Valery Yardy

Valery Yardy
Personal information
Born(1948-01-18)18 January 1948
Brenyashi, Chuvash ASSR, Soviet Union
Died1 August 1994(1994-08-01) (aged 46)
Cheboksary, Russia
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Medal record
Representing  URS
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team time trial
UCI Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 Leicester Team time trial

Valery Nikolayevich Yardy (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Ярды, 18 January 1948 – 1 August 1994) was a Russian road cyclist who competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics. In 1968 he placed 17th individually and ninth with the Soviet team. Four years later he failed to finish his individual race, but won a gold medal with the team. Yardy won another team gold medal at the 1970 World Championships.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Valery Yardy Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2014.