Jackie Fie Archives

   Jackie Fie, President of the FIG/WTC (1992-2004)

 

Archives

  • Original Shorthand Course: 1990-1991

    Ellen Berger, President of the FIG/WTC (1976 – 1992) directed Margo Dietz, Germany, to develop the symbolic script that became the international standard for women’s gymnastics judges.  In 1990-91, a series of films was produced at the Research Institute for Physical Culture and Sport in Leipzig, Germany and used for the training of international judges.

    USA Brevet judge Jackie Fie became the next President of the FIG (1992 – 2004).  When she retired from judging, Madame Fie donated her video collection to NAWGJ for educational and historical purposes, including the shorthand training classes from 1990-91.  The VHS tape collection was digitized and then edited for posting on the NAWGJ website by Cookie Batsche (NAWGJ President 2020–2024).  The original unedited videos are on file with the NAWGJ Historian. Examples used in the shorthand videos were taken from 1981 – 1990 intercontinental and continental competitions. The videos continue to have value, not only for their educational contributions but also for their historical insights into this extraordinary era in women’s gymnastics.

  • New Elements Performed 1993-1999 World Championships The Jackie Fie Archives include several videos that were used to evaluate new elements performed for the first time at the World Gymnastics Championships in 1993, 1994, 1997, and 1999. The videos were edited and catalogued by the NAWGJ History Committee (Gina Fuller, Diane Thompson, Priscilla Hickey) and Cookie Batsche, committee consultant. The original unedited videos are on file with the NAWGJ Historian.
    • Vault: New vaults were performed by gymnasts Evdokimova (Kazakhstan), Servente (Italy), Peneva (Bulgaria), Chorkina (Russia), Phelps (USA), Prudonova (Russia), and others
    • Bars: New bar elements performed by gymnasts (in chronological order): O. Kim (Kazakhstan), Dawes (USA), Pacheco (ESP), Pechstein (SUI), Fabrichnova (Russia), Miller (USA), Shahaf (Israel), Portocarrero (Guatamala), Zaytseva (Kazakhstan), Galloway (Canada), Chorkina (Russia), Mo Huilan (China), Luo Li (China), Fontaine (USA), Chow (USA), Arai (Japan), Gonzalez (Cuba), Produnova (Russia), Wenjing Bi (China), Teslenko (Ukraine), Teza (France), Maloney (USA), Varga (Hungary), Onodi (Hungary), Reeder (United Kingdom), Ling Jie (China), Ray (USA), White (USA), Lucke (Netherlands), and others.
    • Beam: New Beam elements were performed by gymnasts Tousek, Cousineau, Poulin, and Hill (Canada), Borden and Dawes (USA), Kochetkova and Chorkina (Russia), Furnon and Teza (France), Bohmerova and Sekerova (Slovakia), Kewitz (Germany), Dunn (Australia), and others.:
    • Floor: New elements on Floor Exercise were performed by Kerri Strug and Amy Chow (USA), Svetlana Tarasevich (Belarus), Chorkina (Russia), Rivarola (Argentina), and others.:

     

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