Weight 67 kg Height 1.67 m | Role Olympic athlete Name Velik Kapsazov | |
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Olympic medals Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's rings Similar People Boris Shakhlin, Takashi Ono, Albert Azaryan |
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. This was the first Olympic medal for Bulgaria in gymnastics.
Kapsazov retired following the 1964 Olympic Games and became a coach. He died 27 March 2017, aged 81.
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