World Gym
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| name = World Gym
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| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| genre = [[Physical fitness|Fitness]]
| foundation = 1977
| founder = [[Joe Gold]]
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| location = [[Dover, New Hampshire]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_6rrmtl |title=T R World Gym, LLC Company Profile |accessdate=2007-09-19 |publisher=Manta }}</ref>
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| parent = [[Planet Fitness]]
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| homepage = http://www.worldgym.com
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'''World Gym''' is an [[United States|American]] chain of [[gym]]s, reportedly the second largest worldwide in 2002 after [[Gold's Gym]].<ref name=Flex>{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KFY/is_1_20/ai_98432739 |title=Good as Gold: touching base with bodybuilding legend Joe Gold |accessdate=2007-09-24 |last=Merritt |first=Greg |month=March |year=2002 |publisher=[[Flex (magazine)|Flex]] }}</ref> Founded in 1977 by [[Joe Gold]] seven years after he sold the Gold's Gym chain, its first location was in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref name=Flex />
The first World Gym [[Franchising|franchise]] was sold in 1981 in [[Mentor, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldgymohio.com/history.htm |title=History |accessdate=2007-09-24 |publisher=World Gym Ohio }}</ref>
[[Planet Fitness]] bought World Gym in 2006 for more than $10 million, with both clubs to serve "different types of health club goers" according to Chris Rondeau, CEO of franchising for World Gym.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fitnessbusinesspro.com/forprofits/planet-world-meeting-vegas/ |title=Planet Fitness, World Gym Owners Meet in Vegas |accessdate=2007-09-24 |last=Goldman |first=Stuart |date=[[2007-09-10]] |publisher=Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro }}</ref>
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==External links==
*[http://www.worldgym.com World Gym] Official website
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