Editing Trampolining (section)

===Individual===
[[Image:World trampoline championships 1964.JPEG|thumb|right|Programme cover from first World Championships showing Rob Walker outside Houses of Parliament]]
The first individual trampolining [[competition]]s were held in colleges and schools in the US and then in Europe.  In the early years of competition there was no defined format with performers often completing lengthy routines and even remounting if falling off partway through.<ref name="brentwoodtc.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.brentwoodtc.org/history.htm |title=History of Trampolining |publisher=Brentwood Trampoline Club |access-date=27 October 2014}}</ref> Gradually competitions became more codified such that by the 1950s the 10-bounce routine was the norm thereby paving the way for the first [[Trampoline World Championships|World Championships]] which were organised by [[Ted Blake]] of Nissen and held in London in 1964. The first World Champions were both American, [[Dan Millman]] and Judy Wills Cline. Kurt Baechler of [[Switzerland]] and [[Ted Blake]] of England were the [[Europe]]an pioneers and the first ever televised National Championships were held in England in 1958.

Soon after the first World Championships, an inaugural meeting of prominent trampolinists was held in Frankfurt to explore the formation of an [[International Trampoline Federation]]. In 1965 in [[Twickenham]], the Federation was formally recognised as the International Governing Body for the sport. In 1969, the first European Championship was held in [[Paris]] and Paul Luxon of London was the winner at the age of 18. The ladies winner was Ute Czech from Germany. From that time until 2010, European and World Championships have taken place in alternate years—the European in the odd and the World in the even. Now the World Championships are held annually.

In 1973, [[Ted Blake]] organised the first World Age Group Competition (WAG) in the newly opened [[Picketts Lock]] Sports Centre; these now run alongside the World Championships.  Blake also used the first WAG as an opportunity to organise a World Trampoline Safety Conference which was held in the Bloomsbury Hotel, London, in order to codify safety concerns.<ref name="brentwoodtc.org"/>  There is also a World Cup circuit of international competitions which involves a number of competitions every year. There are also international matches between teams from several countries.

At first the Americans were successful at World Championship level, but soon European competitors began to dominate the sport and for a number of years, athletes from countries that made up the former [[Soviet Union]] have often dominated the sport. Germany and France have been the other strong nations in trampolining and the first four ranking places in World Trampolining used to go to USSR, France, Britain and Germany. In recent years, [[Canada]] has also produced Olympic medalists and World champions due in large part to contributions made to the sport by [[David Ross (trampolinist)|Dave Ross]].  Ross pioneered the sport in Canada almost 30 years ago and has consistently produced Olympic and World Cup athletes and champions. Since trampolining became an Olympic sport, China has also made a very successful effort to develop world-class trampoline gymnasts, their first major success was in the 2007 Men's World Championship and later in both Men's and Women's gold medals and a bronze in the [[2008 Olympic Games]] held in [[Beijing]]. Since then, they have won both World Championships and several Olympic medals.