In 1994, WOGA was established by Yevgeny Marchenko, a World Sports acrobatic champion who guided Carly Patterson to her gold medal, and Valeri Liukin, a Soviet Olympic winner from 1988 who later worked as coordinator for the USA Gymnastics women's national team.

[4] In 2003, WOGA gymnasts Patterson and Hollie Vise won two individual medals and contributed to the first team gold for the United States at the World Championships.

[12] Additionally WOGA is home to seven world champions: Patterson (2003),[13] Hollie Vise (2003),[13] Liukin (2005, 2007),[14][15] Ivana Hong (2007),[15] Kocian (2014, 2015),[16][17][18] Alyssa Baumann (2014), and Skye Blakely (2022, 2023).

[16] Other notable women's artistic gymnasts include Irina Alexeeva, Vanessa Atler, Rebecca Bross, Briley Casanova, Madray Johnson, Brenda Magaña, Grace McLaughlin, Konnor McClain, Ohashi, Levi Ruivivar, and McKenzie Wofford.

"Multiple gymnasts allege Liukin routinely berated, belittled, and screamed at them, that he forced them to compete and train on broken bones or when they were ill, and in some cases they were fat-shamed daily," wrote the Orange County Register, citing a Southern California News Group investigation published in March 2022.