World Olympic Gymnastics Academy

The World Olympic Gymnastics Academy, or "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 medallist at the 1988 Olympic Games representing the former Soviet Union, and Yevgeny Marchenko, a five time World Champion in Sport Acrobatics. [http://woga.net/staff.htm]

History

Since opening in 1999, WOGA has had a number of successes unprecedented in US gymnastics history, including placing more than 30 National Gymnastics Team members. [http://www.woga.net/accomplishments.htm]

In 2003, WOGA gymnasts won 3 individual gold medals 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 Womens' 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. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won the Women's All-Around Gymnastics gold medal, also earning silver medals in the all-around team competition, the uneven bars final, and the balance beam final, as well a bronze medal in the floor exercise final.

Notable Gymnasts and Alumni

* Carly Patterson, 2004 Olympic Gymnastics All-Around Champion
* Hollie Vise, 2003 Uneven Bars World Champion
* Nastia Liukin, 2008 Olympic Gymnastics All-Around Champion, 2006 and 2005 US National Gymnastics All-Around Champion, 2005 2nd World All-Around, 9 Time World Medalist

References

External links

* [http://www.woga.net WOGA Home Page]