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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 Russianartistic gymnast. She competed at the1952 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 withBurevestnik and then as a head coach ofLokomotiv.[3] In the 1970s she worked with the national team ofBulgaria.[4]
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