Vera Kolesnikova

Vera Kolesnikova
— Gymnast ♀ —
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	(1968-10-07) October 7, 1968 Perlevka, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Voronezh, Russia
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	1982-1988
Club	Spartak
Head coach(es)	Rima Aleksandrova
Former coach(es)	Nikolai Vodianikh
Retired	1988
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union World Championships 1985 Montreal Team Goodwill Games 1986 Moscow Team 1986 Moscow All-Around 1986 Moscow Balance Beam 1986 Moscow Uneven Bars Universiade 1987 Zagreb Team 1987 Zagreb All-Around 1987 Zagreb Uneven Bars 1987 Zagreb Balance Beam

Vera Kolesnikova (Russian: Вера Колесникова; born 7 October 1968 in Perlevka) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal winning team at the 1985 World Championships. She was also the 1986 Goodwill Games all-around champion.^[1] Kolesnikova retired in 1988 after failing to make the Olympic team.^[2] In 1991, she married Russian gymnast, Alexander Komov. They had a son Alexander (known as Sasha), and their daughter Viktoria Komova is a two-time world champion and two-time silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[3]

References

World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team Competition
1934:  Czechoslovakia 1938:  Czechoslovakia 1950:  Sweden 1954:  Soviet Union 1958:  Soviet Union 1962:  Soviet Union 1966:  Czechoslovakia 1970:  Soviet Union 1974:  Soviet Union 1978:  Soviet Union 1979:  Romania 1981:  Soviet Union 1983:  Soviet Union 1985:  Soviet Union 1987:  Romania 1989:  Soviet Union 1991:  Soviet Union 1994:  Romania 1995:  Romania 1997:  Romania 1999:  Romania 2001:  Romania 2003:  United States 2006:  China 2007:  United States 2010:  Russia 2011:  United States 2014:  United States 2015:  United States
1985:  Soviet Union (URS), Irina Baraksanova, Vera Kolesnikova, Olga Mostepanova, Oksana Omelianchik, Yelena Shushunova, Natalia Yurchenko