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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]

Valery Kerdemelidi
Born	(1938-07-18) 18 July 1938 (age 84) Moscow, USSR
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team all-around World Championships 1962 Prague Team all-around 1966 Dortmund Team all-around European Championships 1963 Belgrade Individual all-around 1963 Belgrade Horizontal bar 1963 Belgrade Pommel horse 1963 Belgrade Floor exercise 1963 Belgrade Vault

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]

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- [en] Valery Kerdemelidi

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[ru] Кердемелиди, Валерий Панайотович

Валерий Панайотович Кердемелиди (р. 18 июля 1938) — советский гимнаст, призёр Олимпийских игр, чемпионатов мира и Европы, заслуженный мастер спорта СССР, судья международной категории.

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