Birth Date: | 1935 4, df=y |
Birth Place: | Asenovgrad, Bulgaria |
Death Date: | [1] |
Height: | 1.67m (05.48feet) |
Weight: | 67kg (148lb) |
Sport: | Artistic gymnastics |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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.[2] He died 27 March 2017, aged 81.[3]