ORLANDO GYMNASTICS - Key Persons
Anthony was born in Jersey City, NJ where he spent most of his childhood. At 10 years old his family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. While in school Anthony played football. He also was training for boxing and MMA fighting. Shortly after graduating high school his family moved to Florida where he got his first coaching job.
Anthony comes to us with 5 years of previous team coaching experience. He was the head Xcel coach at his previous gym. While there he coached many state and regional qualifiers. Anthony's favorite event to coach is bars, which use to be his least favorite. Because it was his favorite he worked hard to understand how to teach bars skills. Now that he has learned more about bars it quickly became his favorite. He loves to see his gymnasts happiness when they learn new skills. For Anthony it isn't just about learning gymnastics skills though, he also enjoys when his athletes learn new life lessons, like over coming fears and how to adapt to tough situations. Anthony looks forward to bringing his coaching expertise to Orlando Gymnastics to help all of our athletes become better gymnasts.
In his free time he likes to spend time with his family and pets. He also enjoys working out and researching new skills and drills to become a better coach.
Job Titles:
- Program Director
- Program Director and Head Coach
Caitlin brings over 30 years of gymnastics experience to Orlando Gymnastics.
Beginning gymnastics at the age of 3, she became competitive by the age of 5. Caitlin continued her competitive gymnastics career until college having to turn toward coaching due to an injury. In her gymnastics career, she won State and Regional titles as a Level 10 gymnast, competed in the Junior Olympic Nationals multiple times, participated in international competitions including the German National Championships and the Zoetermeer Gymnastics Cup in Holland.
As a coach for over 20 years, Caitlin has taught recreational gymnastics at all levels, team gymnastics Levels 2-10, and has handled choreography for gymnastics and dance shows. Some of her accomplishments as a coach include team titles at Gasparilla Classic, State Championships for girls Level 4, 5, and 7, Regional event Champions through Level 9, and producing National Level 10 Qualifiers. She is trained as a Women's Artistic National Coach through USA Gymnastics.
In her last position, Caitlin was the Program Director of a gymnastics and fitness facility of over 700 members located in Boston, MA. For 5 years, she managed, coached gymnastics, and worked as a personal trainer and a nutritional counselor. Caitlin's been at OG for over 9 years now and is committed to its continued growth and the happiness of all of her athletes. She's thrilled to continue building the OG family.
Education Certifications:
M.S., Sports Psychology, University of Florida USA Gymnastics Safety
B.S., Psychology, University of Florida CPR and First Aid
NASM Personal Training
Job Titles:
- Assistant
- Program Director
Coach Jacquelin was born in Colombia, she lived there until she was 14 years old, and moved to the U.S in her late teens. She did gymnastics when she was little and also was part of dance team when she was in high school. Jaquelin served in the U.S Navy for four years as an aviation structural mechanic and graduated from UCF with a B.S in Kinesiology. She hopes to become a physical therapist assistant and later in life be a physical therapist herself.
Coach Jacquelin grew up with an older sister and has three 3 dogs; Momo, Rosie, and Arequipe. In her free time, she enjoys ice skating, pottery, and watching movies to relax. She also volunteers part time at a pediatrics physical therapy clinic to aid in her career goals.
Job Titles:
- Team Coordinator / Management
Coach Kristy was born and raised here in sunny Orlando, FL. She has been a gymnast since the age of 8 and competed through level 10 until she tore her ACL. After recovering, she came back and competed one more year at the age of 24 before retiring from gymnastics. She found her passion for coaching through her own experiences and hopes to inspire, lead, and motivated gymnasts to be the best they can be.
Coach Kristy has been coaching since she was 15 and coached from preschool to level 10 team gymnasts. She enjoys coaching beam the most because it was the most challenging to her as a gymnast and really enjoys helping gymnasts work through the mental aspect of it.
On top of being a coach and a mom of two, Coach Kristy has also graduated from The University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's Degree in Health Sciences. She is also a certified Florida teacher, realtor and gymnastics judge. In her spare time, she loves to do anything outdoors, such as bike rides and going to the beach.