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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