Yury Yakovlevich Tsapenko (Russian: Юрий Яковлевич Цапенко; 25 July 1938 – 22 July 2012) was a Soviet artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in the team allround competition and a bronze medal on the pommel horse.[2]
 Yury Tsapenko at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 July 1938 Alma-ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 July 2012 (aged 73)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||
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During his career he won five national titles: on the floor (1961), parallel bars (1961) and pommel horse (1961, 1963, 1964). After retirement he worked as a coach, first in Moscow and then in his native Almaty.[3][4] His wife Natalya Tsapenko was also a former competitive gymnast and coach.[3][4]
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- ^ "Цапенко Юрий Яковлевич". Sport-Strana.ru. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Yury Tsapenko. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 114. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
- ^ a b Railyan, Sergei (2010-11-26)). Не представляем жизнь друг без друга Archived July 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. caravan.kz
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