Velik Kapsazov
Bulgarian artistic gymnast (1935–2017)
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Born | (1935-04-15)15 April 1935 Asenovgrad, Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 March 2017(2017-03-27) (aged 81)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
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Velik Nikolov Kapsazov (Bulgarian: Велик Николов Капсъзов; 15 April 1935 – 27 March 2017) was a Bulgarian gymnast. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events, and shared a bronze medal in the rings in 1960 with Takashi Ono.[2] This was the first Olympic medal for Bulgaria in gymnastics.[3]
Kapsazov retired following the 1964 Olympic Games and became a coach.[4] He died 27 March 2017, aged 81.[5]
References
- ^ "Първият българин с олимпийски медалв спортната гимнастикапочина днес" (in Bulgarian). BTA. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ Velik Kapsazov. sports-reference.com
- ^ Rome 1960. Bulgarian Olympic Committee
- ^ "Отиде си Велик Капсъзов – първият ни олимпийски медалист по спортна гимнастика". 24 Chasa. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ Hristova, Nadezhda (27 March 2017). "Почина първият ни олимпийски медалист в гимнастиката" [Our First Olympic Medalist in Gymnastics Dies]. Dnes (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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- 1955: Albert Azaryan (URS)
- 1957: Joaquín Blume (ESP)
- 1957: Yuri Titov (URS)
- 1959: Yuri Titov (URS)
- 1961: Miroslav Cerar (YUG)
- 1961: Velik Kapsazov (BUL)
- 1961: Yuri Titov (URS)
- 1963: Miroslav Cerar (YUG)
- 1963: Boris Shakhlin (URS)
- 1963: Velik Kapsazov (BUL)
- 1965: Viktor Lisitsky (URS)
- 1965: Franco Menichelli (ITA)
- 1967: Mikhail Voronin (URS)
- 1967: Viktor Lisitsky (URS)
- 1969: Mikhail Voronin (URS)
- 1971: Mikhail Voronin (URS)
- 1973: Viktor Klimenko (URS)
- 1975: Dan Grecu (ROM)
- 1977: Vladimir Markelov (URS)
- 1979: Alexander Dityatin (URS)
- 1981: Yuri Korolyov (URS)
- 1983: Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS)
- 1983: Plamen Petkov (BUL)
- 1985: Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS)
- 1987: Valentin Mogilny (URS)
- 1989: Holger Behrendt (GDR)
- 1990: Jury Chechi (ITA)
- 1992: Jury Chechi (ITA)
- 1994: Jury Chechi (ITA)
- 1996: Jury Chechi (ITA)
- 1998: Szilveszter Csollány (HUN)
- 2000: Dimosthenis Tampakos (GRE)
- 2002: Yordan Yovchev (BUL)
- 2004: Dimosthenis Tampakos (GRE)
- 2004: Aleksandr Safoshkin (RUS)
- 2005: Andrea Coppolino (ITA)
- 2005: Yuri van Gelder (NED)
- 2006: Aleksandr Safoshkin (RUS)
- 2007: Oleksandr Vorobiov (UKR)
- 2008: Yuri van Gelder (NED)
- 2009: Yuri van Gelder (NED)
- 2010: Matteo Morandi (ITA)
- 2011: Konstantin Pluzhnikov (RUS)
- 2012: Aleksandr Balandin (RUS)
- 2013: Samir Aït Saïd (FRA)
- 2013: Igor Radivilov (UKR)
- 2014: Denis Ablyazin (RUS)
- 2014: Aleksandr Balandin (RUS)
- 2015: Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
- 2016: Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
- 2017: Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
- 2018: Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
- 2019: Denis Ablyazin (RUS)
- 2020: İbrahim Çolak (TUR)
- 2021: Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
- 2022: Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
- 2023: Adem Asil (TUR)
- 2024: Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
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