Kirsti Partanen, former President of the Finnish Gymnastics Federation and FIG Council Member, was named Most Influential Person in Finnish Sports 2011

On January 6, 2012, the Portuguese Gymnastics Federation elected Mr João Paulo Oliveira do Nascimento e da Rocha as its President.

The FIG Academies, a worldwide education programme for coaches in the federation’s six competitive disciplines that was launched in 2002, celebrated the 10th year of its existence in 2011.