INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 24, 2015 – The 2015 World Trampoline and Tumbling Championships, Nov. 26-29 at the Stadium Arena Fyn in Odense, Denmark, are the first of two opportunities for countries to qualify in trampoline for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Championships also act as the qualifier for the 2017 World Games in Wroclaw, Poland, the equivalent of the Olympic Games for the non-Olympic events of synchronized trampoline, double mini-trampoline and tumbling. The 2015 World Trampoline and Tumbling Age Group Competition will be held in Odense from Dec. 3-6. USA Gymnastics will provide live coverage of the World Championships’ finals on its YouTube channel beginning Friday, Nov. 27, and post stories, photos and videos from every round on its website, usagym.org, and its social media platforms.
2014 World medalist – double mini-trampoline champion Erin Jauch of Crystal Lake, Ill./Fox Valley Tumbling and Trampoline, silver-medalist Austin White of Newport Coast, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics, and bronze-medalist Austin Nacey of Braidwood, Ill./TwistStars Tumbling and Trampoline – and 2015 Pan-American Games trampoline silver-medalist Steven Gluckstein of Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy, headline this year’s U.S. World Trampoline and Tumbling Team.
The top eight men and women, with a maximum of two per country, in the World Championships trampoline rankings will qualify their countries for the 2016 Olympics. Twelve men and 12 women, with a maximum of two per country, will have the opportunity to compete in the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro, next April and vie for five men’s and five women’s spots for the Games. Trampoline’s total athlete field is 16 men and 16 women, with the last few spots allocated for the host country, Tripartite and continental representation. For the World Games, the number of competitors who will qualify is 80: 10 pairs for both men and women in synchronized trampoline; and 10 men and 10 women each for double mini-trampoline and tumbling. The International World Games Association organizes the World Games.
More than 300 athletes from 41 countries are expected to compete in Odense, which has also hosted the 2001 World Championships, 2008 European Championships and World Cups in 2011 and 2013. The trampoline field of 132 men and 87 women is a 30 percent increase from the 2014 Worlds in Daytona Beach, Fla.
The 2015 World Championships’ competition schedule is:
- Nov. 26 – qualification for men’s and women’s trampoline and tumbling (see timing below)
- Nov. 27 – qualification for men’s and women’s double mini-trampoline, synchronized trampoline (see timing below), and team finals for women’s tumbling, men’s double mini-trampoline, and men’s and women’s trampoline at 12 p.m. ET
- Nov. 28 – team finals for women’s double mini-trampoline and men’s tumbling at 9 a.m. ET, and finals for men’s and women’s synchronized trampoline at 11:35 a.m. ET, women’s tumbling at 10:20 a.m. ET, and men’s double mini-trampoline at 10:50 a.m. ET
- Nov. 29 – semifinals (7:30 a.m. ET) and finals (10:25 a.m. ET) for men’s and women’s trampoline, and finals for women’s double-mini and men’s tumbling (9:05 a.m. ET).
The USA’s draw for the qualification round for the World Championships is: men’s trampoline, group 5 (Nov. 26, 8:30 a.m. ET); women’s trampoline, group 5 (Nov. 26, 9:30 a.m. ET); men’s synchronized trampoline, group 2 (Nov. 27, 8:15 a.m. ET); women’s synchro, groups 1 and 2 (Nov. 27, 4 and 4:45 a.m. ET, respectively); men’s tumbling, group 4 (Nov. 26, 12:30 p.m. ET); women’s tumbling, group 3 (Nov. 26, 5:30 a.m. ET); men’s double-mini, group 3 (Nov. 27, 5:30 a.m. ET); and women’s double mini, group 3 (Nov. 27, 9:15 a.m. ET). Odense, Denmark is six hours ahead of Eastern Time.
The members of the 2015 U.S. World Championships Team, by event, are listed below.
Trampoline
- Men
Logan Dooley, Lake Forest, Ill./World Elite Gymnastics
Jeffrey Gluckstein, Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy
Steven Gluckstein, Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Elite Trampoline Academy
Aliaksei Shostak, Lafayette, La./Trampoline and Tumbling Express
Alternate: Neil Gulati, Dana Point, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics
Women
Nicole Ahsinger, Lafayette, La./Trampoline and Tumbling Express
Charlotte Drury, Laguna Niguel, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics
Shaylee Dunavin, Amarillo, Texas/Trampoline and Tumbling Express
Clare Johnson, Huntsville, Ala./The Matrix Gym, Inc.
Alternate: Dakota Earnest, Tokio, Texas/Trampoline and Tumbling Express
Coaches: Tatiana Kovaleva of Elite Trampoline Academy, head; Tara Guidry of Trampoline and Tumbling Express and Robert Null of World Elite Gymnastics
Tumbling
- Men
Brandon Krzynefski, Centreville, Va./Capital Gymnastics National Training Center
Austin Nacey, Braidwood, Ill./TwistStars Tumbling and Trampoline
Alex Renkert, Indianapolis, Ind./Integrity
Garret Waterstradt, Savoy, Ill./Sun Elite Gymnastics
Alternate: Jackson Tyson, Greensboro, N.C./Flip Force Gymnastics
Women
Yuliya Brown, Idaho Falls, Idaho/Idaho Elite Gymnastics
Breanne Millard, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics
Kaylah Whaley, Knoxville, Tenn./Premier Athletics Knoxville North
Coaches: Sergio Galvez of Capital Gymnastics National Training Center, head; Jared Olsen of Idaho Elite Gymnastics, and Amber Van Natta of Integrity, assistants
Double mini-trampoline
- Men
Austin Nacey, Braidwood, Ill./TwistStars Tumbling and Trampoline
Alex Renkert, Indianapolis, Ind./ Integrity
Garret Waterstradt, Savoy, Ill./Sun Elite Gymnastics
Austin White, Newport Coast, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics
Alternate: Casey Chandler, Reno, Nev./Legacy Trampoline and Tumbling
Women
Paige Howard, Mission Viejo, Calif./World Elite Gymnastics
Erin Jauch, Crystal Lake, Ill./Fox Valley Tumbling and Trampoline
Kristle Lowell, Orland Park, Ill./Wight Tumble Academy
Tristan Van Natta, Pendleton, Ind./Integrity
Alternate: Amanda Spitzer, Vista, Calif./So Cal TTC
Coaches: Shawn Moore of TwistStars Tumbling and Trampoline, head; Stacy Jauch of Fox Valley Tumbling and Trampoline, and Amber Van Natta of Integrity, assistants
Ways to follow the action
Coverage of the World Championships will be posted on usagym.org, including stories, photos and video, and on USA Gymnastics’ social media platforms. USA Gymnastics will post every U.S. routine from the qualifying rounds on its YouTube Channel, as well as usagym.org, and will carry live coverage of the final rounds, Nov. 27-29.
The finals schedule for the live webcast is as follows.
Nov. 27
- 6 p.m. DEN/12 p.m. USET – Team finals – women’s tumbling, men’s double mini-trampoline; men’s/women’s trampoline
Nov.28
- 3 p.m. DEN/9 a.m. USET – Team finals – women’s double mini-trampoline, men’s tumbling
- 4:20 p.m. DEN/10:20 a.m. USET – Finals – women’s tumbling
- 4:50 p.m. DEN/10:50 a.m. USET – Finals – men’s double mini-trampoline
- 5:35 p.m. DEN/11:35 a.m. USET – Finals – men’s/women’s synchronized trampoline
Nov. 29
- 1:30 p.m. DEN/5:30 a.m. USET – Semifinals – men’s/women’s trampoline
- 3:05 p.m. DEN/9:05 a.m. USET – Finals – women’s double-mini, men’s tumbling
- 4:25 p.m. DEN/10:25 a.m. USET – Finals – men’s/women’s trampoline
DEN=Odense, Denmark; USET=U.S. Eastern time zone
The International Gymnastics Federation’s website, fig-gymnastics.com, will also have complete coverage, results, etc. The hashtags for social media are: #wch2015 #worldchampionships2015 #trampolin #tumbling #dmt.