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Born | Asenovgrad, Bulgaria | 15 April 1935|||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 March 2017[1] | (aged 81)|||||||||||||||||
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]
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Asenovgrad, Bulgaria | 15 April 1935|||||||||||||||||
Died | 27 March 2017[1] | (aged 81)|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]