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Aims. The purpose of this thesis was to examine whether a gymnastics coach’s personality is connected to self-esteem of a gymnast, and if some of the personality traits have supporting or weakening effect on the gymnast’s self-esteem. Also, I examine the general level of gymnasts’ self-esteem. The two hypotheses were the following. First, gymnastics coach’s personality traits agreeableness (A), openness (O) and extraversion (E) are positively connected to gymnasts’ self-esteem and thus support their self-esteem. Second, the gymnastics coach’s personality traits neuroticism (N) and conscientiousness (C) are connected negatively to gymnasts’ self-esteem, i.e. have weakening effect to gymnasts’ self-esteem. Recently, the controversial coaching methods in top-level sports and their effect on the well-being and self-esteem of the athletes has received significant media attention. Thereby, I strive to contribute to the knowledge of factors that do support the well-being and self-esteem of athletes. Methods. The research data was collected with two separate online questionnaires which were shared to Finnish gymnastics clubs’ coaches and gymnasts. Gymnastics coaches answered only the questionnaire that measured personality while gymnasts answered only the questionnaire that measured the level of their self-esteem. Total of 22 gymnastics coaches from five different clubs and, 105 gymnasts aged between 10 and 21 years, from four different clubs located in Espoo, Tampere and Turku answered the questionnaires. The main quantitative analyses of this thesis were correlation analysis and ordinary least squares linear regression analyses. Results and conclusions. The gymnasts in the sample of this thesis had on average very high level of self-esteem. The level of self-esteem was negatively correlated with the gymnast’s age. The results of the regression analyses imply that higher extraversion of a gymnastics coach is positively related to the self-esteem of a gymnast. Thereby, the results suggest that characteristics that are linked to extraversion, such as sociableness, warmth and enthusiasm, of a gymnastics coach support the self-esteem and thereby the well-being of a gymnast.