This is to inform you that Vladimir Kondratenko, husband of Elvira Saadi, passed away a few hours ago after a long battle with cancer.
Vladimir was an expert in gymnastics, a coach loved by his athletes at the Cambridge Kips Gymnastics Club and more recently at Dynamo Gymnastics and a person esteemed by everyone who knew him. Vladimir and Elvira were one of the most successful teams of coaches in the history of Canadian Women’s Artistic Gymnastics and many of their athletes are renowned internationally. This is a great loss for the Canadian gymnastics community and Vladimir’s smile will be dearly missed on the competition floor.
Elvira has asked for some private time right now but we will inform you as soon as arrangements are made.
That was forwarded by Lise Gosselin-Simard of Gymnastics Canada.
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