Valery Yahchybekov

Associate Coach

Valery was born in Noginsk, Russia.  before joining Gemini Gymnastics, he was the Head Coach of the Lvov Russian Training Centre in Ukraine.  In 1996, Valery immigrated to Canada and joined the Gemini Gymnastics coaching team.  He is a fully certified level 3 NCCP coach and been named the Gymnastics Canada Junior High Performance Coach of the Year award in 2005, 2006 and 2010. At Gemini, Valery coaches the provincial, national and olympic level gymnasts.  His athletes have ranked among the top in the province and across Canada.  Several have been part of Canada’s National Team and have earned scholarships in the United States where they compete for the NCAA.  He was one of the coaches to Kristina Vaculik who was a member of the 2012 Canadian Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Olympic team.