
Meet The KA Team

Founder & Creative Director
GA Accredited Advanced Coach | FIG Academy Coach
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In August 2025, Alex had the opportunity to establish Kiroi Academy, continuing the legacy of her former club where she had built her the foundation of her successful career.
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​Alex founded Kiroi Academy with a vision to create a lasting, meaningful environment where coaches and gymnasts feel supported, valued, and inspired. Through the Academy, she aims to empower coaches not only in their technical roles but also as mentors, leaders, and innovators in the sport.​

National Program Director
GA Accredited Advanced Silver Coach
​Lena trained as a rhythmic gymnast in Ukraine, achieved "Master of Sport" level and has coached rhythmic gymnastics for the past 20 years. When coaching, Lena utilises her vast knowledge and understanding of body/mind connection, which comes from years of practising and teaching Yoga and Oriental therapies.
Lena has spent 18 years at Glen Iris Gymnastics where her gymnasts have taken part in both local and international competitions and has seen medal results in Victorian Gymnastics Championships, Australian Gymnastics Championships and National Clubs Carnival (including 2 National Champions in 2022).
Lena's goal is to assist her students in improving their confidence and body coordination through rhythmic gymnastics. She believes that children's self-esteem plays an important role in many areas of their lives, including academic performance.

Club Administer and Judge
Accredited Beginner Judge
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Advanced Coach
GA Accredited Advanced Silver Coach
Born in Ukraine, Elena trained in rhythmic gymnastics from early childhood and obtained “Master of Sport” level. She coached rhythmic gymnastics in Iran for 10 years, where she was awarded Best Rhythmic Gymnastics Coach 9 years in a row.
Elena migrated to Australia in 2018, coaching in Perth at RGA for 2 years with gymnasts achieving excellent results at the WA State Championship. After moving to Melbourne in 2020, she continued coaching at Glen Iris Gymnastics with her gymnasts attaining many medals including State Champion and Runner-up in 2023.
Elena is a strong believer that with hard work and enjoyment for the sport, girls can achieve outstanding results.

Advanced Coach
Advanced GA Accredited Coach
Marina began coaching while still competing in 2018 and discovered the love for teaching. Marina has coached both rhythmic gymnastics and ballet for children from 3 years old to teenagers, across 3 clubs in Italy.
Marina believes in managing athletes’ emotional needs through motivational techniques, constant feedback, dialogue, and empathy. She designs her training programs tailored for each athlete’s potential and focused on long-term performance goals.
As a gymnast, Marina has competed in the Serie A Championship, the highest level in Italy, from 2019 to 2021, achieving significant results including Interregional Champion in rope and ribbon (2021), Italian Vice-Champion in the same apparatuses (2021), Interregional Champion in ribbon (2020/2019), and Italian Champion in clubs (2017).
Marina has also had the privilege of participating in masterclasses with Olympic gymnasts, enriching her knowledge and skills to apply to her gymnasts.
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Intermediate Coach
GA Accredited Intermediate Coach
Jett trained and competed as a Rhythmic Gymnast from the ages of 8 to 16. She has trained as a Dancer for over 15 years and competed for 10 years, covering styles such as Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical, Contemporary, Jazz, Broadway, Tap, Musical Theatre and Commercial. She’s undertaken VCE Dance and Exam syllabus’ in RAD (Ballet), BBO (Ballet), SFD (Jazz and Tap) receiving Distinction results across each style.
Jett was accepted into Transit Dance Origins Company (Contemporary) in 2020, Transit Dance Origins Elevate (Performing Arts) in 2022 and 2023; training and performing. Jett also studies Acting and completed a Full-Time Acting course from 2023-2024 and continues classes.
Jett’s favourite part of Gymnastics, Dance and Acting is performance and encourages her gymnasts to be expressive throughout their routines. She also loves to choreograph to different styles of music.
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Intermediate Coach
GA Accredited Intermediate Coach
Alisa brings passion, precision and positivity to every training session. She inspiring gymnasts to challenge themselves while enjoying the beautiful artistry of rhythmic gymnastics.
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Intermediate Coach
GA Accredited Intermediate Coach
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Intermediate Coach
GA Accredited Intermediate Coach
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Intermediate Coach
GA Accredited Intermediate Coach
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Intermediate Coach
GA Accredited Intermediate Coach
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