Yury Tsapenko

Yury Tsapenko
	Yury Tsapenko at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	25 July 1938; Alma-ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died	22 July 2012 (aged 73)
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Artistic gymnastics
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Medal record
Representing the Soviet Union
Olympic Games

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]

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]

References

^ "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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[SportStrana-1] "Цапенко Юрий Яковлевич". Sport-Strana.ru. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

[r1-2] Yury Tsapenko. sports-reference.com

[r2-3] Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 114. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.

[r3-4] 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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