Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tkachyov (russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Ткачёв) (born 4 November 1957) is a former

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and two times

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Champion. He trained in

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. His trainer was USSR national Pyotr Fyodorovich Korchagin. Tkachev was one of the world's strongest gymnasts between 1977 and 1981. In 1977 Tkachev performed for the first time a gymnastics element on the

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, which was later named ''Tkachev'' after him and became one of the most popular and impressive elements, frequently used on international gymnastics competitions. In 2005–2006, he coached Girls' Compulsory Program at Peninsula Gymnastics in

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Achievements (non-Olympic)

Gallery

2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0964.jpg, Performed by Sergei Naidin at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics 2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0965.jpg 2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0966.jpg 2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0967.jpg 2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0968.jpg

File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 402.jpg, Performed by

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at the Austrian Future Cup 2018 File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 403.jpg File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 404.jpg File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 405.jpg File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 406.jpg File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 407.jpg File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 408.jpg File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 409.jpg File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 410.jpg File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 411.jpg File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 412.jpg

External links

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List of competitive results at Gymn Forum

Tkachev Element
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