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Get Acro Gymnastics in the Olympics

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We the undersigned campiagn to bring Acro Gymnastics into the 2012 and future Olympic games

On behalf of all U.S.A. Acrobatic Gymnasts, I respectfully request your support to get Acro Gymnastics in the 2012 and future Olympic games. It is our intension to show the International Olympic committee that Acro Gymnastics will prove to be a tremendous asset to the Olympic games.

The United States of America is the proud home of several of the world's best at the discipline of Acro Gymnastics. This sport has grown tremendously worldwide with an estimated 250,000 clubs. Recently, the USA Gymnastics named two time World Acrobatic Gymnastics Champions Shenea Booth and Arthur Davis to the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame recognizing them for their accomplishments and contributions to gymnastics. The U.S.A. is also home to the current World mixed pair silver-medalists Kristin Allen and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif. The 18th International Acrobatic Gymnastics Tournament was held in Vinnitsa(UKR), February23-28, 2009 hosting 20 countries and 300 participants. The Maia International Acro Cup was held March 4-8, 2009 in Maia, with 23 delegations with 203 athletes in participation. In July the USA Gymnastics will host the International Freedom Cup for Acro Gymnastics in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Freedom Cup will feature more than 160 athletes from 12 countries including Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, Russia and the United States in four divisions. The U.S. Junior Olympic Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships will be held in conjunction with the Freedom Cup. These Athletes train between 15 and 30 hours a week, Exhibiting unmatched strength, flexibility and artistry. Acro Gymnastics has proven to be exciting to watch as well unparallel in fan amazement to the skill of the Acrobatic gymnasts. These Athletes have trained along side artistic gymnasts with equal dreams of someday being Olympians. The time has come for the U.S.A. elite Acrobatic Gymnasts to be given the chance to live their dream of being Olympic Champions.


On behalf of all U.S.A. Acrobatic Gymnasts, I respectfully request your support to get Acro Gymnastics in the 2012 and future Olympic games. It is our intension to show the International Olympic committee that Acro Gymnastics will prove to be a tremendous asset to the Olympic games.

The United States of America is the proud home of several of the world's best at the discipline of Acro Gymnastics. This sport has grown tremendously worldwide with an estimated 250,000 clubs. Recently, the USA Gymnastics named two time World Acrobatic Gymnastics Champions Shenea Booth and Arthur Davis to the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame recognizing them for their accomplishments and contributions to gymnastics. The U.S.A. is also home to the current World mixed pair silver-medalists Kristin Allen and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif. The 18th International Acrobatic Gymnastics Tournament was held in Vinnitsa(UKR), February23-28, 2009 hosting 20 countries and 300 participants. The Maia International Acro Cup was held March 4-8, 2009 in Maia, with 23 delegations with 203 athletes in participation. In July the USA Gymnastics will host the International Freedom Cup for Acro Gymnastics in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Freedom Cup will feature more than 160 athletes from 12 countries including Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, Russia and the United States in four divisions. The U.S. Junior Olympic Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships will be held in conjunction with the Freedom Cup. These Athletes train between 15 and 30 hours a week, Exhibiting unmatched strength, flexibility and artistry. Acro Gymnastics has proven to be exciting to watch as well unparallel in fan amazement to the skill of the Acrobatic gymnasts. These Athletes have trained along side artistic gymnasts with equal dreams of someday being Olympians. The time has come for the U.S.A. elite Acrobatic Gymnasts to be given the chance to live their dream of being Olympic Champions.


The United States of America is the proud home of several of the world's best at the discipline of Acro Gymnastics. This sport has grown tremendously worldwide with an estimated 250,000 clubs. Recently, the USA Gymnastics named two time World Acrobatic Gymnastics Champions Shenea Booth and Arthur Davis to the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame recognizing them for their accomplishments and contributions to gymnastics. The U.S.A. is also home to the current World mixed pair silver-medalists Kristin Allen and Michael Rodrigues of Livermore, Calif. The 18th International Acrobatic Gymnastics Tournament was held in Vinnitsa(UKR), February23-28, 2009 hosting 20 countries and 300 participants. The Maia International Acro Cup was held March 4-8, 2009 in Maia, with 23 delegations with 203 athletes in participation. In July the USA Gymnastics will host the International Freedom Cup for Acro Gymnastics in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Freedom Cup will feature more than 160 athletes from 12 countries including Belgium, France, Germany, Portugal, Russia and the United States in four divisions. The U.S. Junior Olympic Acrobatic Gymnastics National Championships will be held in conjunction with the Freedom Cup. These Athletes train between 15 and 30 hours a week, Exhibiting unmatched strength, flexibility and artistry. Acro Gymnastics has proven to be exciting to watch as well unparallel in fan amazement to the skill of the Acrobatic gymnasts. These Athletes have trained along side artistic gymnasts with equal dreams of someday being Olympians. The time has come for the U.S.A. elite Acrobatic Gymnasts to be given the chance to live their dream of being Olympic Champions.

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We signed the "Get Acro Gymnastics in the Olympics" petition!
# 129:
12:35 pm PST, Nov 10, Ellie Pearce, United Kingdom
# 128:
7:02 pm PST, Nov 6, Sherry Fratta, California
# 127:
10:49 am PST, Nov 3, Madilyn WIlkerson, Missouri
Both of my younger sisters compete in Acro Gymnastics. One of my sisters won the gold medal this past summer at the Freedom Cup. Both of them work extremely hard for what they do and I'd love it if there was an opportunity for them to excel significantly in this sport
# 126:
3:21 pm PDT, Oct 22, Clare Baxter, United Kingdom
Having been involved in the sport in the UK for 20 years I am still amazed that it isn't an Olympic sport yet.
# 125:
12:51 pm PDT, Oct 16, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 124:
11:51 am PDT, Oct 15, Dyan Andrews, California
# 123:
7:58 am PDT, Oct 9, Graeme Campbell, California
# 122:
4:58 pm PDT, Oct 4, Elena Silverman, Maryland
Acro is an AMAZING sport and should really be in the olympics it takes a lot of skill, balance, and prosition my little sister who is only 10 years old has been a jonior olympic national champion for 5 years. and when she is old enough i woukld really like to see her compete in the olympics one day and i know she would do anything for that.
# 121:
1:16 pm PDT, Oct 4, Bradley Dickey, Mississippi
# 120:
10:11 am PDT, Sep 20, Rebecca Hamilton, United Kingdom
# 119:
2:53 am PDT, Sep 18, Tyisha Smalls, Georgia
# 118:
3:23 am PDT, Sep 15, Christine Lancaster, United Kingdom
This sport requires immense commitment and support from both gymnast and parents. but it is the most amazing sport to watch and spectacular even for those who know nothing about it. It is popular across the world, and growing more so, and it is time the gymnasts were recognised it for their skills (definite 'wow' factor), professionalism and awe-inspiring entertainment.
# 117:
5:21 pm PDT, Sep 14, Erica Marshall, Maryland
# 116:
3:06 pm PDT, Sep 13, Robert Morris, North Carolina
In the U.S. there are Regionals and Nationals for Acro. There are many International Acro tournaments. This shows that the sport is organized and has a set of rules which is clearly defined world wide. It is a worthy sport, interesting to watch, requires tremendous practice (hard work) and skill to perform.
# 115:
10:56 am PDT, Sep 13, Name not displayed, Georgia
# 114:
10:08 am PDT, Sep 13, Elizabeth Morris, North Carolina
AcroGymnastics is such a beautiful, artistic sport and one that I believe deserves to be put in the Olympics. Athletes work and train very hard to make extremely difficult skills look smooth and easy. It focuses on a team performance (in addition to individual performance), which is a refreshing change from other sports that only focus on one person making an achievement. Actually, I find it more difficult (and at the same time, fulfilling) to get 2, 3, or 4 people to work together to accomplish a goal than with just one. I used to compete myself and I can't say I've ever met anyone who did not enjoy AcroGymnastics.
# 113:
3:48 am PDT, Sep 10, Ilse Carr, South Africa
The degree of technical difficulty warrants the inclusion of Acrobatic Gymnastics to the Olympics.
# 112:
10:42 am PDT, Sep 9, Sienna Sydlaske, California
# 111:
3:21 am PDT, Sep 9, Name not displayed, Netherlands
# 110:
3:40 pm PDT, Sep 8, Daniel Smartt, Australia
# 109:
3:34 pm PDT, Sep 8, Kelsey Irwin, Missouri
# 108:
4:50 am PDT, Aug 31, Ana Martins, Portugal
# 107:
1:49 am PDT, Aug 31, Rita Costa, Portugal
# 106:
6:44 pm PDT, Aug 30, Catarina Rocha, Portugal
# 105:
4:52 pm PDT, Aug 29, Danielle Kelly, Ireland
# 104:
8:52 am PDT, Aug 27, Gene Wallacker, California
My facebook friend is involved in this sport and I'd love to see it in the Olympics to please her.
# 103:
3:25 pm PDT, Aug 25, Krista Courtney, Kansas
# 102:
11:38 am PDT, Aug 25, Victoria Bavier, California
# 101:
9:12 pm PDT, Aug 24, Robert Karapetyan, Armenia
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