Dmitri Poliaroush

Dmitri Vladimir "Dima" Poliaroush (born September 20, 1970) is a Belarusian gymnastics coach and former competitive trampolinist.

[citation needed] He is the only person who has been an active trampolinist and trampoline coach at the Olympic Games.

At the 1990 World Championships in Essen, Germany, Poliaroush won two gold medals (team and synchronized), and silver again in individual, placing second to teammate Alexander Moskalenko.

In 1992, Poliaroush was not able to compete at the World Championships due to political problems within the Soviet Union.

After this competition, Poliaroush retired, but in 1998, when the sport was added to the Olympics, he decided to make a comeback.

At the time, he was already living in the Lafayette, Louisiana, United States where he had started his coaching career.

Preliminary competitions went extremely well, but he made a significant error in the final routine and finished in 5th place.

After a half year of break, Poliaroush decided to continue competing until the 2004 Olympic Games.

They are listed below: His awards include: In 1998, Poliaroush began coaching at Trampoline and Tumbling Express in Lafayette, Louisiana, US.

He began serving the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique on the Trampoline Technical Committee in 2005[3] and has been elected through the 2022-2024 cycle.