GK Elite Sportswear
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GK Elite Sportswear is an American manufacturer of uniforms for gymnastics
, dance, and cheerleading
- including leotard
s, warm ups and apparel. GK Elite is also the exclusive supplier of adidas
gymnastics wear worldwide.
Located in Reading, Pennsylvania, Elite Sportswear has been operating and supplying leotards and apparel since 1981. They continue today marketing under the GK moniker.
Their continued support of the Gymnastics community has included supplying Leotards and apparel to the US National Team since 1992 (most recently since 2000 through a licensing agreement with adidas
USA). They also have a long term commitment with USA Gymnastics
as the sole apparel supplier for the Junior Olympics program.
Sponsored Athletes:
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, dance, and cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
- including leotard
Leotard
A leotard is a skin-tight one-piece garment that covers the torso but leaves the legs free. It was made famous by the French acrobatic performer Jules Léotard ....
s, warm ups and apparel. GK Elite is also the exclusive supplier of adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
gymnastics wear worldwide.
Located in Reading, Pennsylvania, Elite Sportswear has been operating and supplying leotards and apparel since 1981. They continue today marketing under the GK moniker.
Their continued support of the Gymnastics community has included supplying Leotards and apparel to the US National Team since 1992 (most recently since 2000 through a licensing agreement with adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
USA). They also have a long term commitment with USA Gymnastics
USA Gymnastics
United States of America Gymnastics or USAG is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. The mission of USA Gymnastics is to encourage participation and the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of gymnastics....
as the sole apparel supplier for the Junior Olympics program.
Sponsored Athletes:
- Nastia LiukinNastia LiukinAnastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin is a Russian-American artistic gymnast. She was the 2008 Olympic individual all-around Champion, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World Champion on the uneven bars...
- Shawn JohnsonShawn JohnsonShawn Machel Johnson is an American artistic gymnast. She was the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and all-around, and floor exercise silver medalist, the 2007 all-around World Champion, and the 2007 and 2008 U.S. all-around champion...
- Chellsie MemmelChellsie MemmelChellsie Marie Memmel is an American gymnast. She is the 2005 World All-Around Champion, making her the third American woman, after Kim Zmeskal and Shannon Miller, to become World Champion in the All-Around. She is also a World Champion on the uneven bars and as part of the U.S. team...
- Jana BiegerJana BiegerJana Lyn Bieger is an American gymnast of German descent. Raised in the U.S. and a citizen, Bieger has competed only for the U.S. At the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she won three silver medals...
- Jonathan HortonJonathan HortonJonathan Alan Horton is an American gymnast. He is the 2008 Olympic silver medalist on high bar and the 2010 Worlds all-around bronze medalist. He is married to Haley DeProspero, former gymnast for the University of Oklahoma....
- Paul HammPaul HammPaul Elbert Hamm is an American artistic gymnast. He is a World Champion gymnast and three-time Olympic medalist. He won the all-around competition at the 2004 Olympic Games.-Career:...
- Morgan HammMorgan HammMorgan Carl Hamm is an American artistic gymnast. He represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the silver medal in the team competition. He was a member of the silver-medal winning team at the 2003 World Artistic...