Valery Nikolaevich Jardy

Valery Nikolajewitsch Jardy (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Ярды; born January 18, 1948 in Brenyaschi ; † August 1, 1994 in Cheboksary ) was a Soviet cyclist and Olympic champion in cycling .

Athletic career

Jardy (also Yardy) started cycling at the age of 12. In 1972 he was Olympic champion in the team time trial with the selection of the Soviet Union (with Boris Schuchow , Valeri Lichachev and Gennady Komnatow ) at the Summer Olympics in Munich , in the road race he was eliminated. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , he was at the start with the Soviet four-man in the team time trial. He finished 9th at the time and Jardy was 17th in the street race .

At the UCI Road World Championships in 1970 he and his team won the team time trial title (with Jardy, Likhachev and Vladimir Sokolov ), then in 1973 the silver medal. In 1970 he won the stage race Grand Prix François Faber . In 1969 and 1972 he was the Soviet team time trial champion .

One of the streets in Cheboksary and the sports school there were named after him.

Valery Nikolajewitsch Jardy in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 34/1970 . Berlin 1970, p. 3 .
↑ ТАЛАНТИЩЕ С ВОЛГИ. In: chuvathletics.narod.ru. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Jardy, Valery Nikolaevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ярды, Валерий Николаевич (Russian); Yardy, Valery Nikolaevitsc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Soviet cyclist, Olympic champion in cycling
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brenyaschi
DATE OF DEATH	August 1, 1994
Place of death	Cheboksary