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Pilates

Physical fitness system

—country of origin
1918first recorded
—not on the Olympic programme
—disciplines & variants
—international bodies

Pilates is part of gymnastics. Its first record dates to 1918.

Part ofGymnastics
First recorded1918
Invented byJoseph Pilates
Named afterJoseph Pilates
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Pilates
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