FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Cup A
Feria Internacional de Albacete World Cup
Albacete (ESP), September 3 – 4, 2010
LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, September 1, 2010: Fourth in a series of seven events, the upcoming Trampoline Gymnastics World Cup in Albacete (ESP), slated for September 3 – 4, 2010, marks the midway point in this year’s series. The Royal Spanish Gymnastics Federation and the local organisers of the Federación de Castilla La Mancha de Gimnasia look forward to welcoming a total of 74 gymnasts at the Pabellón Universitario Ciudad de Albacete.
The World Cup includes competitions in Men’s and Women’s Individual and Synchronised Trampoline, but no Tumbling or Double Mini-Trampoline competition. However, a parallel event featuring a Double Mini-Trampoline competition for the elite class and an Age Group competition is held in Albacete.
The City of Albacete has been hosting an international annual competition since 2001, so this is the tenth consecutive international tournament in Castilla La Mancha. Over the course of this decade, it has adopted very different formats both in competing disciplines (TRA, DMT, TUM & SYN) and in age groups (seniors, juniors, FIG age groups...).
In 2008 the competition became part of the FIG World Cup Series for the first time ever, achieving even higher recognition as an important event on the trampoline calendar worldwide.
This year is the 300th anniversary of the International Fair of the Town, an event which has influenced the name of this competition. A local party starts immediately following the World Cup and this competition is one of the main attractions on this year’s programme. More information at http://feria-de-albacete.albacity.org/
Albacete boasts the highest number of athletes competing in Trampoline disciplines in all of Spain. Since its very beginnings in 1994, José Miguel Cantos (1969) has fostered the sport in this town gleaning impressive results at both national and international events since 2000. Nowadays, the training centre of Albacete is one of the best-equipped in Europe and the quantity and quality of their athletes has been translated in diverse medals in European Championships and World Age Group Games.
Claudia Prat (1988) is the main star on the Spanish trampoline team. She collected a Bronze medal in the Oostende World Cup in 2009. It was the first medal ever for a Spanish athlete in Trampoline within the FIG World Cup programme. Her high difficulty level and height places her as one of the main candidates for reaching the elite. Also in the Women’s event, Cristina Sainz (2008 European Junior finalist), Katish Hernández (2008 European Junior SYN Champion) and Laura García are building a team in the hopes of garnering good results in the upcoming World Championships in Metz (FRA). All three are from Albacete, so the local support will help them in their transition to the international level.
José Manuel Muñoz (1983) is the leader of the Spanish Men’s team. Together with Marc Piñol (1988), they finished 4th in Synchro in the last European Championships in Varna (BUL) and they’ll be shooting for a spot in this event’s Final. David Jiménez, Alejandro Ruiz-Cuevas and Álvaro Calero are three young local athletes trying to get a solid result that will consolidate their promising international careers.
Check complete entry lists here!
Further information on the tournament can be found online at www.albaceteworldcup.es
2008 Title Holders
Men’s Individual LU Chunlong (CHN) 41.000
Women’s Individual HE Wenna (CHN) 38.900
Men’s Synchro CHERNONOS Olexandr / NIKITIN Yuriy (UKR) 50.100
Women’s Synchro CHERNOVA Natalia / KARAVAEVA Irina (RUS) 48.300
Men’s Double Mini RUIZ-CUEVAS QUINTERO Alejandro (ESP) 75.100
Women’s Double Mini VORONINA Victoria (RUS) 70.400
The next stopover of the 2010 World Cup circuit in Trampoline Gymnastics will be in Astrakhan (RUS) on September 17 – 18, followed by Loulé (POR) on September 24 – 25.
