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Mihai Brestyan (born Mihai Breștian; 10 July 1953 in Timișoara) is a Romanian artistic gymnastics coach and the former head coach of the Australian Gymnastics national team and former USA Gymnastics national team coach. He has coached multiple athletes to elite successes, including Olympic Champion and six-time Olympic Medalist, Aly Raisman, and World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist, Alicia Sacramone. He has coached at multiple world championships as well as the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. In 2017, he was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Independently, Brestyan owns and runs Brestyan's American Gymnastics Club in Burlington, MA.

References

1. Dan Lazar (4 March 2017). "Un fost antrenor de gimnastică al CSM Arad, numit la "cârma" Australiei!" (in Romanian). aradon.ro. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
2. "Mihai Brestyan". Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
3. ^ Greg, Stutchbury. "Australia lure Raisman coach Brestyan to guide national team". Reuters. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
4. ^ "Coaches - Brestyan's American Gymnastics Club". Retrieved 27 January 2017.

External links

• Global Ambassador Mihai Brestyan South African Gymnastics Federation

v t e 2008 USA Olympic Gymnastics Team
Men's artistic gymnastics athletes	Team Alexander Artemev Raj Bhavsar Joseph Hagerty Jonathan Horton Justin Spring Kevin Tan Alternates David Durante
Women's artistic gymnastics athletes	Team Shawn Johnson Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Samantha Peszek Alicia Sacramone Bridget Sloan Alternates Jana Bieger Ivana Hong Corrie Lothrop
Rhythmic gymnastics athletes	DNQ
Trampoline athletes	Individuals Erin Blanchard Chris Estrada Alternates Logan Dooley Alaina Hebert
Coaches	Men's Kevin Mazeika (Head coach) Miles Avery (Asst. coach) Norimasa Iwai Randy Jepson Vitaly Marinich Jon Valdez Mark Williams Women's Liang Chow (Head coach) Márta Károlyi (Asst. coach) Mihai Brestyan Valeri Liukin Andy Memmel Marvin Sharp XueYi Zhao Trampoline Dmitri Poliaroush

v t e 2012 USA Olympic Gymnastics Team
Men's artistic gymnastics athletes	Team Jake Dalton Jonathan Horton Danell Leyva Sam Mikulak John Orozco Alternates Chris Brooks Steven Legendre Alex Naddour
Women's artistic gymnastics athletes	Team (Fierce Five) Gabby Douglas McKayla Maroney Aly Raisman Kyla Ross Jordyn Wieber Alternates Sarah Finnegan Anna Li Elizabeth Price
Rhythmic gymnastics athletes	Individuals Julie Zetlin
Trampoline athletes	Individuals Steven Gluckstein Savannah Vinsant Alternates Logan Dooley Dakota Earnest
Coaches	Men's Kevin Mazeika (Head coach) Tom Meadows (Asst. coach) Yin Alvarez Kurt Golder Vitaly Marinich Mark Williams Women's John Geddert (Head coach) Jenny Zhang (Asst. coach) Artur Akopyan Mihai Brestyan Liang Chow Rhythmic Olga Kutuzova Trampoline Tara Guidry Tatiana Kovaleva

v t e 2016 USA Olympic Gymnastics Team
Men's artistic gymnastics athletes	Team Chris Brooks Jake Dalton Danell Leyva Sam Mikulak Alex Naddour Alternates Akash Modi Donnell Whittenburg
Women's artistic gymnastics athletes	Team (Final Five) Simone Biles Gabby Douglas Laurie Hernandez Madison Kocian Aly Raisman Alternates Ashton Locklear MyKayla Skinner Ragan Smith
Rhythmic gymnastics athletes	Individuals Laura Zeng Alternates Camilla Feeley Group Kiana Eide Alisa Kano Natalie McGiffert Monica Rokhman Kristen Shaldybin Alternates Jennifer Rokhman
Trampoline athletes	Individuals Nicole Ahsinger Logan Dooley Alternates Shaylee Dunavin Steven Gluckstein
Coaches	Men's Mark Williams (Head coach) Yin Alvarez Vitaly Marinich Mike Naddour Andriy Stepanchenko Women's Aimee Boorman (Head coach) Mihai Brestyan Christian Gallardo Maggie Haney Laurent Landi Rhythmic Natasha Kilmouk Trampoline Tara Guidrye Robert Null Dimitri Poliaroush

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