World Olympic Gymnastics Academy
The World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) is a three-facility gymnastics club located in Plano, Frisco, and Dallas, Texas.
The head coaches at WOGA are Valeri Liukin, gold and silver medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games representing the former Soviet Union,[1] and Yevgeny Marchenko, a five-time World Champion in Sport Acrobatics.[1]
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.[2] 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 and 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.
Notable Gymnasts and Alumni
- Nastia Liukin: 2008 Olympics Women's All-Around Champion, 2008 Olympics Balance Beam, Uneven Bars, and Team Silver Medalist, 2008 Olympics Floor Exercise Bronze Medalist, 2007 and 2005 World Balance Beam Champion, 2007 World Team Champion, 2007 and 2006 World Uneven Bars Silver Medalist, 2006 World Team Silver Medalist, 2006 and 2005 US National Gymnastics All-Around Champion, 2005 World Uneven Bars and Balance Beam Champion, 2005 World All-Around Silver Medalist, 2005 World Floor Exercise Silver Medalist, 13-time US National Gymnastics medalist.
- Carly Patterson: 2004 Olympic Gymnastics All-Around Champion, Team & Balance Beam Silver Medalist, 2003 World All-Around Silver Medalist, 2003 World Team Gold Medallist.
- Hollie Vise: 2003 Team & Uneven Bars World Champion
- Ivana Hong: 2007 Team World Champion, 2009 World Bronze Medalist on Balance Beam
- Alyanna Anderson: 2004-2009 All-Around National Champion AA Division
- Rebecca Bross: 2007 Pan American Games Team and Floor Exercise gold medalist, 2009 World Silver and Bronze Medalist, 2010 US National Gymnastics All-Around Champion, 2010 World Team & Balance Beam Silver Medallis, 2010 World All-Around & Uneven Bars Bronze Medallist. 8-time U.S. National Senior Gymnastics medallist.
- Nina Kim: NCAA All American and former National Team member
- Dylan Inserra: 2008-2010 All-Around National Champion, 2009 - 2011 Senior National Team Member, 2010 World Finalist - Acrobatic Gymnastics (partner Axel Osborne)
- Axl Osborne: 2008-2010 All-Around National Champion, 2009 - 2011 Senior National Team Member - 2010 World Finalist - Acrobatic Gymnastics (partner Dylan Inserra)
- Briley Casanova: competed in the 2009 Visa championships and finished 8th all-around.[3]
- Glenn McCuen: 2008 Regional Champion; 2008 Texas State Champion. Now star of Nickelodeon's teen sitcom, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures.
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