Kelli Hill

Kelli Hill (born 1960 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American artistic gymnastics coach who coached Olympians Dominique Dawes, Elise Ray, and Courtney Kupets, and Olympic reserves Corrie Lothrop and Kayla DiCello.

[5] She coached Dominique Dawes to three consecutive Olympic games: in Barcelona in 1992, in Atlanta in 1996, and in Sydney in 2000.

In 2000, both Dominique Dawes and teammate Elise Ray competed and won a team bronze medal*.

In 2004, Hill's gymnast Courtney Kupets scored highest in the Olympic trials, and traveled to Athens where she won bronze on uneven bars and contributed scores on bars and floor to the team's 2nd-place finish.

Hill's gymnast Corrie Lothrop was an alternate on the 2008 Olympic team, but did not compete.

She made me focus on the things I had control of and everything else was just put aside in a stack -- everything from how the judges felt about me to the temperature of the gym.

She was very big on instilling that lesson" [7] At the 1993 World Championships, Dominique was in first place in the all-around competition, but slipped on her final vault, bursting into tears.

A famous moment in gymnastics, Kelli encouraged her to be proud of her performance, telling her: "It's okay, you gave it a good shot.