- AAU Junior Olympic Games
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The AAU Junior Olympic Games are the pinnacle competition held annually by the US Amateur Athletic Union.
Contents
Sports currently held
The following is a list of sports that currently take place at the Junior Olympic Games.
- Aquatics - Diving and Swimming
- Athletics Track & Field, Cross Country, and the Multi-Events
- Baseball
- Baton Twirling
- Basketball
- Beach Volleyball
- Bowling
- Cheerleading
- Dance/Drill
- Fencing
- Field Hockey
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Inline Hockey
- Judo
- Jump Rope
- Karate
- Lacrosse
- Power Lifting
- Indoor Soccer
- Softball
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Volleyball
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
Locations
Year Site Sports Athletes 1967 Washington, D.C. 2 523 1968 Knoxville, TN 4 690 1969 San Diego, CA 4 600 1970 Knoxville, TN 5 600 1971 Colorado Springs, CO 6 650 1972 Spokane, WA 6 675 1973 Ann Arbor, MI 6 700 1974 Lincoln, NE 8 1519 1975 Ithaca, NY 8 2095 1976 Memphis, TN 8 2300 1977 Lincoln, NE 7 1700 1978 Lincoln, NE 8 1763 1979 Lincoln, NE 7 2349 1980 Santa Clara, CA 7 2000 1981 Winston-Salem, NC 8 2351 1982 Memphis, TN 13 3229 1983 Notre Dame, IN 15 4829 1984 Jacksonville, FL 15 3460 1985 Iowa City, IA 15 3300 1986 St. Louis, MO 15 4848 1987 Syracuse, NY 14 4159 1988 Lawrence, KS 14 3949 1989 San Antonio, TX 14 5200 1990 St. Petersburg, FL 14 5447 1991 Tallahassee, FL 13 5866 1992 Rochester, MN 14 5937 1993 Knoxville, TN 16 5937 1994 Space Coast, FL 21 8902 1995 Des Moines, IA 27 8734 1996 New Orleans, LA 23 9862 1997 Charlotte, North Carolina 24 12,388 1998 Hampton Roads, VA 24 11,355 1999 Cleveland, OH 26 12,661 2000 Orlando, FL 24 13,227 2001 Hampton Roads, VA 24 13,282 2002 Knoxville, TN 23 13,657 2003 Detroit, MI 21 12,224 2004 Des Moines, IA 23 10,747 2005 New Orleans, LA 25 18,051 2006 Ham, VA 25 13,609 2007 Knoxville, TN 25 TBD 2008 Detroit, MI 25 TBD 2009 Des Moines, IA 25 TBD 2010 Hampton Roads, VA 25 TBD 2011 New Orleans, LA 25 TBD 2012 Houston, TX 25 TBD Dance/Drill Team event categories
- Ballet
- Pointe
- Jazz (dance)
- Lyrical
- Tap
- Novelty
- All Male
- Show Production
- Acrobatic/Dance
- Hip hop/Funk
- Modern/Abstract
- Prop
- High Kick
- Ballroom (DanceSport and Salsa)
- Clogging
Karate event categories
See also
External links
Categories:- Amateur Athletic Union
- Multi-sport events
- 1967 introductions
- Sports competitions in the United States
- Youth sport in the United States
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