World Champions Centre
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| Full name | World Champions Centre Elite |
|---|---|
| Nicknames | WCC |
| Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Based in | Spring, Texas |
| Owner | Ron & Nellie Biles |
| Head coach | Patrick Kiens Daymon Jones |
| Manager | Zachary Francis |
| Members | Simone Biles Jordan Chiles Olivia Greaves Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos Zoe Miller Joscelyn Roberson Tiana Sumanasekera |
| Website | worldchampionscentre |
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 features a 29,000-square-foot (2,700 m2) gym floor.[3] The gym opened to the public in May 2016.[4]
Biles International Invitational
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]
