Valery Nikolayevich Karasyov (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Карасёв; born 23 September 1946) is a retired Russian gymnast. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in the team competition. Individually his best result was fifth place in the floor exercise. At the world championships Karasyov won team silver medals in 1966 and 1970. He married Olga Karasyova, a Russian gymnast who also competed at the 1968 Olympics.[1]

Valery Karasyov
Karasyov at the 1966 World Championships
Personal information
Country represented Soviet Union
Born (1946-09-23) 23 September 1946 (age 77)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
SpouseOlga Karasyova
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
ClubTrud Moscow
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1966 Dortmund Team
Silver medal – second place 1970 Ljubljana Team

References edit

  1. ^ "Valery Karasyov". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.