Pelageya Aleksandrovna Danilova (russian: Пелаге́я Алекса́ндровна Дани́лова; 4 May 1918 – 31 July 2001) was a Russian

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. She competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

, finishing within top 12 in all artistic gymnastics events, and winning one gold and one silver medal. After marriage she changed her last name to Demirdzhiyan (russian: Демирджиян). 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. In the 1970s she worked with the national team of

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Pelageya Danilova's grave
1918 births 2001 deaths people from Pskov Oblast People from Pskovsky Uyezd 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 {{USSR-sport-bio-stub