Vladimir Gogoladze

1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)DisciplineMen's artistic gymnasticsClubArmed Forces (Tbilisi)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Oslo All-Around
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Oslo Parallel Bars
USSR Championship
Silver medal – second place 1985 USSR Championship All-Around
Silver medal – second place 1985 USSR Championship High Bar
Silver medal – second place 1988 USSR Championship Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 1989 USSR Championship High Bar
Bronze medal – third place 1988 USSR Championship Pommel Horse
Bronze medal – third place 1988 USSR Championship Rings

Vladimer Omarovich "Lado" Gogoladze (Russian: Влади́мир Ома́рович Гогола́дзе, Georgian: ვლადიმერ გოგოლაძე; born 18 August 1966), 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 Gymnastics World in Ohio.

References

  1. ^ Anatoly Ivanov, Moscow News, No. 23, 1985
  2. ^ Georgian National Olympic Committee, date unknown, "[1]", accessed 27 August 2012
  3. ^ peoples.ru, date unknown, "[2]", accessed 23 August 2012
  4. ^ Georgian National Olympic Committee, ibid.
  5. ^ New York Times, 3 August 1989, "[3]", accessed 23 August 2012
  6. ^ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, Code of Points, 2009 Edition, 42.

External links

  • Olympic Statistics Online at sports-reference.com
  • Crystal Lake Gymnastics Training Center