Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)
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Gymnastics
4th of 4 (197.2375)
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Mary Wright Joins Ute Staff As A Volunteer Coach
10/24/2003 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
Oct. 24, 2003
SALT LAKE CITY -
Internationally renowned coach and choreographer Mary Wright has joined the Utah staff as a volunteer coach. A great addition, Wright will handle the choreography of Utah's floor routines. One of the most respected choreographers in the business, she was named USA Choreographer of the Year four times (1981, 1982, 1987, 1990). Also a fine coach, Wright was the 1975 USA Coach of the Year. She is currently owner and head coach of Olympus School of Gymnastics in Salt Lake City, where she has lived since 1989. She was named Utah Coach of the Year in 1998.
The New Zealand native has influenced dozens of national and international gymnasts from her own country and the United States over the past three decades. A member of the U.S. National Team coaching staff from 1982-92 and a National Team consultant from 1980-88, Wright has coached 10 Olympians, 19 National Team members and 17 World Championship competitors. She also coached three Pan American Games gold medalists, four USA international elite champions on floor and three international elite champions on beam. She chaired the Elite Coaches Association from 1990-91.
Prior to moving to Salt Lake City, Wright coached at two prestigious Southern California gymnastics clubs: KIPS (1975-78) and SCATS) 1978-88. In Utah, she coached at Rocky Mountain Gymnastics from 1990-93 before starting her own club, Olympus School of Gymnastics, in 1994.
Wright's influence has actually been felt by the Utah gymnastics program for many years. She mentored former Ute All-Americans Lisa Mitzel at KIPS, Shelly Schaerrer at SCATS and Deidra Graham at Olympus. As the head coach at Olympus Gymnastics, she also tutored current Ute Jacey Draper.
Her expertise has been sought by various gymnastics periodicals and she has published articles in USA Gymnastics, International Gymnastics, World Gymnastics and USA Compulsory Routines.
Wright was raised and educated in New Zealand, where she attended both St. Philomenas College and St. Dominics College. She studied ballet for 10 years under Serge Bousloff and achieved the highest diploma in Russian technique. She also studied gymnastics for 10 years under Rita Marlow and achieved national level status. Prior to moving to the United States in 1976, she was an elite ranked coach and judge in New Zealand.
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