Alexander Tkachev
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- This article is about Alexandr Tkachyov, the gymnast. For the politician, see Alexander Tkachyov
| Medal record | |||
 Alexander Tkachev |
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| Men's artistic gymnastics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1980 Moscow | Team | |
| Gold | 1980 Moscow | Parallel bars | |
| Silver | 1980 Moscow | Rings | |
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 1978 | Team | |
| Gold | 1979 | Team | |
| Silver | 1979 | Parallel bars | |
| Silver | 1979 | Horizontal bar | |
| Bronze | 1979 | All-around | |
| Bronze | 1979 | Floor exercise | |
| Bronze | 1979 | Rings | |
| Gold | 1981 | Team | |
| Gold | 1981 | Horizontal bar | |
| European Championships | |||
| Gold | 1977 | Floor exercise | |
| Silver | 1977 | All-around | |
| Silver | 1977 | Rings | |
| Silver | 1977 | Horizontal bar | |
| Gold | 1979 | Horizontal bar | |
| Silver | 1979 | All-around | |
| Gold | 1981 | All-around | |
| Gold | 1981 | Horizontal bar | |
| Silver | 1981 | Parallel bar | |
| Bronze | 1981 | Floor exercise | |
| Bronze | 1981 | Rings | |
Alexander Vasilyevich Tkachev (alternate spellings: Alexander Tkachyov or Alexander Tkatchev; Russian:Александр Васильевич Ткачёв) (b.October 4, 1957 in Semiluki, Voronezh Oblast, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet/Russian gymnast, two times Olympic Champion. He trained in Dynamo, Voronezh. His trainer was the Honoured Trainer of the USSR 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 Horizontal Bar, which was later named Tkachev after him and became one of the most popular and impressive elements, frequently used on international gymnastics competitions.
[edit] Achievements (non-Olympic)
| Year | Event | AA | Team | FX | PH | RG | VT | PB | HB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | USSR Championships | 3rd | |||||||
| 1977 | World Cup | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | ||
| European Championships | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |||||
| Universiade | 1st | ||||||||
| USSR Championships | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | |||||
| USSR Cup | 1st | ||||||||
| 1978 | World Championships | 2nd | |||||||
| World Cup | 3rd | ||||||||
| USSR Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | ||||
| USSR Cup | 2nd | ||||||||
| 1979 | World Championships | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| European Championships | 2nd | 1st | |||||||
| USSR Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||||||
| USSR Cup | 2nd | ||||||||
| 1980 | USSR Championships | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |||
| 1981 | World Championships | 1st | 1st | ||||||
| European Championships | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | ||||
| USSR Championships | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | |||||
| USSR Cup | 1st |
[edit] External links
- List of competitive results
- Tkachev Element animated gif image
This article contains information from the website http://www.gymnast.ru/, incorporated into the Wikipedia with permission from its author E.V.Avsenev.
Categories: 1957 births | Living people | Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic artistic gymnasts | Olympic gymnasts of the Soviet Union | Gymnasts at the 1980 Summer Olympics | Soviet gymnasts | Russian gymnasts | Dynamo sports society athletes | Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics
