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He was the first to conduct gymnastics as part of education and the first modern writer and techer of organized gymnastics.
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In the book Gymnatics for Youth, he described the use of sloping, balance, and swinging beam and climbing poles, ladders, and ropes. He wrote gymnastics exercises for girls in 1818.
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He formed a gymnasstics club and encouraged the government to incorporate traing in school.
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He was a great gymnastics leader. He taught hundreds of students who were in a mass floor exercise.
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THis man influenced many teachers including Francis Lieber, Charles Follen, and Charles Black. Jahn invented the horizontal bar, side horses, and vaulting buck.
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He taught gymnastics in Switzerland. He added marching and free exercises to music.
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FIG stands for International Gymnastics Federation. This federation formed in 1881 and pioneered international competitions.
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The first olympic games with gymnastics was this year.
