Gemini Gymnastics programs are led by Head Coach, Elena Davydova, 1980 Olympic All Around Gold Medal Champion. Her achievements as a gymnast, and impact as a coach at Gemini Gymnastics, have been outstanding.

Born in Voronege, Russia, Elena's contributions as an athlete changed the sport of gymnastics forever. She was the first woman to complete a backward giant and a Tkatchev on the uneven bars, a front salto and a side somersault on the balance beam as well as a round-off backhand spring. On vault Elena invented the full twist-on, tucked front somersault off and on floor she was the first to perform a 1 1/2 twist, punch front combination, an Arabian 1 3/4 somersault, and a piked Arabian 1 3/4 somersault. In addition to edging out Nadia Comaneci at the 1980 Olympics for the all around title, she scored a perfect 10 on vault during the Team Competition. She won another Gold Medal at the 1981 World Gymnastics Championships.

Elena retired as an athlete to attend Leningrad University of Physical Education and later received her doctorate in Pedagogical Science at the P.F. Lesgaft State Institute of Athletic Education. Upon graduation, she joined the St. Petersburg Olympic Reserve as a coach for the Soviet National Gymnastics Team, and served as an International Brevet Judge (the highest international level of judging). Elena immigrated to Canada with her family in 1991 and began work at Gemini Gymnastics. In 2005 she achieved the highest score on the Canadian Brevet judging course and in June 2006 she received the FIG Coaching Brevet. As of 2007, she is 1 of only 31 female coaches worldwide to hold this Brevet and the only Olympic AA champion. In May 2007, Elena Davydova was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Elena Davydova and her coaching staff at Gemini have produced champions in all levels of competitive gymnastics including 10 Canadian AA Champions, 6 Elite Canada AA Champions, 10 Eastern Canadian AA Champions and 62 Provincial AA Champions. Other highlights include:

• In 2005 and in 2006, Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique awarded Elena Davydova and long-time associate coach, Valery Yahchybekov, as the Junior High Performance Coaches of the Year
• In 2006 Gemini Gymnastics received the prestigious Gymnastics Canada Ed Brougham Award for Club of the Year.
• In September 2007 two athletes from Gemini, Kristina Vaculik and Rebecca Simbhudas, represented Canada at the World Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
• In April 2008, Elena and Kristina brought home Geminis first gold and silver World Cup trophies.
• In June 2008, Kristina Vaculik was named as the Beijing Olympic Team Reserve Member.
• In September 2008, Gemini Gymnastics was once again recognized by GCG as a Club of Excellence. Gemini has received the award for 8 consecutive years since the inception of the award in 2001.