Nikita Ignatyev

Nikita Alekseevich Ignatyev (Russian: Никита Алексеевич Игнатьев, born 21 June 1992 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. He is the 2015 European Games All-around bronze medalist.

Nikita Ignatyev
Full name	Nikita Alekseevich Ignatyev
Born	(1992-06-21) June 21, 1992 Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Hometown	Novosibirsk
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Russia
Years on national team	2010 - 2022
Level	Senior international elite
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Retired	2 July 2023
Medal record Representing Russia European Games 2015 Baku Team 2015 Baku Rings 2015 Baku All-Around 2015 Baku Horizontal Bar European Championships 2014 Sofia Team 2016 Bern Team Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Team

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
2008	Voronin Junior Cup
2010	Russian Cup		20
	World Championships					11
	Voronin Cup		8
2011	National Championships					4
	Russian Cup			4	5				6
	European Championships		5
2012	National Championships
	Russian Cup		6		5	4
2013	National Championships
	European Championships		10
	Universiade					5
2014
	European Championships
	Russian Cup			4	8
	World Championships	5	26	16	140	8		44	165
	Swiss Cup
	Arthur Gander Memorial
2015
	World Championships	4	24	40	152	15	41	136	16
	National Championships	5		5		5
	Russian Cup
	European Games				10			8
2016	National Championships
	European Championships
	Swiss Cup
	Arthur Gander Memorial		10
	Toyota International				4			4
2017	Stuttgart World Cup		4
	European Championships		4	51	53	14		12	10
	National Championships
	Voronin Cup				5
2018	DTB Team Challenge		42
Voronin Cup		4
2019	National Championships			4	6
	DTB Team Challenge
	Russian Cup		7		5
2021	National Championships	4	4			4		6	8
	Russian Cup					5		6	6
	World Championships		17

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.

In 2013, Ignatyev, alongside the Russian team (Nikolai Kuksenkov, Emin Garibov, Denis Ablyazin and David Belyavskiy) won Russia the team gold at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan.

On May 19–25, 2014, at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia. Ignatyev along with teammates (Denis Ablyazin, Aleksandr Balandin, David Belyavskiy, Nikolai Kuksenkov) won Russia the Team Event gold medal with a total score of 267.959 ahead of Great Britain. At the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, Ignatyev also competed along teammates (Denis Ablyazin, David Belyavskiy, Nikolai Kuksenkov, Daniil Kazachkov and Ivan Stretovich) with Team Russia finishing 5th in the Team Final.

In June 2015, Ignatyev competed in the 2015 European Games, winning gold in the Team Competition (with teammates David Belyavskiy and Nikolai Kuksenkov). He qualified for the all-around ahead of teammate Nikolai Kuksenkov 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, together with teammates (Denis Ablyazin, Ivan Stretovich, Nikolai Kuksenkov, Nikita Nagornyy and David Belyavskiy)

On May 25–29, Ignatyev (together with David Belyavskiy, Denis Ablyazin, Nikolai Kuksenkov 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 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but was replaced by Ivan Stretovich only a few days before the Games began.

In 2021 Ignatyev competed at the World Championships. 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.

External links

• Nikita Ignatyev at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Nikita Ignatyev at sportgymrus.ru Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
• Nikita Ignatyev at The-Sports.org
• Nikita Ignatyev at the Baku 2015 European Games (archived)