European Gymnastics is one of five continental unions that represents the interests of Europe in the International Gymnastics Federation. It was formed on 27 March 1982 as the European Union of Gymnastics and adopted its current name on 1 April 2020.

The International Gymnastics Federation is the body governing competition in all disciplines of gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on 23 July 1881 in Liège, Belgium, making it the world's oldest existing international sports organisation. Originally called the European Federation of Gymnastics, it had three member countries—Belgium, France and the Netherlands—until 1921, when non-European countries were admitted and it received its current name.