Valentin Mogilny

Valentin Mogilny
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	18 December 1965 Kokhanivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Died	22 November 2015 (aged 49) France
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union World Championships 1985 Montreal Team 1985 Montreal Pommel horse 1985 Montreal Parallel bars 1989 Stuttgart Team 1989 Stuttgart Pommel horse 1989 Stuttgart All-Around World Cup Final 1986 Beijing Rings 1986 Beijing Parallel bars 1986 Beijing Pommel horse European Championships 1985 Oslo All-around 1985 Oslo Rings 1987 Moscow Rings 1989 Stockholm Pommel horse 1989 Stockholm Vault 1989 Stockholm All-around 1989 Stockholm Parallel bars 1990 Lausanne All-around 1990 Lausanne Pommel horse 1990 Lausanne Parallel bars

Valentin Viktorovich Mogilny (Russian: Валентин Викторович Могильный; 18 December 1965 – 22 November 2015) was an artistic gymnast who competed for the USSR during the 1980s. His teammates were Yuri Korolev, Dmitri Bilozerchev, Valeri Liukin, and Vladimir Artemov. He trained at the Army Club in Leninsk-Kuznetsky, then moved to Moscow to work with coach Alexander Alexandrov. Mogilny was divorced from his wife Olga Bicherova (1981 world champion), with whom he had a son. Mogilny lived his last years in France, where he became a citizen, and worked as a coach.^[1] He died after a heart attack in 2015.^[2]

References

1. Valentin Mogilny (USSR). gymn-forum.net
2. Turner, Amanda (23 November 2015). "Soviet Legend Valentin Mogilny Dies at 49". Retrieved 23 November 2015.