At the 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham , Great Britain , Azerbaijani - born gymnast Valery Belenky earned a bronze medal competing as an unattached ( UNA ) athlete .
Azerbaijani did not have a gymnastics federation for gymnast to compete .
At the 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham , Great Britain , Azerbaijani - born gymnast Valery Belenky earned a bronze medal competing as an unattached ( UNA ) athlete because Azerbaijan did not have a gymnastics federation for him to compete .