Mykola Prostorov (MAG Head Coach, WAG Head Coach, NCCP Level 3 WAG Certified)
What is your gymnastics athlete experience?
- Participant of the USSR Championship
- Champion of Ukraine (team); participated in University Sport contest among the students (1st place team)
- The Ukraine Championship (2nd place team)
How many years have you been coaching?
- 25 years
Please highlight some of your coaching achievements
- Head Coach of Queen City Gymnastics
- Had 2 athletes on Junior National Team in Japan
- Coached at Tsukahara Centre in Tokyo, Japan (5 years)
- Former Head Coach in Ukraine Sports Club
What is your favorite aspect of coaching
- Coaching trampoline and bars
Where is your favorite place to travel and why?
- Switzerland – for the mountains!
What is your gymnastics athlete experience?
- - Artistic gymnastics for 10 years
- Please highlight some of your gymnastics achievements as an athlete
- Participant of the USSR Championship
- Champion of Ukraine (team); participated in University Sport contest among the students (1st place team)
- The Ukraine Championship (2nd place team)
How many years have you been coaching?
- 25 years
Please highlight some of your coaching achievements
- Head Coach of Queen City Gymnastics
- Had 2 athletes on Junior National Team in Japan
- Coached at Tsukahara Centre in Tokyo, Japan (5 years)
- Former Head Coach in Ukraine Sports Club
What is your favorite aspect of coaching
- Coaching trampoline and bars
Where is your favorite place to travel and why?
- Switzerland – for the mountains!
Taylor Elmy (NCCP Level 2 WAG Certified)
What is your gymnastics athlete experience?
Please highlight some of your coaching achievements
- Having an athlete win first all around at provincial championships
- Having athletes move up levels throughout the year.
What is your favorite aspect of coaching?
- Having the athletes gain skills they were previously scared of and watching them grow from that skill
Where is your favorite place to travel and why?
- I have not travelled around much but I hope to go to Las Vegas soon!
What is your gymnastics athlete experience?
- - I did competitive gymnastics for 8 years, ending in Provincial level 3 due to a knee injury. I started at age 7 in pre-competitive gymnastics and trained until 16 years old
- - I competed in Calgary as part of Team Saskatchewan in the Grand Prix program
- How many years have you been coaching?
- - 10years
Please highlight some of your coaching achievements
- Having an athlete win first all around at provincial championships
- Having athletes move up levels throughout the year.
What is your favorite aspect of coaching?
- Having the athletes gain skills they were previously scared of and watching them grow from that skill
Where is your favorite place to travel and why?
- I have not travelled around much but I hope to go to Las Vegas soon!
Olga Roschupkina (NCCP Level 2 certified WAG)
What is your gymnastics athlete experience?
- 8 years on the Ukraine National Team
- Competed internationally
Please highlight some of your gymnastics achievements as an athlete
- Silver medals in the team championships at the European Championships
- Bronze medalist in the team championships at the World Championships, Bronze on Beam Final
- Participated in the 2000 Olympic Summer Games. 6th place in the team championship, 7th place in the all around, 6th place on Uneven bars
How many years have you been coaching?
- Have been coaching for 12 years, starting in 2009 in Canada
Please highlight some of your coaching achievements
- Have been a developmental coach for Womens Artistic Gymnastics
What is your favorite aspect of coaching?
- favorite events to coach are beam and choreography
Where is your favorite place to travel and why?
- Banff because of the mountains!
What is your gymnastics athlete experience?
- 8 years on the Ukraine National Team
- Competed internationally
Please highlight some of your gymnastics achievements as an athlete
- Silver medals in the team championships at the European Championships
- Bronze medalist in the team championships at the World Championships, Bronze on Beam Final
- Participated in the 2000 Olympic Summer Games. 6th place in the team championship, 7th place in the all around, 6th place on Uneven bars
How many years have you been coaching?
- Have been coaching for 12 years, starting in 2009 in Canada
Please highlight some of your coaching achievements
- Have been a developmental coach for Womens Artistic Gymnastics
What is your favorite aspect of coaching?
- favorite events to coach are beam and choreography
Where is your favorite place to travel and why?
- Banff because of the mountains!