Pelageya Danilova
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Born |
4 May 1918 Boroviki, Pskov Oblast, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||
Died |
30 July 2001 (aged 83) Saint Petersburg, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 – 30 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
- 1 2 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). sport-necropol.narod.ru
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