Vladimir Gogoladze
Alternative name(s)Vladimir Omarovich Gogoladze
Nickname(s)Lado
Former countries represented Soviet Union
Born (1966-08-18) 18 August 1966
Tbilisi, Soviet Georgia
ResidenceOhio, United States
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubArmed Forces (Tbilisi)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1988 SeoulTeam
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1985 OsloAll-Around
Bronze medal – third place1985 OsloParallel Bars
USSR Championship
Silver medal – second place1985 USSR ChampionshipAll-Around
Silver medal – second place1985 USSR ChampionshipHigh Bar
Silver medal – second place1988 USSR ChampionshipFloor Exercise
Silver medal – second place1989 USSR ChampionshipHigh Bar
Bronze medal – third place1988 USSR ChampionshipPommel Horse
Bronze medal – third place1988 USSR ChampionshipRings

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, "", accessed 27 August 2012
  3. ↑ peoples.ru, date unknown, "", accessed 23 August 2012
  4. ↑ Georgian National Olympic Committee, ibid.
  5. ↑ New York Times, 3 August 1989, "", accessed 23 August 2012
  6. ↑ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, Code of Points, 2009 Edition, 42.
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