Valery Belenky

Valeri Belenki ( born September 5, 1969 in Baku, Soviet Union ) is a German former gymnast and current gymnastics coach. He was Olympic champion in 1992 with the team of the CIS countries and the twice world champion on pommel horse and with the team.

In the art turn- Bundesliga, he took up with the WKTV Stuttgart and was repeatedly German team champion. Belenki is 1.63 meters tall.

Biography

Belenki has German roots; his grandfather had emigrated shortly after the turn of the century from Bavaria in the later territory of the Volga German Republic.

He grew up in the Soviet Union in what was then the Azerbaijan Republic. With ten years he came to the " talent Schmide " to Moscow. After the collapse of the Soviet Union Belenki decided to go to Germany ( " Stuttgart has me equally fascinated with its vineyards and woods all around. During the World Cup, my decision has matured to migrate to this city. " ) On 1 February 1994 he was given the awarded German citizenship.

2013 Belenki was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Turner career

Belenki 1989 in Stuttgart with the team of the Soviet Union team world champion. In 1991 he was on the Pommel Horse in Indianapolis for the first time world champion in a single device. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, he won the bronze medal with the CIS team the gold and in the all around. After his move to Germany Nationality he was. During the 1996 Olympics in Montreal seventh with the team and sixth in the all-around A year later he was again in Lausanne World Champion on Pommel Horse, as the second German after Michael Nikolay 1981. A biceps tendon rupture shortly before the planned last international appearance in 2001 World Cup marked the end of career.

Coaching career

Since 1 January 2002 is Belenki country coach at Swabian Gymnastics Association, for which he has been active in the art turn- Forum Stuttgart. There he trained among others, the three -time European champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist Marcel Nguyen and the Olympians Sebastian Krimmer.

In addition, he is also the tournament director at the DTB Cup, which annually takes place in Stuttgart World Cup tournament.