Yury Tsapenko
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| Born |
25 July 1938 Almaty, Khazakhstan | ||||||||||||
| 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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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]
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
- ↑ Yury Tsapenko. sports-reference.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 114. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Railyan, Sergei (2010-11-26)). Не представляем жизнь друг без друга. caravan.kz