This profile was last updated: 24.09.10
Valentin Uzunov
Current gymnastics involvement: Head Men's coach at JETS Gymnastics, Rochester MN.
Career Achievements
2005 - Level 4 Boys NZ National Championships
Coach of 2nd place NZ National Championships (Coach of 3 out of 4 team members)
2005 - 08 - Awarded Coaching Excellence award from GymSports New Zealand for exceptional performance of personal gymnast at NZ Jnr Nationals
2009 - Coach of Minnesota Level 8 All Around State Champion, and State Champion on Rings and Floor
Coach of Minnesota Level 8 Vault State Champion
Coach of Level 6 3rd AA finisher at Minnesota State Championships
Qualifications
GymSport NZ Level 3 MAG & WAG Senior Coach Accreditation
Bachelor in Health Science from Massey University 2007
- Major in Exercise Science
GymSports NZ Level 2B WAG Judge
GymSports NZ Level 2 MAG Judge
Biography
My name is Valentin Uzunov. I have been coaching boys and girl competitive gymnastics since 2002. My coaching career started in New Zealand, where i gained most of my formal coach education thought the Gym Sports New Zealand coach education program, reaching a Level 3 accreditation.
Very soon into my coaching career i found that coach education was very limited in New Zealand and so i found ways of networking with coaches, fans, gymnast through the intenet to try and learn more about the sport and coaching. Soon after i started this site to encourage and catalogue all available gymnastics research and coaching materials.
In 2009 i moved to the USA as another stepping stone in my gymnastics career, and i am not coaching boys gymnastics at JETS Gymnastics.