Galina
Marinova, AOGC Director and
Head Coach, is a two-time Olympian. She competed for Bulgaria
and was an all-around finalist in the 1980 and 1984 Olympic
Games. Between 1979 and 1984, she was also an all-around finalist
in several European and World championships and a champion
in several other international competitions. Galina has 16
years of national and international coaching experience and
has coached state, regional and national champions. Galina
was honored by SoCal
Women's Gymnastics (USAG) as 2003
Level 7 and Level 8 Coach of the year. She is also a Certified
Professional Gymnastics Judge. (Click on Galina's picture
for more details and pictures of her in competitive action.)
Toni
Angelova, AOGC Compulsory Team
Head Coach, was a highly regarded competitive gymnast
on the international scene. She competed for Bulgaria in several
international championships including the 1983 and 1987 World
Championships and was a member of the silver-medal-winning
team in the 1986 Goodwill Games. In 1994 Toni received the
national award for exceptional contribution to the development
of gymnastics in Bulgaria from the Bulgarian Gymnastics Federation.
She is a very effective gymnastics coach with 13 years of
coaching experience. (Click on Toni's picture for more details
and pictures of her in competitive action.)
Ivan Ivanov,
AOGC
Compulsory and Optional Coach
Tim
Storms, AOGC Recreational Program
Director, has been coaching gymnastics for 17 years at
all levels, from 18 month-olds to high-level college gymnasts,
and he also is Head Coach of the gold-medal-winning Westside
Special Olympics Team. Tim's encouraging, jovial, upbeat and
patient demeanor and quick smile work wonders with children
of all ages. Tim is also a high-ranking martial artist, movie
choreographer and professional actor, having worked on many
films, including "The Matrix" & "Spiderman
2". (Click on Tim's picture for more details.)
All AOGC coaches
are safety certified by USA Gymnastics.
