Mikhail "Misha" Koudinov (born 23 June 1991) is a New Zealand male

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 ...

, representing his nation in international competitions. At the

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, Koudinov was New Zealand's youngest representative. He participated in every edition of the

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, since

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in Stuttgart, Germany. He was one of three New Zealand gymnasts who competed in the

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in Rio; the other two were Courtney McGregor and

Dylan Schmidt Dylan Matthew Schmidt (born 7 January 1997) is a New Zealand trampoline gymnast. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished in seventh place. He was New Zealand's first athlete to compete in trampoline at the Olympic Games. At the 202 ...

. In 2017, Koudinov had a new high bar element named after him in the Men's Code of Points. It is described as a Gaylord with a 1/1 turn

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* 1991 births Living people New Zealand male artistic gymnasts Russian emigrants to New Zealand Gymnasts from Auckland Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for New Zealand Gymnasts at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub