Vladimir Gogoladze
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| Country represented |
 Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former countries represented |
 Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
18 August 1966 Tblisi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Armed Forces (Tblisi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vladimir Gogoladze (Russian: Владимир Гоголадзе, Georgian: ვლადიმერ გოგოლაძე), born 18 August 1966 in Tblisi, Georgian SSR, is a retired Georgian gymnast.
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 Crystal Lake in Illinois, where he has been on staff since 1994.[7]
References
- ↑ Anatoly Ivanov, Moscow News, No. 23, 1985
- ↑ Georgian National Olympic Committee, date unknown, "", accessed 27 August 2012
- ↑ peoples.ru, date unknown, "", accessed 23 August 2012
- ↑ Georgian National Olympic Committee, ibid.
- ↑ New York Times, 3 August 1989, "", accessed 23 August 2012
- ↑ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, Code of Points, 2009 Edition, 42.
- ↑ Crystal Lake Gymnastics Training Center, "", accessed 27 August 2012