13. Januar 2007  
Oklahoma City / USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

2007 HALL of FAME Inductees announced

The Board of Directors of the "International Gymnastics Hall of Fame" announced the 2007 Induction Celebration on May 11 in Oklahoma City, USA.
Once more, some of the highest representatives of international artistic gymnastics have been chosen to be honoured at the 11th annual induction.
The IGHOF Board announced the names of those to be honoured in 2007:
Simona Amanar (ROM), Elena Davydova (RUS), Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN) and Eberhard Gienger (GER) ...

Shigeru KASAMATSU (JPN), Elena DAVYDOVA (UKR), Simona AMANAR (ROM)

Eberhard GIENGER (FRG/GER) - first male German gymnast

>> Also check out the "most successful German Gymnasts" of the last century, elected in 1999 by the biggest German soccer magazine, "kicker".)

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2007 International Order of Merit Award
The "Hall of Fame" has also selected the recipient of the prestigious "International Order of Merit Award" (IOM): Vicelia Florenzano (BRA), the President of the Pan American Union & Brazilian Gymnastics Federation, member of the Executive Committee of the F.I.G.