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2014-08-18 cheboksary , russia 1 august 1994 brenyashi , shumerlinsky district , chuvash assr 18 january 1948 valery yardy
 erik pettersson
valery yardy

valery nikolayevich yardy -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 18 january 1948 -- 1 august 1994 -rrb- was a chuvash olympic cyclist , who won a gold medal in the team race at the 1972 summer olympics for the ussr .
he trained at the armed forces sports society .
yardy was also the world champion in 1970 and the ussr champion in 1968 and 1970 .
he also competed at the 1968 summer olympics .
