Nikita Alekseevich Ignatyev (, born 21 June 1992 in
Novosibirsk
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,
Novosibirsk Oblast
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,
Russia
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) is a retired Russian
artistic gymnast
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. He is the
2015 European Games
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All-around bronze medalist.
Competitive history
Career
Ignatyev has started gymnastics since 1997. In 2003 he moved to the town of
Leninsk-Kuznetsky, training in the sports school for gymnastics. In 2010 he attended the Kuzbass State Pedagogical Academy and selected to be with the Russian team for men's artistic gymnastics. He won the all-around at the 28th Gander Memorial in Morges, Switzerland.
In 2012, Ignatyev was not selected to compete but was an alternate for the Russian men's team for the
2012 London Olympics
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.
In 2013, Ignatyev, alongside the Russian team (
Nikolai Kuksenkov
Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (, ; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed for Ukraine for many years and moved to Russia after the 2012 Summer Olympics in Lo ...
,
Emin Garibov
Emin Nadirovich Garibov (; ; born 8 September 1990 in Moscow) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast of Azerbaijani descent. He is the two-time (2013, 2012) European Horizontal Bar champion.
Personal life
Garibov is the younger son of Azerbai ...
,
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 ...
and
David Belyavskiy
David Sagitovich Belyavskiy ( rus, Давид Сагитович Белявский, , dɐˈvʲid bʲɪˈlʲafskʲɪɪ̯; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, representing Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympi ...
) won Russia the team gold at the
2013 Summer Universiade
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in
Kazan
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.
On May 19–25, 2014, at the
2014 European Championships in
Sofia
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. Ignatyev along with teammates (
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 ...
,
Aleksandr Balandin,
David Belyavskiy
David Sagitovich Belyavskiy ( rus, Давид Сагитович Белявский, , dɐˈvʲid bʲɪˈlʲafskʲɪɪ̯; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, representing Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympi ...
,
Nikolai Kuksenkov
Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (, ; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed for Ukraine for many years and moved to Russia after the 2012 Summer Olympics in Lo ...
) won Russia the Team Event gold medal with a total score of 267.959 ahead of
Great Britain
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.
At the
2014 World Championships in
Nanning
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, Ignatyev also competed along teammates (
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 ...
,
David Belyavskiy
David Sagitovich Belyavskiy ( rus, Давид Сагитович Белявский, , dɐˈvʲid bʲɪˈlʲafskʲɪɪ̯; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, representing Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympi ...
,
Nikolai Kuksenkov
Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (, ; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed for Ukraine for many years and moved to Russia after the 2012 Summer Olympics in Lo ...
, Daniil Kazachkov and
Ivan Stretovich
Ivan Alexeyevich Stretovich (; born 6 October 1996) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Competitive history
Career
Stretovich started gymnastics at six years old when his mother ...
) with Team Russia finishing 5th in the Team Final.
In June 2015, Ignatyev competed in the
2015 European Games
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, winning gold in the Team Competition (with teammates
David Belyavskiy
David Sagitovich Belyavskiy ( rus, Давид Сагитович Белявский, , dɐˈvʲid bʲɪˈlʲafskʲɪɪ̯; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, representing Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympi ...
and
Nikolai Kuksenkov
Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (, ; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed for Ukraine for many years and moved to Russia after the 2012 Summer Olympics in Lo ...
). He qualified for the all-around ahead of teammate
Nikolai Kuksenkov
Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (, ; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed for Ukraine for many years and moved to Russia after the 2012 Summer Olympics in Lo ...
and won the all-around bronze. In apparatus finals, he won silver in Rings and silver in Horizontal Bar. He became the all-around champion at the Russian Cup in September.
Ignatyev was member the Russian men competing at the
2015 World Championships in
Glasgow
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, together with teammates (
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 ...
,
Ivan Stretovich
Ivan Alexeyevich Stretovich (; born 6 October 1996) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Competitive history
Career
Stretovich started gymnastics at six years old when his mother ...
,
Nikolai Kuksenkov
Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (, ; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed for Ukraine for many years and moved to Russia after the 2012 Summer Olympics in Lo ...
,
Nikita Nagornyy and
David Belyavskiy
David Sagitovich Belyavskiy ( rus, Давид Сагитович Белявский, , dɐˈvʲid bʲɪˈlʲafskʲɪɪ̯; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, representing Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympi ...
)
On May 25–29, Ignatyev (together with
David Belyavskiy
David Sagitovich Belyavskiy ( rus, Давид Сагитович Белявский, , dɐˈvʲid bʲɪˈlʲafskʲɪɪ̯; born 23 February 1992) is a Russian artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, representing Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympi ...
,
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 ...
,
Nikolai Kuksenkov
Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (, ; born 2 June 1989) is a retired Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed for Ukraine for many years and moved to Russia after the 2012 Summer Olympics in Lo ...
and
Nikita Nagornyy) won Russia the Team gold at the
2016 European Championships. Ignatyev was initially named to the Olympic Team for the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil, but was replaced by
Ivan Stretovich
Ivan Alexeyevich Stretovich (; born 6 October 1996) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Competitive history
Career
Stretovich started gymnastics at six years old when his mother ...
only a few days before the Games began.
In 2021 Ignatyev competed at the
World Championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...
. He qualified for the All-Around final and finished 17.
On 2 July 2023 Valentina Rodionenko, coach of the national artistic gymnastics team, announced that Ignatyev decided to end his career.
References
External links
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Nikita Ignatyev at sportgymrus.ru
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Russian male artistic gymnasts
Sportspeople from Novosibirsk
1992 births
Living people
Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games
European Games medalists in gymnastics
European Games gold medalists for Russia
European Games silver medalists for Russia
European Games bronze medalists for Russia
Summer World University Games medalists in gymnastics
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
21st-century Russian sportsmen