Laurent Landi
| Laurent Landi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 October 1977 Antibes, France |
| Residence | McKinney, Texas, United States |
| Occupation | Gymnastics coach |
| Employer | World Champions Centre(2017-present), World Olympic Gymnastics Academy(former) |
| Spouse(s) | Cecile Canqueteau-Landi (m. 2005) |
Laurent Landi (born 18 October 1977) is a French-American artistic gymnastics coach and retired gymnast. He was formerly a coach at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy until 2017 when he began working at World Champions Centre as the Women's Team director as well as the head coach to Simone Biles. He coached of world and Olympic champion Madison Kocian and world champion Alyssa Baumann.
Landi was a member of the French national team in gymnastics. He trained at Olympic Antibes Juan-les-Pins Club in Antibes, France. He was 12th all-around and won the bronze medal on high bar at the 1994 Junior European Championships.
Following his competitive career, in 1999, Landi started coaching at his club in Antibes. Landi coached there until 2002 when he worked at the French National Gymnastics training center in Marseille, France. After, in 2004, he moved to Norman, Oklahoma with future wife, Cecile. In Oklahoma, Landi was a coach at Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy. Since 2007, he has worked at World Olympic Gymnastics Academy and has worked with Alyssa Baumann, Madison Kocian, Briley Casanova, Samantha Ogden, and Sophia Lee in the past. In 2017 it was announced that Landi and his wife would move from WOGA to World Champions Centre where he would serve as head coach to Simone Biles in her comeback to gymnastics.
Landi lives in McKinney, Texas, with his wife, and daughter, Juliette Elvire Landi (born 2007), a competitive gymnast.
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