Pelageya Danilova
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Born | 4 May 1918 Boroviki, Pskov Oblast, Soviet Russia | |||||||||||||||||||
Died | 31 July 2001 Saint Petersburg, Russia | (aged 83)|||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | Burevestnik Leningrad | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pelageya Aleksandrovna Danilova (Russian: Пелагея Александровна Данилова; 4 May 1918 – 31 July 2001) was a Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, finishing within top 12 in all artistic gymnastics events, and winning one gold and one silver medal.[1][2]
After marriage she changed her last name to Demirdzhiyan (Russian: Демирджиян).[1] In 1953 she graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Saint Petersburg and after retirement worked as a gymnastics coach, first with Burevestnik and then as a head coach of Lokomotiv.[3] In the 1970s she worked with the national team of Bulgaria.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b Pelageya Danilova. sports-reference.com
- ^ Данилова Пелагея Александровна. Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^ Данилова Пелагея Александровна. staff.lesgaft.spb.ru
- ^ Данилова (Демирджиян) Полина (Пелагея) Александровна (1918–2001) Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine. sport-necropol.narod.ru
External links[]
- Pelageya Danilova's grave (in Russian)
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2001 deaths
- People from Pskov Governorate
- Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Soviet female artistic gymnasts
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- Soviet sportspeople stubs