Danna Durante

Danna Durante (née Lister) is an American gymnastics coach, currently serving as the head coach of the University of Georgia Gym Dogs gymnastics program – a role she has had since 2012. Prior to her head coaching appointment at Georgia, Durante has been involved with three other school teams. Her largest role was the role of head coach of the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears gymnastics team for the 2012 season. However, a large proportion of her coaching career has been spent at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, coaching the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's gymnastics team. She joined the Cornhuskers in 2003 as an assistant coach and remained with the team for eight seasons, serving as an associate head coach for the latter three. Her first college coaching appointment came in 1998 when she was hired as an assistant for the University of Washington and the Washington Huskies gymnastics program.

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• 1986 us olympic festival women s event finals part 3
• Personal life
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Durante, then Lister, was an elite gymnast in her younger years – a National Team member in 1988 and 1990. Competing for Gymnastics Country USA, she finished eighteenth at the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials. Earlier in her career, she finished second at the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival. After her elite career, she attended Arizona State University and competed in collegiate gymnastics for the Arizona State Sun Devils. Throughout her four year stint as a Sun Devil, spanning from 1992 to 1995, she tallied five Perfect 10 scores; she was a Pac-10 All Academic team member in 1995. In addition to her coaching pursuits, she served as a USA Gymnastics Elite Judge from 1996 to 2000.