Kelly Neilsen
(Rec/Pre-Team 1 & 2)
Birthday: June 11th, 1960
Where were you born?: Fairfield, California
Where did you first learn gymnastics and/or work with kids? : I was trained by Missy Marlowe 15 years ago at Salt Lake Gymnastics when my daughter was competing there.
Where do you live now? : Sandy
Where did you go to high school and what were your activities? : Churchill High School in San Antonio and my senior year I move to Salt Lake and went to Cottonwood High
School.
Outside of GTC, where do you work? : I am self-employed.
What do you do for fun? Fishing, and traveling with my family.
When you are not at GTC where are you/what are you doing? : I am usually at home with my family and taking care of home stuff.
Favorite movie? : Water for Elephants
Favorite book? : The Hunger Games
Favorite food? : Mexican (Cancun Café)
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I hope to still be coaching gymnastics. I would love to have time to travel to foreign countries and see new things with my husband.
I am a mother of two kids. My son is 23 years old and graduated from Utah Valley University. My daughter is 22 years old and is in nursing school at Westminster. I have two dogs I love very much. Duke is a chocolate lab and Jack is a mini dauchsand. I have been coaching gymnastics for 15 years and I still love doing it. I hope to be coaching for many years to come. I love to cook and I think I am getting pretty good at it. I love to try new recipes and invite people over to try my food.
