Aleksandr Tkachyov (gymnast)

Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tkachyov (Template:Langx; born 4 November 1957) is a former Soviet/Russian gymnast and two times Olympic Champion. He trained in Dynamo, Voronezh. His trainer was USSR national Pyotr Fyodorovich Korchagin. Tkachyov was one of the world's strongest gymnasts between 1977 and 1981. In 1977 Tkachyov performed for the first time a Horizontal Bar element that was later named Tkachev after him and that has become one of the most popular and impressive elements, frequently used on international gymnastics competitions. In 2005–2006, he coached Girls' Compulsory Program at Peninsula Gymnastics in San Mateo, California.

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

Gallery

• Execution of Tkatchev straddled
• Performed by Sergei Naidin at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
  Performed by Sergei Naidin at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• File:2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0965.jpg
• File:2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0966.jpg
• File:2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0967.jpg
• File:2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0968.jpg

• Execution of Tkatchev stretched
• Performed by Matthew Boardman at the Austrian Future Cup 2018
  Performed by Matthew Boardman at the Austrian Future Cup 2018
• File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 403.jpg
• File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 404.jpg
• File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 405.jpg
• File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 406.jpg
• File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 407.jpg
• File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 408.jpg
• File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 409.jpg
• File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 410.jpg
• File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 411.jpg
• File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 412.jpg

External links

• Alexander Tkatchev at the International Gymnastics FederationTemplate:WikidataCheckTemplate:WikidataCheck
• Template:IGHOF
• Template:Olympics.com profile
• Template:Olympedia
• List of competitive results at Gymn Forum
• Tkachev Element animated gif image
• Tkachev(High Bar Animation)

This article contains information from the website http://www.gymnast.ru/, incorporated into the Wikipedia with permission from its author E. V. Avsenev.