Pelageya Danilova

Pelageya Aleksandrovna Danilova (Russian: Пелагея Александровна Данилова; 4 May 1918 – 31 July 2001) 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.[1][2]

Pelageya Danilova

Personal information
Born	4 May 1918 Boroviki, Pskov Oblast, Soviet Russia
Died	31 July 2001(2001-07-31) (aged 83) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Sport
Sport	Artistic gymnastics
Club	Burevestnik Leningrad
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Team allround 1952 Helsinki Team portable apparatus World Championships 1954 Rome Team allround

After marriage she changed her last name to Demirdzhiyan (Russian: Демирджиян).[1] 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.[3] In the 1970s she worked with the national team of Bulgaria.[4]