Alexander Alexandrov with his daughter, Isa, at the statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio. (c) Alexander Alexandrov Russian coach Alexander Alexandrov has been prominent in the sport since 1983, when he came to the public eye as coach of the brilliant Dmitri Bilozerchev. He has over thirty years’ experience of coaching World and Olympic Champions both in the country of his birth and in his adopted home, Houston, USA. In his most recent position as Head Coach of the national women's artistic gymnastics (WAG) team for Russia, he quite simply resurrected his country’s gymnastics programme, re-establishing his team at the very top of the sport. Prior to Alexandrov’s appointment, at the 2008 Olympics, Russian WAG had walked away empty handed, without medals. At last year’s London Olympics, artistic gymnastics was one of Russia’s most successful sports. Alexandrov’s Russia won the most gymnastics medals of any country competing, and his athlete Al...
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Wish her the very best for 2015 and most of all health and happiness :D
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Vika! I look forward to see you competing again! Congratulations and Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Viktoria!
ReplyDeleteHappy B-Day to one of the best gymnasts Russia has produced in recent years. Beauty <3
ReplyDeleteOne of my greatest gymnastics wishes of all is that Vika will win gold in Glasgow and Rio! :)
ReplyDeleteС Днём Рождения Вика!! Eres y siempre serás la mejor!!
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