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Claridge International Gymnastics Center is an American artistic gymnastics academy located in the Claridge Athletic Complex (CAC) in Beverly Glen, Los Angeles, California. Opened in May 1980 as Claridge's Gymnastics Academy, the club is widely regarded as one of the two leading gymnastics programs in the world (with the Wymondham International Gymnastics Academy) and has produced a multitude of successful elite gymnasts who have moved onto the World and Olympic level of competition.

Claridge's is also prevalent at the NCAA collegiate level, represented at several Division I institutions; the club has extremely close ties with the two local Los Angeles schools; the University of Southern California (Joan Claridge started the program) and the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition to these, gymnasts have attended schools such as University of Alabama, Stanford University, Louisiana State University, University of Utah and Oregon State University.

1979–1982: Club beginnings
1960 Olympic all-around champion Joan Claridge moved to Los Angeles in the August of 1978 in order to take the Head Coach position at the University of California, Los Angeles for the UCLA Bruins gymnastics program in replacement of two-year head coach, Lee Ann Lobdill (she'd had previous coaching experience at the club level at the Parkettes gym and Karolyi's Gymnastics facility). In June 1979, after first meeting California Angels manger Jim Fregosi at a Californian sports charity event, Claridge started drawing up plans for her own gymnastics facility in the Los Angeles metropolitan area; she searched for accessible land within the city limits to no avail, until she became aware of a possible location in West Hollywood on the renowned Sunset Boulevard. She and Fregosi became romantically involved soon after, and he helped her open the gymnastics facility (the pair had $100,000 to invest) – as well as a $150,000 grant from the City of Los Angeles and a $75,000 loan from USA Gymnastics, who were eager for Claridge to start a gym. After only two months of planning, the facility broke ground on August 31, 1979. Then, after eight months of construction, the gym was finished on May 1, 1980, and opened twenty-three days later.

Initially, Claridge worried that there would be no-one attending the opening of the gym. However, following an article in The Los Angeles Times and promotion from USA Gymnastics; within a week of construction breaking ground, there were around 150 applicants on the waiting list. Then, on the opening day; May 24, 1980, around 300 girls turned up to try the equipment and enroll in classes. Claridge resigned from her head coaching role at UCLA after second season in 1980 to focus her attentions to her gym. At first, teams were composed of recreational gymnasts who'd never tried gymnastics before, but did atttract elite gymnasts Roni Barrios, Trina Tinti and Donna Kemp; as well as Claridge's own daughters, Gemma and Lauren, who were rising talents.

In February 1981, junior elite gymnast Pam Bileck joined Claridge's after leaving Southern California Acro Teams, favouring the coaching techniques of Claridge over her then-current coaches Don Peters and Mary Wright. Shortly afterwards, a month later, Senior elite Kris Montera joined the program also. At the 1981 U.S. National Championships, Bileck finished fourth in the Junior competition; Trina Tinti was seventh in the Senior division, followed by Kris Montera in seventeenth. In the fall of 1981, following the 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, notable elite gymnast Tracee Talavera; who was ranked number one in the country the previous summer, joined the program following her move from the National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics. When it was discovered Talavera had moved to the program, Claridge's began to receive more National exposure and gained new elite gymnasts in its program: Julianne McNamara, Tanya Service, Yumi Mordre, Kathy Budesky, Vikki Miller and Mary Houghton.

1983–88: Olympic successes through turmoil
1983 saw Claridge's gain Kathy Johnson, Marie Roethlisberger, Dawna Wilson, Julie Whitman and Lucy Wener, as well as two international gymnasts Jayne Proctor of Great Britain and Romi Kessler of Switzerland who were training for the 1984 Olympics.

Julianne McNamara, Kathy Johnson, Tracee Talavera and Pam Bileck; two thirds of the delegation, were announced to the team that would represent the United States in women's gymnastics at the 1984 Olympics, in Los Angeles, California. Additionally, Proctor and Kessler also made Olympic teams for their respective nations.

Claridge Academies
In November 2007, Joan Claridge expressed desire to expand the program of Claridge's into a brand, making it a chain of gymnastics academies across the United States and in less developed nations for the sport of gymnastics. In January 2008, the Claridge Group, Inc. bought a plot of land in Brooklyn, New York, in a deal with [someone], to open the first Claridge Academy facility; the Claridge Academy of New York (CANY) – construction broke ground in early February. Later in 2008, in July, the company purchased a second plot in the Dallas metropolitan area that would serve as the location for the second academy, the Claridge Academy of Dallas (CAD).

Current gymnasts

 * Evangelina Cano (2005–present) — Albanian National Team member (2010–present), 5-time World Team member (2011–15)
 * Rhianna Dodsworth (2016–present) — 2016 Olympic all-ariiund champion, 5-time World Team member (2011–15)
 * Gabby Douglas (2010–present; moved from Excalibur) — 2012 Olympic all-around champion, 2-time World Team member (2011, 2015)
 * Daisy Gilbert (2006–present) — U.S. National Team member (2012–present)
 * Melissa Greaves (2014; 2016–present; moved from Wymondham) — British National Team member, 5-time World Team member (2011–15)
 * Felicia Hano (2003–present) — Former U.S. National Team member (2014), committed to the UCLA Bruins
 * Madison Kocian (2015–present; moved from WOGA) — U.S. National Team member (2013, 2015–present)
 * Sophia Umansky (2004–present) — U.S. National Team member (2012–present)

Alumni

 * Farrah Aldjufrie (1996–2006) — 2004 Olympic Team alternate, 2005 World Team member; competed for the USC Trojans from 2007 to 2010.
 * Vanessa Atler (1987–2001) — 2000 Olympic Team member, 1999 World Team member
 * Roni Barrios (1980–82) — U.S. National elite gymnast; competed for the CSUF Titans from 1983 to 1986.
 * Pam Bileck (1981–85) — 1984 Olympic Team member
 * Taylah Cano (2005–2012; moved from Charter Oak) — 2012 Olympian for Albania (first ever), 2-time World Team member (2010–11)
 * Amy Chow
 * Jamie Dantzcher
 * Gemma Claridge (1980–2012; moved from Charter Oak) — 5-time Olympian for the British National Team (American national)
 * Lauren Claridge (1980–2004; moved from Charter Oak) — Olympian for the British National Team (American national)
 * Kaitlyn Clark (2007–2011; moved from Diamond Elite) — Former U.S. elite gymnast (2010–11); competed for the Alabama Crimson Tide from 2012 to 2015
 * Whitney Davis (2004–08; moved from SCEGA) —
 * Sophina DeJesus
 * Julianne McNamara
 * Tracee Talavera

1984 Los Angeles

 * Pam Bileck — representing the United States
 * Romi Kessler — representing Switzerland
 * Kathy Johnson — representing the United States
 * Julianne McNamara — representing the United States
 * Jayne Proctor — representing Great Britain
 * Tracee Talavera — representing the United States

1988 Seoul

 * Monique Allen — representing Australia
 * Lauren Claridge — representing Great Britain
 * Jayne Proctor — representing Great Britain
 * Janine Rankin — representing Canada

1992 Barcelona

 * Gemma Claridge — representing Great Britain
 * Lauren Claridge — representing Great Britain
 * Luisa Portocarrero — representing Guatemala
 * Jayne Proctor — representing Great Britain
 * Kylie Shadbolt — representing Australia
 * Stella Umeh — representing Canada
 * Jennifer Wood — representing Canada

1996 Atlanta

 * Amy Chow — representing the United States
 * Oksana Chusovitina — representing Uzbekistan
 * Gemma Claridge — representing Great Britain
 * Lauren Claridge — representing Great Britain
 * Kourtney Kardashian — representing Armenia
 * Kerry Masters — representing Great Britain
 * Ana Nikolic — representing Serbia

2000 Sydney

 * Amy Chow — representing the United States
 * Gemma Claridge — representing Great Britain
 * Lauren Claridge — representing Great Britain
 * Jamie Dantzscher — representing the United States
 * Khloe Kardashian — representing Armenia
 * Kerry Masters — representing Great Britain
 * Ana Nikolic — representing Serbia
 * Jayne Proctor — representing Great Britain

2004 Athens

 * Farrah Aldjufrie — United States alternate
 * Mohini Bhardwaj — representing the United States
 * Ana Claridge — representing Great Britain
 * Gemma Claridge — representing Great Britain
 * Lauren Claridge — representing Great Britain
 * Brenda Magana — representing Mexico

2008 Beijing

 * Farrah Aldjufrie — representing the United States
 * Ana Claridge — representing Serbia
 * Gemma Claridge — representing Great Britain
 * Whitney Davis — United States alternate
 * Mattie Larson — United States alternate

2012 London

 * Taylah Cano — representing Albania
 * Gemma Claridge — United States alternate
 * Ana Claridge — representing Serbia
 * Gabby Douglas — representing the United States
 * McKayla Maroney — United States alternate
 * Kyla Ross — representing the United States
 * Alexia Umansky — representing the United States
 * Mackenzie Wilson — representing the United States

2016 Rio de Janeiro

 * Evangelina Cano — representing Albania
 * Ana Claridge — representing Serbia
 * Rhianna Dodsworth — representing Great Britain
 * Gabby Douglas — representing the United States
 * Daisy Gilbert — representing the United States
 * Melissa Greaves — representing Great Britain
 * Kendall Jenner — representing Armenia
 * Alexia Umansky — United States alternate

2010s
2015 Norwich
 * Ariana Biermann — United States alternate (Junior)
 * Evangelina Cano — representing Albania
 * Taylah Cano — representing Albania
 * Ana Claridge — representing Serbia
 * Gabby Douglas — representing the United States
 * Daisy Gilbert — representing the United States (Junior)
 * Gigi Hadid — representing Palestine
 * Kendall Jenner — representing Armenia
 * Alexia Umansky — United States alternate
 * Sophia Umansky — representing the United States (Junior)

NCAA representation
Claridge's has been extremely well represented within the NCAA and collegiate gymnastics since its opening. Typically, its become a feeder club for the two local programs, the UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans – both of which are within the city's limits. The gym, located in West Hollywood, is four miles from UCLA and 11 miles away from USC. In addition to the several USC and UCLA commits, gymnasts have earned scholarships all across the country.