OLEG KECHKO

•  1991--#1 Ranked Olympic weightlifter in the world, 75kg class

•  1993-Gold Medalist, World Cup

•  1996- 9 th Place , Olympic Games in Atlanta

•  1987-1992-CCCP National Team Representative

•  1992-1996- Belarus National Team Representative

•  2004- Arnold Classic Champion

SASHE KOUROTCHKINE

•  Five time Russian National Champion, 400m

•  Soviet National Team representative, 4 x 400m, and 400m, 12 years

•  Current Russian National Record holder, 4 x 400m Relay

•  Coached Olga Nazarova (see below) to 1992 Olympic Games

•  Coached Lidiaya Vasilevskaya to 1993, 1994 3000M Track & Field National Champion, Russia

OLGA NAZAROVA

•  Gold Medalist, 1988 Olympic Games, Seoul , 4 x 400m

•  Current World Record holder, 4 x 400m Relay Team, CCCP since 1988

•  Bronze Medalist, 1988 Olympic Games, 400m

•  Gold Medalist, 1991 Track and Field World Championships, 4 x 400m Relay

•  Gold Medalist, 1992 Olympic Games, 4 x 400m Relays

TRACY STEINBERG

•  Masters of Education in Kinesiology, UT Austin (3hours remaining)

•  Certified Level 1 Weightlifting Coach by Australian Weightlifting Federation

•  Six years experience in youth athletics

•  Four years training in Olympic Weightlifting, under Oleg Kechko

•  2 nd Place , 2004 Arnold Classic Weightlifting Competition