Ace Gymnastics Academy Rhythmic Gymnastics Programs
The Sports Complex, 236 California St, El Segundo, CA 90245
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Ace Gymnastics Academy Rhythmic Gymnastics Programs offers rhythmic gymnastics classes that include dance, ballet, expressive movement, flexibility training, and gymnastics with apparatus such as rope, hoop, ball, clubs, and ribbon. Classes include developmental movements, balance and body control, ballet basics, dance movements, acrobatic skills, apparatus handling with rope, hoop, and ball, as well as balances, turns, leaps, jumps, lifts, body waves, dance steps, and full body control. The program also offers aesthetic group gymnastics, intermediate and advanced flexibility and strength sessions with intensive stretching and full body conditioning, and strength and conditioning training for gymnasts, dancers, figure skaters, cheerleaders, and ice skaters, including off-ice training.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: SUMMER CAMP 2026: JULY 6 - AUGUST 7
Ace Gymnastics Academy is the first rhythmic gymnastics school in South Bay, California and is a non-profit organization. It offers competitive options through USA Gymnastics, including Development Program levels 3–8 and Xcel Program levels Bronze–Platinum, as well as aesthetic group gymnastics with national and international group competitions in age ranges beginning at age 8 and continuing through age 30+. International competitions include teams from more than 20 countries, with teams representing the USA and competing around the world. The organization has a scholarship program for young girls from low income families, specialized rhythmic gymnastics training for children with special needs, and offers a free community class.
Ace Gymnastics Academy states that its mission is to change young girls' lives through the sport of rhythmic gymnastics, to increase sport participation by supporting talented and gifted children who are dedicated to the sport, and to provide training and professional instruction, travel, and competition opportunities on the national level. The organization states that it helps young girls from low income families access the sport through its scholarship program and offers specialized rhythmic gymnastics training for children with special needs in order to improve their health-related physical fitness and provide opportunities to compete in official USA Gymnastics settings. It states that it is dedicated to promoting the sport of rhythmic gymnastics in the South Bay and Los Angeles community, to creating well rounded athletes that excel in every aspect of their lives, and to providing a safe, fun, healthy environment where every child is welcomed, and that it stands for inclusion and celebrates differences that make every child unique.
Head coaches are Elena Bokova and Julia Iakovleva. Elena Bokova was an elite competitive gymnast for 10 years in the Olympic Reserve School in Samara, Russia, is a Russian Federation Master-of-Sport gymnast, and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching and Pedagogical Science and a Specialist University degree in Physical Education and Sports. She has more than 25 years of coaching experience in Russia and the USA with students who have competed at the national and international level, is the 2023 Region 2 Coach of the Year, and had a student place in the top 10 Level 6 athletes at the 2023 USA National Development Championships. She is a certified USA Gymnastics competitive coach and a Rhythmic Development Program judge for the 2025–2028 Olympic cycle. Julia Iakovleva was an elite competitive rhythmic gymnast at the national level, is a Russian Federation Master-of-Sport gymnast, and has a Specialist University degree in Physical Education from Moscow University. She was a head coach and rhythmic gymnastics club owner in St. Petersburg, Russia, was ranked among the top rhythmic gymnastics coaches in the St. Petersburg Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics, and prepared multiple Master-of-Sport athletes, including a student who made the Russian National Junior team (group). In the USA, she has worked as a head coach and prepared athletes for FIG Level 10 and Elite (top 24 gymnasts in the country), and one of her students became an Argentina National team member in 2024. She is the 2025 Region 2 Coach of the Year and is a National and DVP judge for the 2025–2028 Olympic cycle.
Ace Gymnastics Academy is a non-profit organization, and rhythmic gymnastics at the program is governed by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and USA Gymnastics Federation. The organization states that it is dedicated to promoting the sport of rhythmic gymnastics in the South Bay and Los Angeles community, and that it helps young girls from low income families access the sport through its scholarship program and offers specialized rhythmic gymnastics training for children with special needs. One parent, Irina V, states that her daughter has been a dedicated member of Ace Gymnastics Academy for five years, describes the coaching staff as outstanding with expertise, dedication, and passion for rhythmic gymnastics, and reports that her daughter’s skills have improved under their guidance and that her daughter has developed a deep love for the sport.
Last updated July 4, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: SUMMER CAMP 2026: JULY 6 - AUGUST 7
Ace Gymnastics Academy is the first rhythmic gymnastics school in South Bay, California and is a non-profit organization. It offers competitive options through USA Gymnastics, including Development Program levels 3–8 and Xcel Program levels Bronze–Platinum, as well as aesthetic group gymnastics with national and international group competitions in age ranges beginning at age 8 and continuing through age 30+. International competitions include teams from more than 20 countries, with teams representing the USA and competing around the world. The organization has a scholarship program for young girls from low income families, specialized rhythmic gymnastics training for children with special needs, and offers a free community class.
Ace Gymnastics Academy states that its mission is to change young girls' lives through the sport of rhythmic gymnastics, to increase sport participation by supporting talented and gifted children who are dedicated to the sport, and to provide training and professional instruction, travel, and competition opportunities on the national level. The organization states that it helps young girls from low income families access the sport through its scholarship program and offers specialized rhythmic gymnastics training for children with special needs in order to improve their health-related physical fitness and provide opportunities to compete in official USA Gymnastics settings. It states that it is dedicated to promoting the sport of rhythmic gymnastics in the South Bay and Los Angeles community, to creating well rounded athletes that excel in every aspect of their lives, and to providing a safe, fun, healthy environment where every child is welcomed, and that it stands for inclusion and celebrates differences that make every child unique.
Head coaches are Elena Bokova and Julia Iakovleva. Elena Bokova was an elite competitive gymnast for 10 years in the Olympic Reserve School in Samara, Russia, is a Russian Federation Master-of-Sport gymnast, and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching and Pedagogical Science and a Specialist University degree in Physical Education and Sports. She has more than 25 years of coaching experience in Russia and the USA with students who have competed at the national and international level, is the 2023 Region 2 Coach of the Year, and had a student place in the top 10 Level 6 athletes at the 2023 USA National Development Championships. She is a certified USA Gymnastics competitive coach and a Rhythmic Development Program judge for the 2025–2028 Olympic cycle. Julia Iakovleva was an elite competitive rhythmic gymnast at the national level, is a Russian Federation Master-of-Sport gymnast, and has a Specialist University degree in Physical Education from Moscow University. She was a head coach and rhythmic gymnastics club owner in St. Petersburg, Russia, was ranked among the top rhythmic gymnastics coaches in the St. Petersburg Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics, and prepared multiple Master-of-Sport athletes, including a student who made the Russian National Junior team (group). In the USA, she has worked as a head coach and prepared athletes for FIG Level 10 and Elite (top 24 gymnasts in the country), and one of her students became an Argentina National team member in 2024. She is the 2025 Region 2 Coach of the Year and is a National and DVP judge for the 2025–2028 Olympic cycle.
Ace Gymnastics Academy is a non-profit organization, and rhythmic gymnastics at the program is governed by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and USA Gymnastics Federation. The organization states that it is dedicated to promoting the sport of rhythmic gymnastics in the South Bay and Los Angeles community, and that it helps young girls from low income families access the sport through its scholarship program and offers specialized rhythmic gymnastics training for children with special needs. One parent, Irina V, states that her daughter has been a dedicated member of Ace Gymnastics Academy for five years, describes the coaching staff as outstanding with expertise, dedication, and passion for rhythmic gymnastics, and reports that her daughter’s skills have improved under their guidance and that her daughter has developed a deep love for the sport.
Last updated July 4, 2026.
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