shortly after that year's Olympics. Later life Andrianov married another famous Soviet gymnast, two-time Olympic champion Lyubov Burda. Together they worked as children's gymnastics coaches, with Andrianov being the head coach of the Soviet national men's junior team in 1981–1992. In 1990–1992 he also coached the Soviet senior gymnastics team, and in 1990–1993 headed the Soviet and later the Russian Gymnastics Federation. In 2001, Andrianov was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Between 1994 and 2002 he coached the Japan Olympic gymnastics team, on the invitation of his former rival, Mitsuo Tsukahara. Andrianov coached Tsukahara's son, Naoya Tsukahara, and both father and son credit him with raising Naoya's skills and confidence to equip him to compete at the international level. In 2002 he became the director of gymnastics at the N.G. Tolkachyov Specialized Children and Youth sports school in Vladimir, where he first began the sport as a youth. Illness and death In his final years, Andrianov developed the degenerative neurological disorder multiple system atrophy and in his final months was unable to move his arms or legs or talk. Andrianov died on 21 March 2011 at the age of 58, in his hometown of Vladimir. Russia's national gymnastic team coach, Alexander Alexandrov, called the death "tragic", but stated that he had been ill for a long time. Achievements (non-Olympic) Honours and awards Order of Lenin Order of the Badge of Honour Order of the Red Banner of Labour Medal "For Labour Valour" Lenin Komsomol Prize See also List of multiple Olympic medalists List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists List of multiple Olympic gold medalists List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games List of Olympic medal leaders in men's gymnastics References External links International Federation of Gymnastics' Article on Nikolai Andrianov A short biography and achievements Biography IOC 1980 Summer Olympics IOC 1980 Summer Olympics Obituary Nikolai Andrianov |- |- 1952 births 2011 deaths People from Vladimir, Russia Burevestnik (sports society) athletes Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Merited Coaches of the Soviet Union Recipients