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Coaches, judges and gymnasts of the former Soviet Union at the Rotterdam World Championships

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Thought it would be fun to compile a list of ex-Soviet gymnasts and coaches at the Rotterdam World Championships in an official capacity. This, in no particular order, is derived from the list of nominative registrations - please add more as I will doubtless have missed many!

Anatoli Yarmovski – MAG coach, Azerbaijan

Galina Marinova (Bulgaria) – guest of the BLR team and apparently of USA team! Same person?

Elena Davydova with the CAN team as WAG coach

Valeri Belenki – MAG coach, German delegation

Andrei Rodienenko - Head of Delegation, RUS

Alexander Alexandrov - WAG Team Manager, RUS

Oksana Chusovitina – gymnast, German delegation (!)

Andrei Popov with the GBR delegation as MAG coach

Vladimir Chertkov WAG coach with India team

Boris Orlov MAG coach NED delegation

Elena Zamolodchikova accompanying person RUS delegation

Elena Shevchenko WAG judge RUS delegation

Oksana Omelianchik WAG judge UKR delegation

Igor Korobchinski WAG coach UKR

Artur Akopyan – WAG additional coach, USA delegation

Vitaly Marinich – MAG coach USA

Valeri Liukin – WAG coach USA

Tatiana Perskaia – WAG judge USA delegation

Yuri Korolev – MAG judge, RUS delegation

Ludmilla Korolenko – WAG judge, RUS delegation

Bogdan Makuts – MAG judge, UKR delegation

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  1. Anonymous10 October 2010 at 01:30

    Eduard Gevorgyan (competed in several meets in the 1980's, IG coverboy in March 1987)--Head coach of the Qatar Team.

    Alexander Manyakin (supposedly the real inventor of the Tkatchev, came from the same club as Tkatchev)--Coach of the Swedish team

    Sergei Vaisburg--(Competed in Druzhba in 1983). Shatilov's coach

    Vladimir Vatkin--(Ivankov's former coach). Coach of the Australian Team

    Alexandra Koudinova (Vandysheva's coach). Coaching in New Zealand.

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