World Olympic Gymnastics Academy

WOGA
Sport Gymnastics
Founded 1994
Based in Plano and Frisco, Texas
Owner(s) Yevgeny Marchenko, Valeri Liukin
Members List of WOGA alumnus

The World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) is a two-facility gymnastics club located in Plano and Frisco. WOGA is widely known for its prestige within the U.S. because of the creditable history that they uphold.

The head coaches at WOGA are Valeri Liukin, gold and silver medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games representing the former Soviet Union,[1] Some of the current notable elites are Elizabeth "Lizzy" LeDuc, Katelyn Ohashi, Grace McLaughlin, Briley Casanova, Ivana Hong, Rebecca Bross, as well as Olympic Champions Carly Patterson, Nastia Liukin and Madison Kocian. In addition, Yevgeny Marchenko, a five-time World Champion in Sport Acrobatics[1] and Edouard Iarov, former coach of Valeri Liukin, the USSR and Canadian national teams also trained at the club.[2]

History

Since opening in 1994, WOGA has had a number of successes unprecedented in US gymnastics history, including placing more than 30 National Gymnastics Team members. They are the most decorated gymnastics club in the United States.

In 2003, WOGA gymnasts won 2 individual medals and contributed to the first team gold for the US at the World Championships and 4 individual gold medals at the US National Gymnastics Championships.

In 2004, Carly Patterson became the second American gymnast to become the Women's' Olympic All-Around Gymnastics Champion, and the first American to do so in a non-boycotted Olympics.

In 2005, Nastia Liukin, the daughter of Valeri Liukin, was crowned US National Champion and placed 2nd at the World Championships. She defended her US title in 2006. Then in 2007 finished 3rd and in 2008 finished 2nd. She was also the national bars champion multiple times. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won a gold medal in the women's all-around competition, silver medals in the team, uneven bars, and balance beam competitions, and a bronze medal in the floor exercise competition.

WOGA Classic

WOGA host an annual meet at the Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas, which has competitions from levels 1-10 as well as an International elite competition which has seen competitors such as Laurie Hernandez, Katelyn Ohashi, Madeline Gardiner, Marine Brevet, Mira Boumejmajen and Jordyn Wieber.

Notable Gymnasts and Alumni

References

  1. 1 2 "Meet the Staff". WOGA. Retrieved 21 Jan 2016.
  2. ↑ "Liukin". USAToday.
  3. ↑ Anne From Gymnastike (August 11, 2009). "Briley Casanova Remakes Junior National Team". Gymnastike. Retrieved 2010-01-09. 2009 Visa Championships -- Briley Casanova came into this week's Visa Championships as a current member of the junior team and finished 8th all-around.
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