Valery Kerdemelidi
Born (1938-07-18) 18 July 1938
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 place1960 RomeTeam all-around
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1962 PragueTeam all-around
Silver medal – second place1966 DortmundTeam all-around
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1963 BelgradeIndividual all-around
Bronze medal – third place1963 BelgradeHorizontal bar
Silver medal – second place1963 BelgradePommel horse
Silver medal – second place1963 BelgradeFloor exercise
Bronze medal – third place1963 BelgradeVault

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

  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. 1 2 Кердемелиди Валерий Панайотович. smsport.ru
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