Full name | World Champions Centre Elite |
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Nicknames | WCC |
Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
Founded | 2014 |
Based in | Spring, Texas |
Owner | Ron & Nellie Biles |
Head coach |
Laurent Landi Cecile Canqueteau-Landi |
Manager | Zachary Francis |
Members |
Simone Biles Jordan Chiles Olivia Greaves Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos Zoe Miller Joscelyn Roberson Tiana Sumanasekera |
World Champions Centre (WCC) is an American artistic gymnastics academy, located in Spring, Texas. It is home to Olympic champion Simone Biles and is owned by her family. [1]
After the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Aimee Boorman, the longtime coach of Simone Biles, was looking to leave Bannon's Gymnastix. As a result, Biles' mother, Nellie, who co-owned a chain of fourteen nursing homes around Texas, suggested that the family build a gym. [2] World Champions Centre originally opened in March 2014 in a temporary center before moving in September to a warehouse. It now[ when?] features a 29,000-square-foot (2,700 m2) gym floor. [3] The gym opened to the public in May 2016. [4]
The inaugural Biles Invitational was held in 2018 at World Champions Centre. [5]
Starting in 2020, the event served as a qualifying meet for the Nastia Liukin Cup. [6]