World Olympic Gymnastics Academy
The World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) is a two-facility gymnastics club located in Frisco and Plano.
| Sport | Gymnastics |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Based in | Frisco, Texas |
| Owner | Yevgeny Marchenko, Valeri Liukin |
In 1994, WOGA was established by Yevgeny Marchenko, a World Sports acrobatic champion who guided Carly Patterson to her gold medal, and Valeri Liukin, an Olympic winner from 1988 who later worked as coordinator for the USA Gymnastics women's national team.
Edouard Larov, a former coach of Liukin and the USSR and Canadian national teams, also trained gymnasts at the club.
In 2003, WOGA gymnasts Patterson and Hollie Vise won two individual medals and contributed to the first team gold for the United States at the World Championships. In 2004, Patterson became the second American gymnast to become the women's Olympic all-around gymnastics champion, and the first American to do so in a non-boycotted Olympics.
WOGA hosts an annual meet at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas, which has competitions from levels 1 to 10 and an international elite competition that has featured competitors such as Mira Boumejmajen, Marine Brevet, Madeline Gardiner, Laurie Hernandez, Katelyn Ohashi, and Jordyn Wieber.