Yury Yakovlevich Tsapenko (russian: Юрий Яковлевич Цапенко; born 25 July 1938) is a retired Soviet

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. He competed at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver medal in the team allround competition and a bronze medal on the

pommel horse The pommel horse is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, the modern pommel horse has a metal body covered with foam rubber and ...

. 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 Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

. His wife Natalya Tsapenko is also a former competitive gymnast and coach.

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1938 births Living people Sportspeople from Almaty Gymnasts at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in gymnastics Kazakhstani male artistic gymnasts Soviet male artistic gymnasts Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union {{Kazakhstan-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub