Valery Yardy

{{Short description|Soviet cyclist (1948–1994)}} {{Expand Russian|date=August 2024|topic=bio}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Valery Yardy | image = Valery Yardy.jpg | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1948|1|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Brenyashi, Chuvash ASSR, Soviet Union | death_date = {{death date and age|1994|8|1|1948|1|18|df=yes}} | death_place = Cheboksary, Russia | height = {{convert|178|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|69|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | currentteam = | discipline = | role = | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{flag|URS}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|1972 Munich|Team time trial}} {{MedalCompetition|UCI Road World Championships}} {{MedalGold|1970 Leicester|Team time trial}} | show-medals = yes }}

'''Valery Nikolayevich Yardy''' ({{langx|ru|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ya/valery-yardy-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054110/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ya/valery-yardy-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Valery Yardy Olympic Results |access-date=15 September 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{in lang|ru}} [http://gov.cap.ru/hierarhy.asp?page=./1/13313/61188 Biography] at the website of the Chuvash Republic's administration

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yardy, Valery}} Category:1948 births Category:1994 deaths Category:Soviet male cyclists Category:Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Category:Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Category:Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople Category:Olympic medalists in cycling Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Category:UCI Road World Champions (elite men) Category:Sportspeople from Chuvashia