the day Cali celebrates its 477th birthday. The organisers are preparing to seize the moment to promote the full breadth of sports to the world, and to bring about significant change to the nation, region and cities. The Organising Committee is committed to paying particular attention to environmental friendliness in all its actions. Cali brings considerable experience as an organiser of major sporting events to the challenge of staging The World Games. In 2008 the city was host to the Colombian national multi-sport games with over 6,000 participants. The city was also an acclaimed host to the Pan-American Games and hundreds of large-scale international championships in the past. The most recent major event held there – in December 2009 – was the UCI Track Cycling World Cup. Cali and its partner cities in the Cauca Valley have the necessary infrastructure to accommodate The World Games. The World Games are governed by the International World Games Association (IWGA) and organised by a Local Organising Committee. While the International Olympic Committee grants its patronage to all editions of The World Games, and while the IWGA explicitly accepts and adheres to all principles in the Olympic Charter, the multi-sport games differ in one important aspect from the Olympics - the host is never required to build facilities or extend upon available infrastructure for the sake of The World Games alone. Ideally, the event is to be staged at existing venues, in appropriately sized facilities that have been planned or built regardless of the candidate host bidding for the event. This condition influences the composition of The World Games programme. Not all sports necessarily feature in every edition. Existing infrastructure and venues in and around the host city are the determining factor in the selection of sports to the Official Sports Program. 3 2. Key Contacts and Event Details President of IWGA: Ron Froelich President of CLOC: Dr Rodrigo Otoya Website: worldgames2013.com.co/en/ Facebook: facebook.com/twg2013Cali Twitter: twitter.com/twg2013 You Tube: youtube. com/TWG2013 Organising Committee: Address: Carrera 37 5B4-14 Cali, Colombia Telephone: +57(2) 557- 6589 Email: [email protected] Facts about Cali: Average temperature in July: 19 – 31 degrees celcius Altitude: 1,000 Meters (3,280 feet) above Sea Level Language: Spanish Media Accreditation: Web www.losjuegosmundiales2013.com. Email [email protected] Contact: Francisco Barco - [email protected] Main Accreditation Centre: Centro de Convenciones Valle del Pacifico. Calle 15 # 26-120. Opening the Media Centre: July 15, 2013 Closing the Media Centre: August 4, 2013 Key Event Dates: Opening Ceremony: July 25, 2013 at Estadio Pascual Guerrero. Closing Ceremony: August 4, 2013at Estadio Pascual Guerrero. 4 3. Gymnastics disciplines Gymnastics is one of the major sports featured at the World Games and is represented by four disciplines - Trampoline: Synchronised trampoline - men and women Double mini trampoline (DMT) - men and women Tumbling - men and women Acrobatic Gymnastics: Individual – men and women Mixed Pairs Women’s Trio Men’s Fours Rhythmic Gymnastics: Individual apparatus Aerobic Gymnastics: (individual - men and women Mixed Pairs Trios Groups Aerobic Step Aerobic Dance Overall number of medal events: 22 Participating gymnasts: Over 300 gymnasts from 33 countries. Gymnastics disciplines venue: El Pueblo Coliseum The official Competition Draw was held at the FIG headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) on Thursday, 13 June 2013. Please click here to view a copy. The qualification process for each of the disciplines at the World was determined from the rank at the preceding World Championships. 5 4. British representation at the 2013 World Games Trampoline, Double Mini Trampoline and Tumbling: Qualification from the World Championships held in 2011. Great Britain qualified the maximum number of gymnasts in all disciplines; TRA – Men and Women’s Synchro TUM – Individual Men and Individual Women DMT – Individual Men and Individual Women Acrobatics: Qualification from the World Championships held in 2012. Great Britain qualified a maximum number of participants in each of the partnerships; Women’s pairs, Men’s pairs, Mixed Pairs, Women’s Group and Men’s Group. Unfortunately Great Britain does not have a current men’s partnership and therefore in Colombia we will compete in all partnerships except Men’s Group that was reallocated to the next highest ranked Federation. Rhythmic and Aerobics: Although Great Britain qualified for the Olympic Games in Rhythmic with the availability of a host country place, neither aerobics nor rhythmic qualified in their respective World Championships in 2012 for the World Games and therefore Great Britain will not be represented within these two disciplines. 6 5. GBR Athlete Profiles - Trampoline, Double Mini Trampoline, Tumbling Synchronised Trampoline Men: Nathan Bailey Age 19 Born 24 July 1993 Home town Dorset, Bournemouth Club Olga TGC Coaches Brian Camp/Sharon Wood Career Highlight Individual 2012 British champion, Synchro European championship silver & World championship finalists with partner Luke Strong Luke Strong Age 19 Born 7 December 1993 Home town Birkenhead, Merseyside Club City of Liverpool Coach Jay Scouler Career Highlight 2011 British champion, 2012 Synchro European championship silver medallist; 2010 World championship finalists with partner Nathan Bailey. Luke is the youngest British gymnast to compete 3 triple salto's in one routine, which he did at WAGC trials in 2009 at age 15, that routine was also a 16.2, which is a junior British record DD in the modern era. Competition Starting Order 1 DEN 2 GBR 3 POL 4 GER 5 CZE 6 COL 7 RUS 8 USA 9 JPN 10 CHN 11 POR 7 Synchronised Trampoline Women: Katherine Driscoll Age 27 Born 13 March 1986 Home town Houghton-Le-Spring Club Apollo T.C. Coach: Bill Leach Career Highlight 2012 British Olympian, 2012 British Champion. She is Great Britain's number one trampoline gymnast, and has been ranked as world number one. She became a full-time athlete in 2010, and has since won team and synchronised medals at the World and European Championships. Read more: The Northern Echo, 5th June 2012 Amanda Parker Age 27 Born 20 April 1986 Home town Bracknell, Berkshire Club Edgbarrow TC Coaches Sue Lawton/Susan Skinner Career Highlight 2011 World bronze medallist/Synchro with Kat Driscoll, held the Synchro World Title for the 2011 World Cup Series with Kat Driscoll; 2012 European Championships - team gold. Olympic reserve - London 2012. She juggles training with being a Physical Education Teacher in a Secondary School and is also a qualified Zumba Instructor! Competition Stating Order 1 ESP 2 RUS 3 USA 2 4 USA 1 5 UKR 6 CZE 7 GER 8 CAN 9 GBR 10 CHN 8 Double Mini Trampoline Men: Peter Cracknell Age 30 Born 7 February1983 Home town Bath, Avon Club Team Bath Evolution Coach Sarah Hunt Career Highlights 2011 DMT British Champion. 2010 & 2012 DMT European Finalist. He first discovered trampolining at University, and began competing at 21 but DMT was a later development which he first competed at age 24. He also works full-time as a mobile app developer. Competition Starting Order 1 CAN 1 2 GBR 3 BRA 4 AUS 5 ESP 6 USA 1 7 POR 8 RUS 9 CAN 2 10 USA 2 9 Double Mini Trampoline Women: Nicole Short Age 19 Born 28 May1994 Home town Radcliffe, Manchester Club City of Liverpool Gym Club Coach Jay Scouler/ Valerie June Short (her mother). Career Highlights 2012 British DMT silver medallist. She has completed her first year at Liverpool John Moore's University where she is studying for a Degree in Applied Sports Psychology. As a Trampoline gymnast she won a bronze medal in the 2011 World Age Group, Birmingham (17-18yrs.) and was 4th in the 2012 European Championships, St Petersburg (U 21). She only took up DMT in June 2012 and became the British 2012 U19 national champion, then Senior Ladies DMT English Champion followed by becoming the winner of the Cup of Flanders [Senior]. Competition Starting Order 1 ESP 2 GER 3 RSA 4 USA 5 BRA 6 CAN 7 POR 8 RUS 9 GBR 10 AUS 10 Tumbling Men: Kristof Willerton Age 19 Born 21 July 1993 Home town Robinswood, Gloucester Club Andover Gym Club Coach Alan Lavelle Career Highlights 2011 senior World championships 4th, 2012 senior European championships 3rd, 2010/2011/2012 senior British champion. Studying biochemistry at Oxford university. Competition Starting Order 1 RUS 2 UKR 3 DEN 4 POR 5 USA 6 GBR 7 CHN 2 8 CHN 1 9 CAN 11 Tumbling Women: Rachael Letsche Age 21 Born 1 November 1991 Home town St Helens, Merseyside Club Wakefield Gym Club Coach Zoe Styles Career Highlight 2008 European junior champion and the 2012 European senior champion; multiple World and European senior medallist.