Dmitrii Sergeevich Lankin (; born 17 April 1997) is a Russian

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

. He is the 2017 European floor silver medalist.

Competitive History

Career

Lankin has competed at the Russian National Championships since 2014 and won team bronze in 2016 and team gold in 2017. He competed internationally at the 2016 World Cup in

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where he won a bronze medal in parallel bars. In 2017, Lankin competed at the 2017 European Championships and won a silver medal in floor behind Romania's

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. Notably, he is the one of a handful of active gymnasts who competes the H-difficulty Liukin or triple back tucked somersault, along with teammate

Nikita Nagornyy Nikita Vladimirovich Nagornyy ( rus, Никита Владимирович Нагорный, , nʲɪˈkʲitə nɐˈɡornɨɪ̯, born 12 February 1997 in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian, r ...

References

External links

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Dmitrii Lankin Profile

Gymnastics Results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lankin, Dmitrii Russian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts from Rostov-on-Don 1997 births Living people Gymnasts at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in gymnastics European Games silver medalists for Russia 21st-century Russian sportsmen