Young gymnasts from all over Greece and from a total of seven countries will honor with their presence the 1st International Artistic Gymnastics Tournament “Horizon Cup”, which will be held at Mikra National Stadium of Thessaloniki from November 9th to 11th, 2018.

The organizers’ call-to-action was very well received by dozens of gymnastics clubs, which will bring their best to Thessaloniki, in order to live the experience of a top-level international competition especially made for junior gymnasts, for the first time in Greece.

More than 90 athletes, boys aged from 12 to 14 and girls aged from 11 to 13, will attend the event at “Ioannis Melissanidis” Sports Hall, named after the Greek floor exercise champion of the 1996 Olympic Games.

In total, there will be delegations from seven countries: The famous “Nikolai Tolkachev” School from Vladimir, Russia, the Francophone Federation and L’Elan Nivellois from Belgium, GIB Siska from Slovenia, Partizan Kostolac from Serbia, the Federation of Albania, three clubs (Pentadaktylos, Athanasia, Viron Larnaca) from Cyprus plus more than 20 different clubs from Greece, will compete at the 1st “Horizon Cup”.

“Despite being a brand new tournament, the local and international community of gymnastics showed that they are very fond of such ideas. We owe a big ‘thanks’ to the clubs from abroad who shared our vision and registered to this event, but also to the clubs from all over Greece, including Crete, Peloponnese and Attica, who will be there, too. We will do everything possible in order to fulfill the expectations of each delegation, so that ‘Horizon Cup’ will become an established tournament and grow every year”, quoted Dimitrios Giannoulidis, the Technical Director of the competition, who as a gymnast had participated in the 1976 Olympic Games with the team of Czechoslovakia team and in 1978 formed part of the first-ever Greek national team at the World Championships held in Strasbourg, France.

“Horizon Cup” is organized by AESGVE (Athletic Gymnastics Clubs Union of Northern Hellas), with the support of the Hellenic Gymnastics Federation and the Central Macedonia Region.
The event will also be supported by the public TV & Radio network ERT3 and will be held in collaboration with the Organization “Hamogelo – The Smile of The Child” as Social Responsibility Partner.