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Valery Kerdemelidi

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Valery Kerdemelidi
Born (1938-07-18) 18 July 1938 (age 86)
Moscow, USSR
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubDynamo Moscow
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Team all-around
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1962 Prague Team all-around
Silver medal – second place 1966 Dortmund Team all-around
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Belgrade Individual all-around
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Belgrade Horizontal bar
Silver medal – second place 1963 Belgrade Pommel horse
Silver medal – second place 1963 Belgrade Floor exercise
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Belgrade Vault

Valery Panayotovich Kerdemelidi (Russian: Валерий Панайотович Кердемелиди; born 18 July 1938) is a retired artistic gymnast from Russia. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in the team allround competition. Individually his best result was ninth place on the rings and horizontal bar.[1]

During his career he won two national titles, on the horizontal bar (1965) and allround (1962). He won two silver team allround medals at the world championships (1962, 1966), as well as five medals at the European championships in 1963.[2]

He graduated from an institute of physical education and after retirement worked as a gymnastics coach, becoming the head coach of the Central Soviet Army Club (CSKA) in 1971. He is an international referee and in the 1990s was a member of the technical commission of the European gymnastics federation. For his coaching achievements he was awarded the Order For Merit to the Fatherland of 2nd class.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valery Kerdemelidi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ a b Кердемелиди Валерий Панайотович. smsport.ru