{{Short description|Soviet cyclist (born 1952)}} {{family name hatnote|Andreyevich|Chaplygin|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= |image=Chaplygin23.jpg | image_size = |caption=Chaplygin in 2009 |birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=y|1952|5|23}} |birth_place= Kursk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |death_date= |death_place= | height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|80|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} |sport=Cycling |club=Spartak Kursk |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|the {{URS}}}} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalGold|1976 Montreal|Team time trial}} {{MedalCompetition|World championships}} {{MedalGold|1977 San Cristóbal|Team time trial}} {{MedalSilver|1974 Montreal|Team time trial}} {{MedalSilver|1975 Mettet and Yvoir|Team time trial}} }}

'''Valery Andreyevich Chaplygin''' ({{langx|ru|Валерий Андреевич Чаплыгин}}; born 23 May 1952) is a Soviet cyclist. He was part of the Soviet team that won the 100&nbsp;km team time trial at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1977 UCI Road World Championships and finished second at the world championships in 1974 and 1975.<ref name=r2/> He also won three Peace Races in the team competition (1975, 1977 and 1980).<ref name=r3/>

Individually, he finished in 39th place in the road race at the 1976 Olympics,<ref name=r1/> and won several international races during his career.<ref name=r3/>

After retirement in 1982 he worked as a cycling coach, and between 1982 and 1985 trained the national team. He then worked at sports club Dynamo, and between 1999 and 2001 was responsible for sports in the administration of Kursk Oblast. Starting from 2005 he competed in cycling in the masters category and taught at the Kursk Technical University. He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour (1976).<ref name=r3/> [[File:Valery Chaplygin graffiti Kursk 201907-2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Graffiti of Valery Chaplygin in Kursk, Russia]]

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=r1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418064801/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/valery-chaplygin-1.html Valery Chaplygin]. sports-reference.com</ref> <ref name=r2>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130215193410/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=19529 Valeri Andreyevich Chaplygin]}}. cyclingarchives.com</ref> <ref name=r3>[http://www.mfsospartak.ru/halloffame/sportsmen/detail.php?ID=1725 Чаплыгин Валерий Андреевич]. mfsospartak.ru</ref> }}

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