Our Coaches

Svetlana (Head of Gymnastics)

Svetlana was born in St Petersburg, Russia. She trained as a gymnast from the age of 5 years old. Svetlana was selected to represent the USSR National Youth team at the age of 14 and moved into the USSR Senior Team at the age of 16. 

She trained as a coach in the USSR and also has extensive experience working as a coach in the UK.

Dalia

Dalia is from Lithuania and is a qualified British Gymnastics Level 4 Senior Coach in Women's Artistic Gymnastics. She has been five times National Champion in this discipline. 

Dalia has been teaching gymnastics in the UK for eleven years. She successfully prepared school teams to compete in Interschool Primary School Competitions. Dalia has a degree in Physical Education and is a qualified PE teacher. She also works as a Pilates Instructor.

Elena

Elena is originally from Romania and holds a Level 4 certificate in Gymnastics Coaching. 

She has worked as a gymnastics coach, both in her home country and in the UK, as well as a kindergarten and school PE teacher.  

Helen

Helen is from London. She is a qualified lead coach and an experienced paramedic. Helen leads LAGAD's Disability Classes.

Helen has a degree in Sports Exercise and Development and has been a Gymnastics coach for over 10 years

Jessica

Marlon

Marlon is from Sri Lanka and is a qualified lead coach. He has taken part in many Junior National and National competitions and holds a British Gymnastics Level 2 qualification.

Marlon worked as a gymnastics coach in several schools and was a freelance coach for 2 years. He also did acrobatics and theatre work.

“It's so rewarding to see even the smallest progression in a child's confidence and ability. No two gymnasts are alike, that's important to remember with the younger age groups. ''

Perdie

Perdie is a former Acrobatic Gymnast from Nottingham. She is an Acrobatic squad coach with over 10 years experience and a former coach at Notts Gymnastics Academy.

Perdie is also a choreographer for National and International clubs and has over 5 years of Tumbling/Pre-school/Cheerleading/Dance and Adult Gymnastics coaching experience. 

Victoria

Victoria is from Brazil and is a qualified British Gymnastics Level 3 lead coach. She competed at state, national and international level in her home country in Artistic, Rhythmic and Aerobic Gymnastics. Her achievements include State Champion in Artistic Gymnastics and 4th place in both the National and Pan American competitions. 

Victoria also worked as a coach in Brazil, leading her team to 2nd place nationally and training two gymnasts to achieve Champion and Second place for three years running. Her coaching focus is to '' give all my new gymnasts the very best they deserve.''