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Renald Ivanovich Knysh ( Russian: Ренальд Иванович Кныш, Belarusian: Рэнальд Іванавіч Кныш; 10 September 1931 – 19 April 2019) was a Soviet and Belarusian coach in artistic gymnastics. Considered one of gymnastics' pioneering coaches, [1] he was the coach of Olga Korbut.
May 16, 2018 · Her longtime coach, Renald Knysh, has consistently denied Korbut’s accusations that he raped her before the Munich games and serially abused her before and after them.
May 16, 2018 · For several years, Olga Korbut has been accusing her former coach Renald Knysh of molesting, raping and beating her. Knysh categorically denied the accusations and for year Korbut’s been accused of lying and attention-seeking by the media.
Apr 6, 2018 · Olga Korbut, the famous gymnast, publicly accused her former coach, Renald Knysh, of raping and physically abusing her in 1999. She said she spoke up to prevent him from hurting other girls and faced him via Skype on a Russian tv show.
Apr 19, 2019 · On the night of 19 April renowned coach in gymnastics, Olympic champion coach Renald Knysh passed away. He was 88. Renald Knysh was born on 10 September, 1931 in Kopyl (Minsk region). Since the early 1950s, he worked as a coach in gymnastics in the Grodno sports school for children.
Renald Knysh is a Soviet and Belarusian coach in artistic gymnastics. Honored Сoach of the BSSR and the USSR, Honorary Сitizen of Grodno. He was the coach of two Olympic champions Yelena Volchetskaya and Olga Korbut, as well as USSR champion Tamara Alekseeva.
Feb 16, 2023 · Korbut’s smile was not a gift of nature: as she herself recalled in her 1987 memoir, Zhila-byla devochka [ Once Upon a Time There Was a Girl], it was her coach, Renald Knysh, who had devoted countless hours teaching her how to win over her public and make the smile a central part of her performance.
