Aimee Boorman
American artistic gymnastics coach
James Boorman
(m. 2000)Aimee Boorman (born Aimee Banghart; March 27, 1973) is an American artistic gymnastics coach. She coached 2016 Olympic champion and 2013–2015 world champion Simone Biles. She was the USA women's gymnastics team head coach at the 2016 Rio Olympics. As of 2021[update], she serves as an assistant coach for the Netherlands' women's gymnastic team.[2]
Early life
Aimee Boorman was born and raised by a single mother in the Rogers Park area of Chicago. She began gymnastics classes with the Chicago Park District at age 6.[3] To help earn money at age 13, she started coaching at the Lakeshore Gymnastics Club. She attended Lane Technical High School, which had a strong gymnastics program, where she excelled in floor exercises, winning the city championship in that event as a freshman.[4][3]
She realized she would not become an Olympic gymnast herself, but she considered continuing in the sport as a coach.[4] In college at Northern Illinois University she became a member of the social sorority Delta Phi Epsilon.[5] While at first reluctant to continue coaching and pursue a degree, she missed the sport and took a part-time coaching position. She graduated with a business degree related to sports management in 1995.[6] That same year, when her friend had interviews in Houston, she went along on a whim and lined up interviews for herself. She was offered a coaching job.[4]
Coaching career
Boorman's first coaching job in Texas was at Cypress Academy of Gymnastics located in Houston.[4] Boorman started working at Bannon's Gymnastix in 1996. She began coaching Simone Biles in 2005, when Biles was eight years old.[7] Biles rose to prominence in 2013 after becoming U.S. national champion and world all-around champion in her senior debut.
Boorman was the head coach at Bannon's, where Biles trained under her, until 2014, when they both left.[8][9] She and Biles temporarily trained at AIM Athletics in The Woodlands, Texas, until Biles' parents' new gymnastics facility, World Champions Centre, opened.[10] The facility is located in Spring, Texas, and Boorman was the team manager and head coach.[11]
Boorman was named head coach of the United States women gymnastics team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[12]
Post-Olympics, she left World Champions Centre and took the executive director position at Evo Athletics in Sarasota, FL.[13]
Personal life
Boorman was raised in Chicago and resides in Florida. Boorman married husband James in 2000.[4] Together the couple has three children.[14][4]
References
- ^ "Gymnastics Programs Spring, TX, Dance Lessons & Yoga Classes | World Champions Centre". Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
- ^ "Aimee Boorman, Simone Biles' former coach, joins Dutch gymnastics staff". 9 April 2021.
- ^ a b Tribune, Chicago. "Aimee Boorman, Simone Biles' Chicago-born coach, is gymnastics' 'Ditka'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ a b c d e f Barron, David (2016-07-16). "Aimee Boorman redefines coaching relationship with Simone Biles". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Welcome Member". DPhiE.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Aimee Banghart Boorman". Facebook. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ Park, Alice. "Simone Biles Is Taking Her Sport to New Heights". Time. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ Barron, David (2014-02-27). "World champion gymnast Simone Biles to no longer train at Spring gym - Sports Update". Blog.chron.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ Pang, Becca. "Simone Biles Leaves Bannon's Gymnastix | FloGymnastics". Gymnastike.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Gymnastics Training Center - Gymnastics & Tumbling Classes for Kids". World Champions Centre. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Aimee Boorman | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics names women's gymnastics coaches, team captain for Rio". USA Gymnastics. 2016-07-23. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Biles' longtime coach leaving Houston for Florida". 30 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
- ^ Futterman, Matthew; Radnofsky, Louise (2016-05-10). "Must Elite Kids Outgrow Their Coaches?". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
External links
- Aimee Boorman at World Champion Centre
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