Valery Yardy

Soviet cyclist (1948–1994)

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Valery Yardy

Personal information

Born

(1948年01月18日)18 January 1948
Brenyashi, Chuvash ASSR, Soviet Union

Died

1 August 1994(1994年08月01日) (aged 46)
Cheboksary, Russia

Height

178 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

69 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]