Pelageya Danilova
Olympic athlete
1918 – 2001
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Who was Pelageya Danilova?
Pelageya Aleksandrovna Danilova was a Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 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. 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 Bulgaria.
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