The Gymnasiade, or World Gymnasiade, or World School Sport Games, or ISF World School Sport Games is an international
multi-sport event which is organised by the
International School Sport Federation (ISF). It is the largest event among many other sport events held by the ISF. Aligned with the philosophy of the organisation, only individuals between the ages of 13 and 18 are eligible to compete.
The current regulations estipulate that the program of Gymnasiade is composed of twelve mandatory individual sports with five optional sports (three optional sports, along with two additional, chosen by the organizing committee) . The current obligatory sports are:
archery
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,
athletics,
boxing,
chess,
fencing,
gymnastics,
judo,
karate
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,
swimming,
taekwondo,
tennis, and
wrestling. At the last edition held in 2018, the organizing committee chose as optional sports:
petanque,
road cycling,
surfing
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, and
golf.
The first edition of the Gymnasiade was held in 1974 in
Wiesbaden, Germany and it featured solely gymnastics, athletics and swimming competitions. Since then, numerous editions of Gymnasiade had been held. In 2018,
Morocco staged the event, receiving more than 3000 young athletes representing 58 countries. It was the biggest edition so far and the first ever International Multisport event for youth held in Africa. The 2022 edition took place in May 2022 and was hosted in
Normandy,
France.
Editions
ISF World School Summer Games (Summer High School Games) U18
First held in 1974 the ISF World Gymnasiade is a multi-sport games organised by the International School Sport Federation for athletes in the under 18 age group. The 1974 athletics competition was not included as part of the main event held in Wiesbaden (FRG). The event was originally held every 2 years however after 1990 was only held every 4 years. From 1974 to 2009 only three compulsory sports made part of the event program:
gymnastics,
athletics,
swimming.
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ISF World School Summer Games (Summer High School Games) U15
ISF World School Winter Games (Winter High School Games)
* World School Winter Games consist of:
Sports
Summer sports
Winter sports
See also
*FINA Youth World Swimming Championships
The FINA World Junior Swimming Championships (or "Junior Worlds") is a swimming championship event organized by FINA for girls aged 14–17 and boys aged 15–18 on 31 December of the year of the competition. It is held biennially, and has been hel ...
*Junior World Gymnastics Championships
Junior World Gymnastics Championships refers to a number of different World Championships in four disciplines recognized by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in competitive gymnastics: acrobatic gymnastics, men's and women's artistic gy ...
* SELL Student Games
* Universiade
* Youth Olympic Games
*World Youth Championships in Athletics
The IAAF U18 Championships in Athletics (until 2015 known as IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics) was a global athletics event comprising track and field events for competitors who were 17 or younger (youth = Under-18). The event was orga ...
References
External links
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