The International Wheel Gymnastics Federation (IRV) is the international governing body for the sports of wheel gymnastics and cyr wheel. It was founded in January 1995 in Basel, Switzerland, and is currently headquartered in Bern.
Members Members include national sports governing bodies representing wheel gymnastics from the following countries:
(since 1995; Gold Member) (since 1995; Gold Member)https://rhoenradswiss.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Ausfuehrungsbestimmungen-2022_RHOeNRADswiss.pdf (page 1) retrieved 24.07.2026 (since 2009; Gold Member) (since 1995; Bronze Member) (since 1995; Bronze Member) (since 2003; Bronze Member) (since 2012; Bronze Member) (since 2011; Bronze Member) (since 1997; Bronze Member) (since 2015; Bronze Member) (since 2024; Bronze Member)
Activities The IRV hosts all major international competitions, including the Team World Championships and the Wheel Gymnastics World Championships. The federation is also responsible for developing code of points rules, competition formats, training programs and training judgeshttps://www.dtb.de/fileadmin/user_upload/dtb.de/2024/Wettkampfsport/Wettkampfsport_im_DTB/Rhoenradturnen/Rhoenrad/Dokumente/Wertungsbestimmungen/Kampfrichterordnung_Rh%C3%B6nradturnen.pdf page 5, retrieved 24.07.2026. Larger projects initiated by member countries are often supported financially. The IRV aims to promote wheel gymnastics and Cyr wheel globally with the long-term goal of becoming an Olympic sport.
Athletes' Commission The purpose of the Athletes' Commission (AC) is to gather and evaluate ideas, interests, and feedback from the wheel gymnastics community (athletes, coaches, judges, etc.) and present them to the IRV. The AC consists of a maximum of two Cyr wheel athletes, two German wheel athletes, and two coaches, elected by athletes and coaches during the World Championships. No more than two individuals from the same country may serve on the commission at the same time. Members serve until the following World Championships.
2024–2026: Simon Rufener, Achim Pitz, Malena Kernacs, Cyrus Luciano 2022–2024: Simon Rufener, Katja Homeyer, Isabel Pietro, Shigeki Kanai 2020–2022: Simon Rufener, Katja Homeyer, Svea Hünnig, Yasuhiko Takahashi, Tammi Livni
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