Alexander Wassiljewitsch Tkachev

Alexander Wassiljewitsch Tkachev medal table
Gymnast
Soviet Union
Olympic Summer Games
gold	1980 Moscow	Ingots
gold	1980 Moscow	Team all-around
silver	1980 Moscow	Rings

Alexander Wassiljewitsch Tkatschow ( Russian Александр Васильевич Ткачёв ; born November 4, 1957 in Semiluki ) is a former Soviet gymnast . He was a two-time Olympic champion in 1980 .

He took part in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow for the Soviet Union . With the Soviet team he was able to win the team all-around competition. In the individual competitions he won gold on bars and a silver medal on rings. In the individual all-around he was fourth and on the pommel horse he came in fifth.

Tkachev won a total of nine medals at gymnastics world championships . He was twice world champion in team all-around and once on parallel bars.

In 1977 Tkachev performed a new element on the horizontal bar, which was later named "Tkachev Straddle". It became one of the most popular and impressive items that is often performed in international competitions.

Tkachev was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2011.

Web links

• Alexander Tkachev in the database of the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (English)
• Alexander Tkachev in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame (English)
• Alexander Tkachev in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Statistics at Gymn Forum (English)
• High Bar Tkatchev (cartoon) (English)