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Cleo Washington

Cleo Washington

Mentor

Santa Clara - CA
Cleo has over 20 years of coaching experience, spanning from east to west coast. Cleo has been the head coach at Airborne Gymnastics in California for the past 4 years, where she proudly boasts an all female Optional Team staff, helping to foster a thriving team program and contribute to an already strong Airborne legacy. Cleo believes in coaching excellent, technical gymnastics through compassion, positivity, and love for the sport.

Current USA National Team Coach. Cleo has had the privilege to coach:

* Nola Matthews— National Team Member 2021-2023; 2023 Pan American Championships Team Gold Medal and UB Gold Medalist; 2023 DTB Pokal Team Gold Medal; 2022 DTB Pokal Team Gold Medal, UB Bronze Medalist

* Tyler Turner— 2021 Hopes Championships AA Silver Medalist, BB and FX Gold Medalist

* Kaliya Lincoln— National Team Member 2020; 2020 Gymnix Team Gold Medal

* Rafaela O’Neill— 2019 Hopes AA Champion

* Morgan Hurd— National Team Member 2016-2019; 2017 Stuttgart World Cup AA Bronze Medalist; 2017 World AA Champion, 2017 World BB Silver Medalist; 2018 American Cup AA Champion; 2019 World Team Gold Medal; 2018 World AA Bronze Medalist; 2018 World FX Silver Medalist; 2018 Pacific Rim Championships Team Gold Medal, AA Silver Medalist; 2019 Tokyo World Cup AA Champion

* Assistant Coach to Team USA at the 2023 Pan American Championships.
* Has participated in the Developmental and NT Camp system since 2012.
* Delaware State Administrative Chair and Region 7 Board Member for USA Gymnastics for 10 years.
* Developmental Program National Championship Titles, Nastia Liukin Cup Qualifiers, and TOPs National Team Members.
* Has had numerous athletes earn full-ride scholarships at the Division 1 level of NCAA Gymnastics.