THE FIELD HOUSE AT CHELSEA PIERS ANNOUNCES
ARRIVAL OF WORLD-CLASS GYMNASTICS DIRECTOR

The Field House at Chelsea Piers is pleased to welcome Peter Kormann as its new Gymnastics Director. Bringing with him over 30 years of experience within the sport of gymnastics-Collegiate Championships, Olympics medals (as a competitor and as a coach), World and Olympic coaching recognition-Peter ups the bar substantially wherever he goes. We are thrilled to have him join our staff.

Beginning at the late age of 15, Peter started competing as a high school gymnast and found a remarkable amount of success quickly. By age 21, he had won an Olympic medal. When he took that Bronze Medal in the floor exercise at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Peter went into the history books as the first American gymnast since 1932 to win an Olympic medal. Some achievements in his competitive career include two gold medals at the Pan American Games, and the ability to say that he was the only gymnast ever to win both the NCAA Division I and Division II all-around titles in the same year.

When his competitive career came to an end, Peter decided to try his hand at coaching. He spent 8 years coaching men's gymnastics at the United States Naval Academy (1980-1988), 7 years at Ohio State University (1989-1996) where he coached the men's gymnastics team to a NCAA championship title in 1996, and finally took a position as the Men's National Team Coordinator for USA Gymnastics (1996-2000). In November of 1999, Peter was named Head Coach of the 2000 Olympic Games U.S. Gymnastics Team, a job he also filled at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

With Peter Kormann at the Field House at Chelsea Piers, it's certain that gymnastics in New York City will never be the same.