Velik Kapsazov

Velik Nikolov Kapsazov (; 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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1935 births

2017 deaths

Bulgarian male artistic gymnasts

People from Asenovgrad

Sportspeople from Plovdiv Province

Gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Gymnasts at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Olympic gymnasts for Bulgaria

Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria

Olympic medalists in gymnastics

Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Universiade medalists in gymnastics

Universiade bronze medalists for Bulgaria

Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade

European champions in gymnastics

20th-century Bulgarian people

21st-century Bulgarian people