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Gymnastics Coaches Trivia Quiz

I have all of this useless gymnastics knowledge swirling around my brain. Maybe someone can make something of it. This time around, I give you the gymnast(s) and you give me their coach. Choose the best answer, and good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by SuperRo. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
SuperRo

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
83,440

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
986

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Question 1 of 10

1. Nadia Comaneci and Kim Zmeskal were coached by ___________ ? Hint

Geza Poszar

Mariana Bitang

Octavian Belu

Bela Karolyi

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Question 2 of 10

2. Vanessa Atler and Jamie Dantzscher were coached by ________ ? Hint

Kelli Hill

Bill and Donna Strauss

Mary Lee Tracy

Steve and Beth Rybacki

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Question 3 of 10

3. Elise Ray and Dominique Dawes were trained by ___________ ? Hint

Martha Karolyi

Kelli Hill

Mary Lee Tracy

Donna Strauss

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Question 4 of 10

4. Lavinia Milosovici, Gina Gogean, and Simona Amanar were all trained by _____________ ? Hint

Octavian Belu

Zoltan Papp

Elena Marinescu

Adrian Goreac

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Question 5 of 10

5. Anna Kovalyova, Yelena Grosheva, Yelena Zamolodchikova, and Yelena Produnova were all trained by ___________ ? Hint

Nikolai Liskovich

Valery Kolodinsky

Leonid Arkayev

Yevgeny Maximov

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who were the coaches of Kristen Maloney and Kim Kelly? Hint

Bela Karolyi

Bill and Donna Strauss

Steve and Beth Rybacki

Kelli Hill

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who coached Svetlana Khorkina? Hint

Alexander Alexandroff

Boris Pilkin

Lyubov Miromanova

Vassily Dianierev

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Question 8 of 10

8. Viktoria Karpenko was coached by ____________ ? Hint

Alexander Alexandroff

Oleg Ostapenko

Vassily Dianierev

Mariana Bitang

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Question 9 of 10

9. Shannon Miller, Jennie Thompson, Sunni Meduna, and Marianna Webster were all coached by _____________ ? Hint

Steve and Beth Rybacki

Mary Lee Tracy

Bela Karolyi

Steve Nunno

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was Svetlana Boginskaya's coach? Hint

Vassily Dianierev

Boris Pilkin

Liubov Miromanova

Octavian Belu

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Nadia Comaneci and Kim Zmeskal were coached by ___________ ?

Answer: Bela Karolyi

Other notable Karolyi gymnasts include Teodora Ungureanu, Mary Lou Retton, Phoebe Mills, Kerri Strug, Betty Okino, and Dominique Moceanu. That list could go on for quite a while.

2. Vanessa Atler and Jamie Dantzscher were coached by ________ ?

Answer: Steve and Beth Rybacki

After many years with the Rybackis, Atler later left them and subsequently dropped out of gymnastics altogether. Dantszcher went on to make the 2000 Olympic team and then to collegiate gymnastics at UCLA.

3. Elise Ray and Dominique Dawes were trained by ___________ ?

Answer: Kelli Hill

They were teammates at Hill's Angels. Dominique Dawes was a three-time Olympian (1992, 1996, and 2000). Elise Ray was her Olympic teammate in 2000 and then competed in college gymnastics for the University of Michigan.

4. Lavinia Milosovici, Gina Gogean, and Simona Amanar were all trained by _____________ ?

Answer: Octavian Belu

Belu was the national team coach for Romania, and saw quite a few talented gymnasts. However, he has lamented that the clubs were getting "very few talented girls" and he longed for another Milosovici.

5. Anna Kovalyova, Yelena Grosheva, Yelena Zamolodchikova, and Yelena Produnova were all trained by ___________ ?

Answer: Leonid Arkayev

Arkaev coaches the Russian national team. After their disappointing second-place finish in the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, he was livid when his girls lost the Olympic team title once again in Sydney 2000 - this time to the Romanians.

6. Who were the coaches of Kristen Maloney and Kim Kelly?

Answer: Bill and Donna Strauss

Bill and Donna Strauss head up the Parkettes Club in PA (my home state). They tried unsuccessfully for years to get one of their girls in the Olympics, and came close several times. Their dreams finally came true in 2000 with Kristen Maloney, who is from Penn Argyle, PA.

7. Who coached Svetlana Khorkina?

Answer: Boris Pilkin

Pilkin was the one who went against all of the naysayers that said the young "Svieta" was going to be too tall for gymnastics (she's 5ft 5in) and that it was useless to train her. He worked with and around her height, and in the process they created a new look for gymnastics.

8. Viktoria Karpenko was coached by ____________ ?

Answer: Oleg Ostapenko

Ostapenko believed that Viktoriya was the most talented gymnast he'd ever seen. Unfortunately, she always managed to slip herself right out of big titles such as the Worlds and the Olympics - whether with injury (as in the 1996 Olympic Games) or with a careless mistake (2000 Olympic Games).

9. Shannon Miller, Jennie Thompson, Sunni Meduna, and Marianna Webster were all coached by _____________ ?

Answer: Steve Nunno

Nunno is the only coach that fits all four girls, although Thompson was a Karolyi gymnast as a child. Nunno originally worked as a coach at Karolyi's Gymnastics for nine months and then left, saying that Bela had his ways, and he had his own.

10. Who was Svetlana Boginskaya's coach?

Answer: Liubov Miromanova

Miromanova committed suicide three days after the 1988 Olympics, in which Boginskaya had won four medals. Boginskaya was devastated, but went on to win the World Championships the next year. She dedicated the medal to her coach.

Source: Author SuperRo

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