02 March 2011

 
Irina Yakovleva is a professional safety certified rhythmic gymnastics coach, with over ten years of teaching experience. She is an ex-competitive award-winning gymnast, who has dedicated herself to her favorite sport for over nine years. Irina came to the US from Ukraine, where rhythmic gymnastics is a very popular and is considered the most preferred sport for girls. She earned her medals in State and National championships, and also participated in multiple concerts and stage performances. Although Irina graduated with MD in Applied Math and Computer Science from National Technical University of Ukraine, she was drawn to coaching rhythmic gymnastics by fate, desire, and passion for this sport. Irina is a USA Gymnastics professional member and head coach of a USA Gymnastics competitive team. Her students have earned awards at Festival Rhythmic Nationals, and at USA Gymnastics State and Regional championships. Besides that, she choreographs for theatrical performances. Irina choreographed dance and gymnastics compositions for theatrical performances “Vesennie potehi”, “Buratino”, “Zimnyaia Skazka” , etc. in Atlanta