Laurent Landi

Coach

Birthday October 18, 1977

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Antibes, France

Age 46 years old

Nationality France

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1977

Laurent Landi (born 18 October 1977) is a French-American artistic gymnastics coach and retired gymnast.

1994

He placed 12th in the all-around and won the bronze medal on high bar at the 1994 Junior European Championships.

1996

Landi lives in McKinney, Texas, with his wife, Cecile, a gymnastics coach and Olympian (1996), and daughter, Juliette Elvire Landi (born 2007), a competitive diver.

1999

Following his competitive career, in 1999, Landi started coaching at his club in Antibes.

2002

Landi coached there until 2002, when he began working at the French National Gymnastics training center in Marseille, France.

2004

In 2004, he moved to Norman, Oklahoma, with his future wife, Cecile.

In Oklahoma, Landi was a coach at the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy.

2007

Since 2007, he has worked at the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy.

Landi has worked with accomplished gymnasts such as Alyssa Baumann, Madison Kocian, Briley Casanova, Samantha Ogden, and Sophia Lee.

2017

He was formerly a coach at the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy until 2017, when he began working at the World Champions Centre as the Women's Team director as well as serving as the head coach to Simone Biles.

Landi has previously coached 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 the Olympic Antibes Juan-les-Pins Club in Antibes, France.

In 2017, Landi moved from WOGA to the World Champions Centre, where he is currently head coach to Simone Biles.