Aleksandr Vasilyevich Tkachyov (; 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)
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! Event
! width=25px|AA
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! width=25px|FX
! width=25px|PH
! width=25px|RG
! width=25px|VT
! width=25px|PB
! width=25px|HB
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| rowspan="1" | 1976 || align=left | USSR Championships || || || || || || || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd ||
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| rowspan="5" | 1977 || align=left | World Cup || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st
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| align=left | European Championships || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
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| align=left | Universiade || || || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st ||
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| align=left | USSR Championships || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
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| align=left | USSR Cup || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || ||
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| rowspan="4" | 1978 || align=left | World Championships || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || ||
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| align=left | World Cup || || || || || || || || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
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| align=left | USSR Championships || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
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| align=left | USSR Cup || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || || ||
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| rowspan="4" | 1979 || align=left | World Championships || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd
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| align=left | European Championships || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st
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| align=left | USSR Championships || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st
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| align=left | USSR Cup || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || || || || ||
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| rowspan="1" | 1980 || align=left | USSR Championships || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st
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| rowspan="4" | 1981 || align=left | World Championships || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st
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| align=left | European Championships || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st
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| align=left | USSR Championships || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd
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| align=left | USSR Cup || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || || || || ||
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Gallery
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2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0964.jpg|Performed by Sergei Naidin at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0965.jpg
2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0966.jpg
2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0967.jpg
2018-10-11 Gymnastics at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Artistic Gymnastics – All-around final – Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 0968.jpg
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<gallery mode="slideshow" caption="Execution of Tkatchev stretched">
File:Austrian Future Cup 2018-11-24 Group 3 Rotation 6 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 402.jpg|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
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External links
- List of competitive results at Gymn Forum
- Tkachev Element animated gif image
- Tkachev(High Bar Animation)