Meet Rita Brown
RITA BROWN, a USA World Team and Olympic Coach, has coached and trained athletes in the 2004, 1996, 1992, and 1988 Olympic Games. Ms. Brown is a graduate of the University of Florida & a certified teacher of physical education. She has been coaching gymnastics for over thirty years.
Under her coaching, over twenty-five gymnasts have qualified to the USA National Teams. Rita is renown for qualifying gymnasts to the Jr. and Sr. Elite Program and for producing high level gymnasts who continue their gymnastics careers on full scholarships. Gymnasts representing Brown’s Gymnastics and the United States have earned over 100 National and International Medals.
- Head Coach of Puerto Rican Cup – Gold Medal Team – 2nd & 3rd All – Around
- 1994 McDonald’s International Mixed Pairs – Jenni Beathard
- Head Coach of Sr. Pan American Games, Valencia, Venezuela
- 1993 Olympic Sports Festival – Mohini Bhardwaj and Lana Apisukh – Silver Team Medalists
- USA Championships – Jenni Beathard, Kourtney Gallivan
- 1993 Level 10 National Champion, Amanda Mitchell
- 1992 Coach of Olympic Bronze Medal Team Member, Wendy Bruce
- 1992 USA Jr. Elite National Champion, Lanna Apisukh
- 1992 Brown’s Gymnastics is the #1 Overall USA combined Competitive Team (ranked at 1992 Buckeye Classic)
- 1992 Member of the Gold Medal Team ― Olympic Sports Festival in Los Angeles, CA
- 1992 Wendy Bruce, Lanna Apisukh Members of the Gold Medal Team ―Olympic Sports Festival
- 1991 Brandy Johnson, 1st All – Around, Molly Shawen, 2nd All – Around
- 1990 Member of the Gold Medal Team ―Puerto Rico Cup‖ & Gold AA
- 1990 USA/GDR Challenge – 1st All – Around Gold Medallist
- USA Challenge – Bronze Medallist
- World Gymnastics Cup in Brussels – Gold Medallist
- Puerto Rico Cup – Gold Medallist
- 1989 World Championships – Stuttgart Coach of Silver Medalist on Vault – Brandy Johnson
- 1989 World Championships Brandy Johnson, 5th All – Around, Wendy Bruce, 10th All – Around
- 1988 Seoul Olympian, Brandy Johnson, 10th AA
- 1986 JO National Champion – Brandy Johnson
Career Highlights
- 2010 – 2007 USA Gymnastics Foundation Board Member
- 2004 Developed Olympic Gymnast – Mohini Bhardwaj USA Team Captain – Silver Medalist
- 2002 Top Turnen Gymnastiekverengiging—Zoetermeer, Netherlands- Coach of Susan Jackson
- 2002 Top Gymnos Charleroi, Belgium – Coach of Susan Jackson 5th AA – 2nd Vault
- 2000 USA Classic and US Nationals – Carly Patterson
- 1997 World Championships (Switzerland) – Coach of Mohini Bhardwaj
- 1996 Olympic Games – Coach of Eileen Diaz (Puerto Rico)
- 1996 Olympic Trials – Coach of USA Mohini Bhardwaj, 10th AA
- 1996 Coach of USA Pacific Alliance Team – Malaysia – Mohini Bhardwaj, 1st AA
- 1996 USA Coach for Stars of 1996 – Moscow
- 1996 USA National Team Coach
- 1995 IBM Olympic Preview – Coach of Mohini Bhardwaj – 1st Gold Medal in Olympic Dome
- 1995 World Championships Trials – Mohini Bhardwaj
- 1995 Hungary International – Jenni Beathard – 1st Uneven Bars
- 1995 China Cup – Coach of Mohini Bhardwaj
- 1995 McDonald’s Mixed Pairs – Mohini Bhardwaj – 3rd AA Mixed Pairs
- 1995 Head Coach – Summer Olympic Festival in Brazil – Gold Medal Team
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