Laurent Landi
Laurent Landi | |
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Born |
Antibes, France | 18 October 1977
Residence | McKinney, Texas, United States |
Occupation | Gymnastics coach |
Employer | World Champions Centre (2017-present), World Olympic Gymnastics Academy(former) |
Spouse(s) |
Laurent Landi (born 18 October 1977) is a French-American artistic gymnastics coach and retired gymnast. He was formerly a coach at the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy until 2017, when he began working at the World Champions Centre as the Women's Team director as well as serving as the head coach to Simone Biles. [1][2] Landi has previously coached world and Olympic champion Madison Kocian[3] and world champion Alyssa Baumann.[4]
Career
Landi was a member of the French national team in gymnastics. He trained at the Olympic Antibes Juan-les-Pins Club in Antibes, France.[5] He placed 12th in the all-around and won the bronze medal on high bar at the 1994 Junior European Championships.[6]
Coaching career
Following his competitive career, in 1999, Landi started coaching at his club in Antibes. Landi coached there until 2002 when he began working at the French National Gymnastics training center in Marseille, France. In 2004, he moved to Norman, Oklahoma with his future wife, Cecile.[7] In Oklahoma, Landi was a coach at the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy.[5] Since 2007, he has worked at the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy. Landi has worked with such accomplished gymnasts as Alyssa Baumann, Madison Kocian, Briley Casanova, Samantha Ogden, and Sophia Lee. In 2017, Landi moved from WOGA to the World Champions Centre, where he is currently head coach to Simone Biles. [8]
Personal life
Landi lives in McKinney, Texas, with his wife, Cecile, a coach and former elite gymnast, and daughter, Juliette Elvire Landi (born 2007), a competitive gymnast.
References
- ↑ http://www.flogymnastics.com/article/62748-simone-biles-returns-to-gymnastics-training-with-new-coach-laurent-landi#.WeYYPRNSzVo
- ↑ "Coach Laurent Landi :: WOGA Gymnastics". Woga.net. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ↑ "Gymnastics coaches face their own grueling journey to the Olympics". Associated Press. August 14, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Baumann Withdraws From U.S. Olympic Trials". June 30, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- 1 2 "Ces entraîneurs français qui brillent à l'étranger". L'Equipe (in French). August 14, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Gymn Forum: 1994 Jr. European Champs., Men's EF". gymn-forum.net. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ↑ "«Une question d'expérience»". L'Equipe (in French). October 4, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ↑ Pang, Becca (16 October 2017). "Simone Biles Returns To Gymnastics Training With New Coach Laurent Landi". FloGymnastics. Retrieved 29 August 2018.