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Born | 4 May 1918 Boroviki, Pskov Oblast, Soviet Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 31 July 2001(2001-07-31) (aged 83) Saint Petersburg, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Burevestnik Leningrad | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pelageya Aleksandrovna Danilova (Russian: Пелаге́я Алекса́ндровна Дани́лова; 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]
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