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Alexandr Balakirev

By admin - Posted on July 29th, 2008
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Elite Level Artistic Gymnastics coach with more than 35 years of International, Regional and State level experience. Ten years of head coaching responsibilities in the United States including curriculum development and club management for competitive and recreational programs.

EDUCATION

1973: B.A. Degree in Physical Education, National Institute of Physical Training of Republic of Kazakhstan

  • 1988 -1990:  USSR National Team Qualification
  • 1987: Massage Certification and member of Faculty Physiotherapy, Medical Institute of Republic of Kazakhstan
  • 1998 - 2010:  National Safety Certification, USA Gymnastics


EXPERIENCE

Valentina Balakireva

By admin - Posted on July 30th, 2008
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 Elite Level Artistic Gymnastics Coach and Choreographer. Renowned success as a coach at the local, state, national and international competitive gymnastics levels. Over 35 years of experience in Russian style coaching and training from beginning skill levels through elite. A coach with a strong emphasis on technique and safety.

EDUCATION

  • 1971 - 1975:  B.A. Degree in Physical Education, National Institute of Physical Training of Republic of Kazakhstan, USSR 
  • 1971 - 1975:  Head Choreographer, National Team Coach, Institute of Physical Education, Republic of Kazakhstan, USSR
  • 1988:  Post Graduate Training, Artistic Gymnastics, Central Sports Training, Unions Club, Moscow, USSR

 

EXPERIENCE 

 

Mariya Balakireva

By admin - Posted on July 30th, 2008
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Pre-School Gymnastics, Tots GymnasticsAs a former Competitive Gymnast, she has translated her experience into a successful coaching career in youth gymnastics. Her focus on coaching has been with pre-school through high school levels of gymnastics.

Her coaching technique is structured in the Russian style with a strong emphasis on solid technique and safety.

Georgiy (Egor) Grebenkov

By admin - Posted on March 7th, 2011
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Egor comes to us from Moscow, Russia. He was an Olympic competitor as well as coach. We are excited to have him among the elite coaching staff at EGA!

Egor’s athletic accomplishments include Russian National Champion 2000-2004, member of 6th Place Team at Olympic Games 2004 in Athens, participant in World Championships 1999 winning the Silver Medal in Men’s Team Finals, Champion of Europe 1996 & 2000 and Champion of World Junior Games 1998, Moscow, to name a few.

Egor was Mila Grebenkova’s coach for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the 2008 Russian Nationals (in which she received the Gold Medal), 2007 & 2008 World Cups and numerous other National and International competitions between 2006-2009. Igor and Mila, now husband and wife, have a beautiful little girl named Elizaveta who makes frequent appearances at the gym.

Egor is also a Master of Sport at the International Level in Artistic Gymnastics, a very prestigious honor. Egor’s other interests include sports, cars and spending time with his daughter.

Lyudmila Grebenkova (Mila).

By admin - Posted on June 19th, 2011
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Mila comes to us from Russia and has an impressive resume. Mila was on the Russian Olympic Team from the late 1990’s to mid-2000’s helping her team to win the Silver Medal at the 2001 World Championships and the Bronze Medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

She was awarded the Olympic Bronze Medal on balance beam in 2004! She also competed for Russia at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing where she competed balance beam. Mila was particularly noted for her work on balance beam where she was a four-time world and European medalist, including being a champion once.

Her balance beam routines were characterized by a wide array of difficult acrobatic skills connected in immediate, unusual sequencing. We are honored to have Mila join the staff at EGA. We are confident she will help us continue to foster and develop high caliber gymnasts!

Program Information

  • Level 4: 8 hours per week
  • Level 5: 12-15 hours per week
  • Level 6 and up: 15-18 hours per week and up