Vladislav Stepanovich Rastorotsky (; 14 June 1933 – 2 July 2017) was a Soviet and Russian female

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coach, ''Honoured Trainer of the USSR'', who worked at the ''Dynamo'' sports society. Sportswomen trained by him earned more than 50 titles at the Soviet national championships, European championships,

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and

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. Rastorotsky trained Soviet gymnasts for five Olympic cycles, starting in the mid-1960s. His most famous pupils were

Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva ( Russian: Людми́ла Ива́новна Тури́щева; also transliterated as Ludmilla Turischeva, Ludmilla Tourischcheva, and Ljudmila Turichtchieva, born 7 October 1952) is a former Russian gymnast, U ...

Natalia Shaposhnikova Natalia Vitalyevna Shaposhnikova (; born 24 June 1961, in Rostov-on-Don), married name Natalia Sout, is a former Soviet artistic gymnast, two-time Olympic champion, and Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. She was known for her risky, original ...

and

Natalia Yurchenko Natalia Vladimirovna Yurchenko () (born 26 January 1965) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet artistic gymnast, who won the women's all-around gold medal at the 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 1983 World Championships. Renowned for he ...

. Born in

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, Rastorotsky went to

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and entered the Voronezh State Institute of Physical Training. Rastorotsky began systematic training in gymnastics very late, in his twenties, but managed to earn the title ''Master of Sports of the USSR'' at age above 27. His teacher in Voronezh was Soviet coach Yury Shtukman. In the 1960s, Rastorotsky moved to

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and began coaching Ludmilla Tourischeva. In the early 1970s, Rastorotsky moved to

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. After the fall of the USSR, Rastorotsky coached for some time in France and

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before returning to

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of t ...

in the mid-1990s. Rastorotsky died in July 2017, aged 85.

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