Yelena Davydova

Yelena Davydova
Elena Davydova at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.
Personal information
Alternative name(s)Elena Davydova
Country represented Soviet Union
Born (1961-08-07) 7 August 1961 (age 63)
Voronezh, Soviet Union
HometownSaint Petersburg, Russia
ResidenceOshawa, Ontario, Canada
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior Elite
Retired1982
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow All-Around
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Balance Beam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 1981 Moscow Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Moscow All-Around
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Moscow Uneven Bars

Yelena Viktorovna Davydova (Russian: Еле́на Ви́кторовна Давы́дова; born 7 August 1961) is a Russian-Canadian gymnastics coach and judge who competed for the former Soviet Union. She was the women's artistic individual all-around champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She's the owner and head coach at Gemini Gymnastics, a gymnastics club in Oshawa, Ontario. In July 2012, Davydova was one of the coaches of the Canadian Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team. In 2016 Davydova was head floor judge at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

In October 2016, she was elected a member of the International Gymnastics Federation's Women Technical Committee.[1]

  1. ^ Turner, Amanda (19 October 2016). "Morinari Watanabe Elected President of FIG". International Gymnast. Retrieved 15 March 2017.