Tammy Biggs
Tammy has been a member of the women's national team coaching staff since 1986. She spends much of her time traveling around the country, helping to develop future Olympians.
Tammy coached 1988 Olympian Missy Marlowe and was a member of the 1996 Olympic team coaching staff.
She also the co-author to the W300 & W400 courses, and does many educational videos for all levels. She is a Master of Sport for USA Gymnastics, FIG Academy Expert and a Brevet Judge.
Mihai Brestyan
Mihai is a highly revered coach in the US History of Gymnastics:
*2012 London Olympic Coach
*2013 & 2011 USA Coach of the Year
*2011 World Champions Coach in Tokyo
*2008 Beijing Olympic Coach
Mihai & Silvia are co-owners of Brestyan's. Born and educated in Romania, Mihai & Silvia have over 20 years experience coaching gymnasts at the highest level. Both are graduates of Romanian University in Physical Education Sciences with graduate studies in coaching techniques. They are former Romanian and Israeli National team coaches and have developed European & American World champions.
Tammy Salcianu
National Team Staff Member, Owner, Choreographer, and Beam Specialist at Salcianu Elite Gymnastics, Tammy has an incredible reputation of developing Elite Gymnasts. She is USAG Level Skill Evaluator Certified, USAG & Safety Certified, as well as Meet Director Certified. Tammy has operated as an efficient and gracious host for multiple State & Regional Gymnastics Meets. She also hosts Brestyan’s Invitational—one of the largest gymnastics competitions in the country.
Tammy founded Make It Right Gymnastics Camp with her husband Sorin Salcianu as a tool to educate coaches, athletes and parents about the elite world of gymnastics.
Tammy has over 40 years of gymnastics experience and is a quiet force of technique and artistry in every athlete she inspires.
Sorin Salcianu
Co Owner of Salcianu Elite and Founder of Make It Right, Sorin is a lifelong gymnastics professional.
*National Team Coaching Staff
*US and Canadian Teams Coach for the Maccabia Games held in Israel during the summer of 2001.
*Performer in the High Bar/Trapeze Act of Cirque Du Soleil "Mystere" show at Treasure Island for seven years.
*National Team Member for Romania (1985-1988).
Sorin holds a degree from the National Academy of Physical Education & Sports, Bucharest.
Ivan Ivanov
Ivan has been a member of the USAG National Staff since 2005, and is an engaging clinician for Make It Right.
Originally from Bulgaria, he represented the Bulgarian National Team in more than 40 international competitions. He competed at 6 European Championships, 6 World Championships, and the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Ivan has lived in the USA since 1996, and is the Owner of Elite Gymnastics in Massachusetts.
Tom Farden
A dynamic recruiter and a highly skilled coach, Tom oversees University of Utah's bars team and assists with the floor exercise routines.
In his first four seasons at Utah, the bar and floor lineups produced 18 All-America awards, an NCAA silver medalist, six routines in the NCAA individual event finals, five regional champions and four Pac-12 individual titles.
Tom draws from over 20 years of NCAA coaching experience.
*NCAA South Central Regional Coach of the Year in 2008
*Four-time MIC Coach of the Year (2006-09).
Robert Ladanyi
Robert is a 16-year veteran of NCAA women’s gymnastics coaching—Utah Utes, Florida Gators, Denver University, and former coach of the Romanian Junior National Team.
Robert has NCAA Champions and All American Athletes to his credit.
He was an accomplished gymnast himself, training with the Romanian National Team before retiring due to injury at age 19. Robert graduated from the Romanian National School of Coaching with a degree in International High Level Gymnastics.
Dan Baker
Dan holds a B.S., in Physical Education and is a professional clinician traveling to all Olympic Training Center Camps including: Tops, Developmental, and Jr. & Sr. International Camps. He also lectures at all National, Regional, and State Congresses.
Dan is the Owner of Stars Gymnastics Training Center in Texas.
Alicia Sacramone
Alicia is a beloved American Gymnast and an inspiration to up and coming athletes.
*2011 World Team Gold Medalist
*2011 Visa Championships
Gold - Beam
Silver - Vault
*3-time World Champion:
2010 Vault Gold
2007 Team Gold
2005 Floor Gold
*2010 World Team Silver Medalist
*2008 Beijing Olympic Silver Team Medalist
*2008 Visa Championships: Vault Champion, Silver Floor, Bronze Beam
*2007 World Champion Team Gold, Silver Floor, Bronze Vault
Mykayla Skinner
Mykayla is an American Champion, and still very much in the spotlight with her competitive career at the University of Utah.
She was a member of the USA team for the 2016 Summer Olympics, capturing a Gold Medal in Rio, Brazil.
Tasha Schwikert
Tasha is a powerful and inspirational American Gymnast, with a long career in Elite Competition and culminating in Collegiate Gymnastics.
*Two individual all-around NCAA National Champion Titles
*Two Pac-10 All-Around Titles
*UCLA Bruins Team Member
*2000 Olympic Bronze Medalist
*Worlds Team Gold Medalist
*2001 and 2002 U.S. Senior National All-Around Champion
*2005 and 2008 NCAA All-Around National Champion.
Trevor Rubino
Trevor joins Make It Right from Salcianu Elite. He possesses exceptional understanding in beginning to high level Bars and brings that expertise as one of MIR’s premiere coaches and technicians.
Brandon Weder
Brandon is the voice of Make It Right on the training floor, calling out the rotations and keeping general order in the busy days of camp.
USAG and Safety Certified, Brandon has a long history of coaching with Salcianu Elite.
Silvia Brestyan
Silvia is a successful and re-known US National Coach and International Brevet Judge. She has motivated many world class gymnasts to excellence in the highest levels of the sport.
Silvia & Mihai are co-owners of Brestyan's.
Both are graduates of Romanian University in Physical Education Sciences with graduate studies in coaching techniques. They are former Romanian and Israeli National team coaches and have developed European & American World champions.
Arthur Akopyan
Arthur is a USA Gymnastics National Team Coach and a former gymnast on the USSR Olympic Gymnastics Team. He is credited as the first athlete to do a Tsukahara double twist.
Akopyan received three scores of 10 at the 1981 World Championships in Moscow. His competitive career included the 1983 World vault title, in addition to three other World individual medals. Akopyan coached 2012 Olympic champion McKayla Maroney and national team members Mattie Larson and Samantha Shapiro.
.He coaches at All Olympia Gymnastics Center in Los Angeles, California. Akopyan gained recognition in the United States after Bela Karolyi asked him to help gymnast Kim Zmeskal. Within a couple of days, Akopyan was able to help Zmeskal with elements of her compulsory routine that she had been working on for a year.
Ivan Alexov
Ivan is currently on the National Staff for USA Gymnastics and he holds a Master’s Degree in Sports Science from The National Sports Academy of Bulgaria..
As an athlete he represented the Bulgarian National Team in European and World Championships.
Ivan has 20 plus years of coaching experience from Compulsory to Elite levels and 20 consecutive years of attendance to the Junior Olympic National Championships with his gymnasts.
Teodora Ungureanu Cepoi
Teodora Ungureanu Cepoi is a 2001 International Hall of Fame, Romanian gymnast. She has an International Gymnastics Official's Rating, coached athletes to the Olympic Team, and continues to coach high level gymnastics alongside her husband of 29 years Sorin Cepoi.
*1976 Olympics in Montreal
Team Silver
Silver on bars
Bronze on balance beam.
* 1978 World Championships Team Silver Medal
Sorin Cepoi
Sorin is a Romanian born gymnast with a long career in international gymnastics and the circus.
Sorin and his wife Teodora have been married for 29 years and coaching together for 24 years. They bring an excellent worldwide reputation and are considered the foremost Westchester Gymnastics Coaches today with Olympic training, competitive experience and character to consistently develop talented athletes.
Tatiana Perskaia
Tatiana was born in Poltava, Ukraine. In 1970 and 1973 she was the All-Around Champion of the Ukraine and in 1985 her student, Oksana Omelianchik, became the All-Around World Champion.
Tatiana earned the titles of "Distinguished Coach of Ukraine" and "Distinguished Coach of the Soviet Union." Tatiana was hired as the Women's Head Coach at Capital Gymnastics National Training Center in 1992.
She presently coaches levels 7 through Elite. Among her many amazing coaching titles, Tatiana is Head Coach at Capital Gymnastics NTC, an International Brevet Judge and is on the USA Gymnastics Women's National Team Coaching Staff.
Craig Zappa
Craig Zappa is co-owner and director of ENA Paramus. Craig has been involved in gymnastics his entire life in the state of New Jersey. He was a competitive Class I gymnast before he started his coaching career.
With a competitive team that has an established reputation of excellence, ENA is the home of the Record-Breaking 2005 NJ State J.O. Team Champions, 2006 State Team Champions, 2010 and 2011 Level 10 Team Champions In addition, in 2006 Coaches Craig and Jennifer Zappa were named NJ State Compulsory Coaches of the Year and in 2010 ENA's staff won NJ Optional staff of the year.