Ivan DERYUGIN

Besides his Olympic gold, Ivan Deryugin was a world champion in the team event in 1961 and won individual silver at the World Championships in the same year. After his sporting career, Deryugin worked as a teacher. Since 2008 a memorial tournament on his honor has been held in Kiev, Ukraine. His wife Albina was the coach of the Soviet 1988 and Unified Team’s 1992 Olympic rhythmic gymnastics team and his daughter Irina was the World champion in rhythmic gymnastics in 1977 and 1979 and European champion in 1978. Irina was married to Oleg Blokhin in the 1980s and later followed her mother’s footsteps by becoming a rhythmic gymnastics coach and international judge.