Acrobatic Gymnastics in Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

Reviewed profileAchievements, tournaments, coaches and FAQs on this page are compiled by hand from federation, government and press reporting, drawing on Wikipedia — 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023 Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships, Asian Gymnastics Championships, Gymnastics Federation of India, Gymnastics in India, Gymnastics Federation of India (gymfedindia.com), Grokipedia — Gymnastics Federation of India, List of gymnastics competitions, IndiaNetzone — History of the Gymnastics Federation of India, Khelo India — GFI Talent Identification protocol (kheloindia.gov.in). These are not cited to individual documents: we hold no per-claim source for them, so treat dates, counts and career records here as a summary rather than a reference. Sections we hold nothing for are left empty. Sport pages last reviewed as a set: September 2026.

Overview

Origin: Modern
Category: Gymnastics
Olympic discipline: No
Paralympic discipline: No
Central pathway: Federation and state pathway
Athlete profiles on SportSupport: 0

Governance and status

Each field below is shown only where we hold a source for it; anything else reads “Not currently verified” rather than a guess. Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports recognition is granted year by year, so it is only ever shown with the year it applies to. Last reviewed: September 2026.

Indian governing/organising body: GFI
Ministry recognition: Gymnastics Federation of India — Annual recognition renewed by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports — as at 2026Source: Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports — List of recognised National Sports Federations
International federation: Not currently verified
Khelo India inclusion: Not currently verified
TOPS eligibility: Not currently verified
Olympic status: Not on the Olympic programme
Paralympic status: Not a Paralympic discipline

Acrobatic Gymnastics is listed on SportSupport in the gymnastics category. Its recorded origin is Modern. It is not on the Olympic programme. We list GFI as the Indian governing/organising body for the sport.

Acrobatic Gymnastics has a federation and state-level pathway in India, and athletes selected through GFI may be eligible for state sports-quota employment and state cash awards where their state notifies the discipline. TOPS does not apply, as the discipline is outside the Olympic programme.

Scholarships & Funding

Central, state and private scholarships available for acrobatic gymnastics athletes in India.

Khelo India Talent Identification & Development (KITID)
Stipend, boarding, coaching and kit at accredited centres for talent identified through the Khelo India selection process (Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports). Applies only to disciplines on the official Khelo India Games list, and only to athletes it selects.
National Sports Development Fund (NSDF)
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports fund used to sponsor elite athletes' training, foreign coaches and equipment. Allocations are made case by case; we hold no record of NSDF support specific to acrobatic gymnastics.
Pension for Meritorious Sportspersons
Lifetime monthly pension for retired internationals who meet the scheme's medal criteria at Asian, Commonwealth or World Championship level — Government of India. Whether a given acrobatic gymnastics event counts depends on the scheme's notified list.
State sports quota and government employment
Many states reserve government and public-sector posts for national-level medallists. Which acrobatic gymnastics events and which certifying bodies a state accepts varies by state, so check your state's current notification.

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Indian Players

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Rules

Acrobatic gymnastics is a partner discipline: gymnasts compete in pairs and groups rather than on apparatus, performing on a spring floor to music. FIG events cover women's pair, men's pair, mixed pair, women's group (three gymnasts) and men's group (four gymnasts). Partners are divided by role — bases support and throw, tops are lifted and thrown — and routines combine static balance elements, held for a required count, with dynamic elements of throws, catches and salto tempo work. Senior competition contests a balance routine, a dynamic routine and a combined routine, each with time limits. Scoring adds difficulty, execution and artistry components, with deductions for insufficient hold time, broken form, unsteady catches, falls and stepping outside the floor area; partners must also fall within the age and, at some levels, height-difference limits set for the category.

Authoritative rulebook: GFI. Age-group and school-level variations are published by SGFI and the state associations each season.

Positions

Typical roles across gymnastics sports. These are category-level descriptions, not a sourced acrobatic gymnastics squad list.

All-around
Sum of scores across every apparatus for the discipline.
Apparatus finals
Top qualifiers contest the medal on each individual apparatus.
Team
Total team score used at Olympics, Worlds and Asian Games.
Rhythmic & trampoline
Distinct FIG-recognised disciplines with their own apparatus and scoring.

Equipment

Standard kit and infrastructure required to train and compete in acrobatic gymnastics at a federation-recognised event.

FIG-specification spring floor (12m x 12m) with surrounding safety matting
Training aids — spotting rigs, harnesses, foam pits and crash mats for throw progressions
Matching leotards or singlets for pair/group members, gymnastics slippers or bare feet
Gymnastics chalk for grip on hand-to-hand holds
Music playback and FIG-standard judging/scoring setup at sanctioned meets

Governing/organising body

Body listed on SportSupport

Gymnastics Federation of India

Gymnastics Federation of India is the body we list as the Indian governing/organising body for Acrobatic Gymnastics. Its recognition status as we hold it: Annual recognition renewed by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (as at 2026). Recognition is granted year by year, so read the federation profile for the source.

Origin: Modern
Olympic: No
Paralympic: No
Category: Gymnastics

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Major Indian Events

Domestic competitions we hold a source for in acrobatic gymnastics.

National Acrobatics and Tumbling Championship
Run by the Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI, established 17 February 1951, affiliated to the FIG and the Asian Gymnastics Union, with around 28 affiliated state units). GFI staged India's first national championship in acrobatics and trampoline at Hyderabad in October 2002, and added a junior section at the 5th National Acrobatic and Trampoline Championship at Thane in 2008. Acrobatics and Tumbling is now one of GFI's standing national championship categories alongside Senior, Junior and Sub-Junior Artistic and Rhythmic & Aerobic.
Khelo India pathway
GFI's Talent Identification and Development Committee scouts the Senior, Junior and Sub-Junior National Championships, Khelo India Youth Games and School Games Federation of India events to induct gymnasts into the Khelo India Athlete scheme and National Centres of Excellence.

International Events

Continental and world-level competitions we hold a source for in acrobatic gymnastics.

Asian Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships
India's strongest gymnastics discipline by international results. At the 12th edition in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan in September 2022, India finished third in the medal table with five medals — two gold, one silver and two bronze — behind only Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, with golds in the women's pair and women's group. At the 2023 edition in Tashkent, India again placed third with five medals: gold in the women's group, silver in the women's pair, mixed pair and men's group, and bronze in the men's pair.
Earlier Asian results
India's rise is recent. At the 10th edition in Almaty in 2017 India took a single bronze, in the men's group, finishing sixth overall; at the 11th in Tashkent in 2019 India won four bronzes for fifth place.
Olympic status
Acrobatic gymnastics is not an Olympic discipline. Its highest-level multi-sport platform is The World Games, alongside FIG World Championships and World Cup and World Challenge Cup series.

Leagues

No dedicated professional league is currently catalogued for acrobatic gymnastics. The national championship under GFI remains the top domestic competition.

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International Players

Globally recognised acrobatic gymnastics athletes to know outside India.

The international federation for acrobatic gymnastics maintains the current world ranking — check the federation site for the up-to-date top names.

Career Options

Ways to build a career in acrobatic gymnastics — on the field, on the sidelines and behind the scenes.

Acrobatic gymnastics has produced India's most consistent gymnastics medal returns at continental level, and notably India's golds have come in the women's pair and women's group events — a rare instance of Indian women's teams topping an Asian championship podium
The discipline needs partners rather than solo apparatus work, so it develops in clubs and academies that can sustain stable pairs and groups over years, which favours established state units such as Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
Because acrobatic gymnastics is non-Olympic, it falls outside the Target Olympic Podium Scheme, so funding runs mainly through Khelo India induction, state associations and club support rather than elite Olympic pathways
Judging and coaching certification runs through GFI under FIG rules, with national judges' courses held regularly — a realistic post-competition route given the technical demands of scoring pairs and group routines
Indian gymnastics overall remains under-resourced relative to cricket, with limited facilities and public interest, which makes the acrobatic squad's Asian medal record notable rather than routine

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Related academies

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FAQs

Common questions about acrobatic gymnastics in India.

Who governs Acrobatic Gymnastics in India?▾

We list GFI as the Indian governing/organising body for Acrobatic Gymnastics, and state associations affiliated to it run age-group and state-level competition. We hold no current-year Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports recognition record for it, so this is not a statement that it is currently a recognised national sports federation — recognition is granted year by year.

Is Acrobatic Gymnastics an Olympic sport?▾

No, Acrobatic Gymnastics is not on the Olympic programme.

How do I start playing Acrobatic Gymnastics in India?▾

The usual routes are a school team under the School Games Federation of India (SGFI), a college team under the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), or a private academy affiliated to your state association under GFI. Age-group state championships follow from there.

What government schemes support Acrobatic Gymnastics athletes?▾

TOPS does not apply, as Acrobatic Gymnastics is outside the Olympic programme. State-government cash awards or sports-quota employment can apply where a state notifies the discipline, which varies by state. Acrobatic Gymnastics does not appear on the official Khelo India Games discipline list, so we make no Khelo India claim for it.

Acrobatic Gymnastics in every state & UT

Dedicated pages for Acrobatic Gymnastics in each Indian state and Union Territory — academies, schemes, athletes and how to start.