Aimee Boorman
Aimee Boorman | |
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Born | Aimee Banghart March 27, 1973 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Northern Illinois University (1991-95)[1] |
Occupation | Gymnastics coach |
Known for | Personal coach of Simone Biles |
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.
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.[2] 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.[3][2]
She realized she would not become an Olympic gymnast herself, but she considered continuing in the sport as a coach.[3] In college at Northern Illinois University she became a member of the social sorority Delta Phi Epsilon.[4] 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.[5] 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.[3]
Coaching career[]
Boorman's first coaching job in Texas was at Cypress Academy of Gymnastics located in Houston.[3] Boorman started working at Bannon's Gymnastix in 1996. She began coaching Simone Biles in 2005, when Biles was eight years old.[6] 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.[7][8] She and Biles temporarily trained at AIM Athletics in The Woodlands, Texas, until Biles' parents' new gymnastics facility, World Champions Centre, opened.[9] The facility is located in Spring, Texas, and Boorman was the team manager and head coach.[10]
Boorman was named head coach of the United States women gymnastics team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[11]
Post-Olympics, she left World Champions Centre and took the executive director position at Evo Athletics in Sarasota, FL.[12]
Personal life[]
Boorman was raised in Chicago and resides in Florida. Boorman married husband James in 2000.[3] Together the couple has three children.[13][3]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-12-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ a b Tribune, Chicago. "Aimee Boorman, Simone Biles' Chicago-born coach, is gymnastics' 'Ditka'". 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. 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.
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- ^ "USA Gymnastics names women's gymnastics coaches, team captain for Rio". USA Gymnastics. 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Biles' longtime coach leaving Houston for Florida". 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
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Gymnastics coaches from Illinois
- Sportspeople from Chicago
- Northern Illinois University alumni
- People from Spring, Texas
- American Olympic coaches