Vladimir Gogoladze
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| Vladimir Gogoladze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alternative name(s) | Vladimir Omarovich Gogoladze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Lado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented |  Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 August 1966 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Ohio, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Armed Forces (Tbilisi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vladimer Omarovich "Lado" Gogoladze (Georgian: ვლადიმერ ომარის ძე გოგოლაძე; Russian: Влади́мир Ома́рович Гогола́дзе; born 18 August 1966), is a retired Georgian gymnast who represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
Gogoladze began competing at the elite level in 1985, at the age of 18,[1] taking silver medals in the all-around and high bar in the USSR Championships, and bronze medals at the European Championships in the all-around and parallel bars.[2]
He was a member of the Soviet "Dream Team" who won the team gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, and he is also known for being the first gymnast to perform a triple back on floor in the Olympics.[3] In the same year, he received the title Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.[4]
According to a report in Sovietsky Sport, Gogoladze and teammate Dmitri Bilozerchev were removed from the Soviet men's squad for the 1989 World Championships because of a two-day drinking binge.[5]
Gogoladze has two elements named after him. The first is a straddled Healy twirl on parallel bars. The second, on floor exercise, is a flair or circle to handstand, then continuing to flair or circle; this element is frequently performed and remains in the current Code of Points.[6]
Gogoladze now coaches at Gymnastics World in Ohio.
References
[edit]- ^ Anatoly Ivanov, Moscow News, No. 23, 1985
- ^ Georgian National Olympic Committee, date unknown, "[1]", accessed 27 August 2012
- ^ peoples.ru, date unknown, "[2]", accessed 23 August 2012
- ^ Georgian National Olympic Committee, ibid.
- ^ New York Times, 3 August 1989, "[3]", accessed 23 August 2012
- ^ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, Code of Points, 2009 Edition, 42.
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[edit]- Living people
- 1966 births
- Soviet male artistic gymnasts
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence
- Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Emigrants from Georgia (country) to the United States