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
Yury Tsapenko at the 1964 Olympics
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(1938-07-25) 25 July 1938 (age 85) Almaty, Kazakhstan
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]
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