Grigorii Klimentev (

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: Григорий Григорьевич Климентьев; born 13 December 2000) 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 ...

. At the 2021 World Championships he won the bronze medal in still rings, sharing it in a tie with Salvatore Maresca. He also had won a gold medal on still rings in the Mersin leg of the

2021 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series The 2021 FIG World Cup circuit in Artistic Gymnastics is a series of competitions officially organized and promoted by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in 2021. A number of events were originally scheduled to take place in 2020 and s ...

Career

Klimentev began gymnastics at age five in

Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk (, ; Karelian language, Karelian, Veps language, Vepsian and ) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . The population of the city is 280,890 as of 2022. ...

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. In 2018 he became the European Junior Champion on still rings and won the Team title along with team mates

Yuri Busse Yuri Sergeevich Busse (, born 16 July 2001 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast. On the national level, he is a three-time 2015, 2016 and 2018 Russian Junior National All-around silver medalist. Career Junior In 2014, Bus ...

, Viktor Kalyuzhin, Mikhail Khudchenko and

Sergei Naidin Sergei "Seryoga" Sergeevich Naidin (; born 11 July 2001 in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He is the 2016 European Junior Pommel horse champion. On the national level, he is a two-time the 2016, 2018 Russian Junior N ...

. In 2021 Klimentev became the Russian Champion on still rings, beating veteran

Denis Ablyazin Denis Mikhailovich Ablyazin ( rus, Денис Михайлович Аблязин, , dʲɪˈnʲis ɐˈblʲæzʲɪn, born 3 August 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast. Ablyazin is Olympic Champion 2020 in Tokyo and a seven-time Olympic Games med ...

. He made his senior international debut at the Mersin World Cup where he won gold on still rings. He was one of the athletes representing RGF at the 2021 World Championships where he won the bronze medal on still rings.

Competitive history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Klimentev, Grigorii 2000 births Living people Russian male artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from the Republic of Karelia Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 21st-century Russian sportsmen