Yury Tsapenko
Yury Yakovlevich Tsapenko (Russian: Юрий Яковлевич Цапенко; born 25 July 1938) is a retired 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.[1]
 Yury Tsapenko at the 1964 Olympics | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 July 1938 Almaty, Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[2][3]
His wife Natalya Tsapenko is also a former competitive gymnast and coach.[2][3]
References
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- 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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