Yury Tsapenko

Yury Tsapenko

Yury Tsapenko at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	25 July 1938 Almaty, Khazakhstan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Artistic gymnastics
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Medal record Competitor for the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team allround 1964 Tokyo Pommel horse

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

1. Yury Tsapenko. sports-reference.com
2. Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. p. 114. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
3. Railyan, Sergei (2010-11-26)). Не представляем жизнь друг без друга. caravan.kz