Head Coach – Heather Chan
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Started rhythmic gymnastics at the age of 9 years old.
US trained by coaches Olga Putsillo, Nataliya Kiriyenko, Irina Khamidullina
Enhanced training at the Russian National Training Center of Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova under Yana Vitalyna Arintseva, Evgenia Nikolaevna Gertsikova, and Elena Yurievna Nefedova
Choreographers for routines were Lana Lashoff and Irina Borisovna Zenovka with an emphasis on musicality and characteristics of artistic dance movements.
Ballet trained in the Vaganova style under Marat Daukayev, Hasmik Amirian, and Eduoard Kouzmitch in Los Angeles as well as under Edward Ellison, Elena Kunikova, Lucy Raianova, and Kenny Larson in New York City.
Highlight of her competitive gymnastics career:
● 7x USA National Team Member
● 2018 USA National Rhythmic Spokesperson of the Year
● 2023 Regional Athlete of the Year
● Team USA Gold Medalist at 2016 Pacific Rim Games, Everett Washington
● Team USA Gold Medalist at 2018 Pacific Rim Games, Medellin, Columbia
● Individual AA Silver Medalist at Pacific Rim Games
● Bronze Medalist in Individual at Sophia World Cup
● The only USA National Member to make all 4 event finals – Silver Medalist in Hoop, Ball, and Clubs
● Silver Medalist in Russia’s International Competition
● Multiple National and International competitions decorative
placement including 1st place in Ribbon at National Challenge
In addition to her rhythmic gymnastics accomplishments, she is a scholarship holder for Kirov Ballet Academy and Bolshoi Ballet. After retiring from competing, Heather has choreographed routines and conducted master classes on technique, dance steps, and apparatus handling. Upon various gym’s requests, she has assisted coaches with creative masteries of apparatuses and evaluated gymnasts on best choreographic style and music.