What is Wheel gymnastics?
{{main|Gymnastics}} [[File:96-Wheels-Pair.jpg|thumb|left|Wheels-Pair exercise.]]'''Wheel gymnastics''' is a form of [[gymnastics]] which originated in [[Germany]]. Wheel gymnasts do [[exercise]]s in a large wheel known as the ''Rhönrad'', ''gymnastics wheel'', ''gym wheel'', or ''German wheel''. There are three main categories of exercise in wheel gymnasts. They are: ''straight line'', ''spiral'', and ''vault''. ==History== While being a child, Otto Feick, the son of a blacksmith from Reichenbach, [[Germany]], used to roll down a hill in two wagon tires which inspired him later to invent the wheel gymnastics between 1920-1922. The current wheel gymnastics obtained its final shape in 1974 with the introduction of the [[PVC]] coating.<ref>SATUS, WASHINGTON (1996), ''Rhönrad Einmaleins''. Bern: SATUS</ref> Now, it's a competitive sport practiced in [[Belgium]], [[Denmark]], [[Netherlands]], [[Austria]], [[Switzerland]], [[Japan]], and [[United States of America]].<ref>[http://www.rhoenrad.com International Wheel Gymnastic Federation]</ref> {{Commons category}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.usawheelgymnastics.com USA Wheel Gymnastics] * [http://www.rhoenrad.jp Japan Rhoenrad Association] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Gymnastics]]