Kittia Carpenter

Carpenter is the team director and head coach at Buckeye Gymnastics in Westerville, Ohio, where she has guided numerous U.S. National Team members including gold medal winners at the World Championships, American Cup and Olympic Games. In her thirty years of coaching, Carpenter’s gymnasts have won over 1,000 state, regional, and national titles. As a FIG Brevet Level judge, she has judged at the top elite events in the country including the U.S. Championships and World Team Trials. Carpenter is currently the Region 5 Junior Olympic Chair for USA Gymnastics. She was an elite gymnast herself and attended Arizona State University on a full athletic scholarship.