Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2025 Summer World University Games

Individual Neutral Athletes at the
2025 World University Games
Individual Neutral Athletes at the; 2025 World University Games
IOC code	AIN
in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany; 16–27 July 2025
Competitors	47 (25 men and 22 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Khanmagomed Ramazanov
Medals	Gold8Silver8Bronze5Total21

Last updated July 28, 2025

FISU flag in use for AIN athletes

Individual Neutral Athletes competed at the 2025 Summer World University Games , which held from 16 to 27 July 2025 in Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany.

Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Games.^[2]^[3] This list also includes 4 badminton players (2 men and 2 woman) from Kenya who are also competing as neutral athletes due to the suspension of their National Federation by the BWF.^[4]

Sport	From	Men	Women	Total
Archery	Russia	1	1	2
Badminton	Kenya	2	2	4
Diving	Russia	1	2	3
Fencing	Russia	3	3	6
Gymnastics	Belarus	0	2	2
Judo	Russia	4	3	7
Rowing	Russia	1	1	2
Swimming	Russia	7	1	8
Table tennis	Russia	2	2	4
Taekwondo	Russia	1	2	3
Tennis	Russia	3	3	6
Total		25	22	47

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Nikolai Kolesnikov	Swimming	400 m freestyle	17 July
Gold	Alina Harnasko	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic individual all-around	18 July
Gold	Dmitrii Shvelidze	Fencing	Men's épée	18 July
Gold	Alina Harnasko	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic individual clubs	19 July
Gold	Aleksandr Stepanov	Swimming	1500 m freestyle	20 July
Gold	Aleksandr Stepanov	Swimming	800 m freestyle	22 July
Gold	Vladimir Sidorenko	Table tennis	Men's singles	24 July
Gold	Egor Agafonov Ilia Simakin	Tennis	Men's doubles	25 July
Silver	Alina Harnasko	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic individual ball	19 July
Silver	Alina Harnasko	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic individual ribbon	19 July
Silver	Nikolai Kolesnikov	Swimming	200 m freestyle	19 July
Silver	Roman Akimov ^[a] Nikolai Kolesnikov Aleksandr Shchegolev Aleksandr Stepanov Dmitrii Zhavoronkov	Swimming	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	22 July
Silver	Abrek Naguchev	Judo	Men's 66 kg	23 July
Silver	Maksim Grebnev	Table tennis	Men's singles	24 July
Silver	Armen Agaian	Judo	Men's 73 kg	24 July
Silver	Alevtina Ibragimova	Tennis	Women's singles	26 July
Bronze	Kirill Gurov	Fencing	Men's épée	18 July
Bronze	Anastasiia Salos	Gymnastics	Women's rhythmic individual clubs	19 July
Bronze	Aleksandr Shchegolev	Swimming	100 m freestyle	21 July
Bronze	Alevtina Ibragimova Kseniia Zaitseva	Tennis	Women's doubles	23 July
Bronze	Valeriy Endovitskiy	Judo	Men's +100 kg	25 July

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	3	2	1	6
Gymnastics	2	2	1	5
Tennis	1	1	1	3
Table tennis	1	1	0	2
Fencing	1	0	1	2
Judo	0	2	1	3
Total	8	8	5	21

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	17 July	1	0	0	1
Day 2	18 July	2	0	1	3
Day 3	19 July	1	3	1	5
Day 4	20 July	1	0	0	1
Day 5	21 July	0	0	1	1
Day 6	22 July	1	1	0	2
Day 7	23 July	0	1	1	2
Day 8	24 July	1	2	0	3
Day 9	25 July	1	0	1	2
Day 10	26 July	0	1	0	1
Day 11	27 July	0	0	0	0
Total		8	8	5	21

Archery

Compund

Athlete	From	Event	Ranking round		Round of 96	Round of 48	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	From	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ivan Zhulin	Russia	Men's individual	705	3	Bye		Booth (USA) L 144–142	Clark (GBR) L 142–146	Did not advance
Arina Cherkezova	Russia	Women's individual	693	4	—	Bye	De Sousa (POR) W 144⁹⁺–144⁹	Sullenberger (USA) L 142–144	Did not advance

Badminton

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Farnandas Onchiri	Kenya	Singles	Bye	Teeraratsakul (THA) L 4–15, 8–15	Did not advance
Brian Ongeche	Kenya	Singles	Bye	Rikreay (NEP) L 3–15, 6–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Patience Onyango	Kenya	Singles	Ng (HKG) L 3–15, 3–15	Did not advance
Naomi Wandili	Kenya	Singles	Bye	Cloteaux-Foucault (FRA) L 5–15, 8–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	From	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Farnandas Onchiri Patience Onyango	Kenya	Doubles	Punchihewa / Vidanage (SRI) W 6–15, 4–15	Did not advance
Brian Ongeche Naomi Wandili	Kenya	Doubles	Lee / Ngo (USA) W 5–15, 6–15	Did not advance

Diving

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Grigorii Ivanov	Russia	1 m springboard	323.30	8 Q	343.15	4
Grigorii Ivanov	Russia	3 m springboard	378.35	9 Q	357.00	11

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Uliana Manaekova	Russia	3 m springboard	126.20	25	Did not advance
Uliana Manaekova		10 m platform	241.60	12 Q	204.45	11
Erika Sazonova		1 m springboard	217.65	14 Q	237.60	7
Erika Sazonova		3 m springboard	207.80	17	Did not advance
Uliana Manaekova Erika Sazonova		3 m synchro springboard	—		224.31	6

Mixed

Athlete	From	Event	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Points	Rank
Grigorii Ivanov Erika Sazonova	Russia	3 m synchro springboard	265.23	4

Fencing

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Group stage		Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl	Final / BM / Pl
Athlete	From	Event	Result	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mikhail Belozerov	Russia	Épée	3–3	4 Q	Abed (KSA) W 15–11	Mencarelli (ITA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Kirill Gurov			4–1	1 Q	Bye	Hazazi (KSA) W 13–9	Matsumoto (JPN) W 15–14	Urban (POL) W 15–9	Heo (KOR) W 15–14	Shvelidze (AIN) L 8–15	Did not advance
Dmitrii Shvelidze			4–2	3 Q	Bye	Fahlstedt (SWE) W 15–11	Jean-Joseph (FRA) W 15–14	Del Contrasto (ITA) W 15–9	Krasniuk (UKR) W 15–14	Gurov (AIN) W 15–8	Somody (HUN) W 15–11
Mikhail Belozerov Kirill Gurov Dmitrii Shvelidze		Team épée	—				Bye	Spain W 45–38	Italy L 37–45	Ukraine W 45–23	Switzerland W 45–27	5

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Group stage		Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl	Final / BM / Pl
Athlete	From	Event	Result	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Polina Khaertdinova	Russia	Épée	4–1	1 Q	Bye	Rahimova (AZE) W 15–13	Saito (JPN) L 14–15	Did not advance
Galina Krymova			1–5	5	Did not advance
Taisiia Larkina			6–0	1 Q	Bye	Tercjak (POL) W 15–11	Bultynck (BEL) W 14–13	Saito (JPN) W 15–4	Hsieh (HKG) L 11–12	Did not advance
Polina Khaertdinova Galina Krymova Taisiia Larkina		Team épée	—				Bye	Switzerland L 36–45	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Individual

Athlete	From	Event	Final & Qualification
Athlete	From	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Alina Harnasko	Belarus	All-around	28.500 Q	28.900 Q	29.050 Q	28.400 Q	114.850
		Hoop	27.000	—			27.000	5
		Ball	—	28.150	—		28.150
		Clubs	—		29.550	—	29.550
		Ribbon	—			27.850	27.850
Anastasiia Salos		All-around	26.600	25.700	27.800 Q	25.650 Q	105.750	6
		Clubs	—		27.850	—	27.850
		Ribbon	—			25.950	25.950	5

Judo

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	From	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abrek Naguchev	Russia	−66 kg	Bye	Manomai (THA) W 100–000	Ickes (GER) W 001–000	Gusmão (BRA) W 001–000	Serikbayev (KAZ) W 100–011	Bye	Kentoku (JPN) L 000–110
Armen Agaian		−73 kg	—	Chang (TPE) W 100–000	An (KOR) W 010–000	De Oliveira (BRA) W 011–001	Ahibo (FRA) W 020–000	Bye	Osmanov (MDA) L 001–004
Mukhamed-Ali Mataev		−100 kg		Bye	Kappelmeier (GER) L WO	Did not advance
Valeriy Endovitskiy		+100 kg		Bye	Korevaar (NED) W 100–000	Belz (GER) W 100–000	Nakamura (JPN) L 000–010	Bye	Ravshankulov (UZB) W 010–001

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	From	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Iuliia Semikolenova	Russia	−48 kg	Bye	Chiu (TPE) L WO	Did not advance
Polina Iudina		−78 kg	Kolar (SLO) W 100–000	Freitas (BRA) L 000–100	Did not advance
Alfiia Dashkina		+78 kg	Barra (CHI) W 110–000	Somkhishvili (GEO) L 000–100	Did not advance

Rowing

Athlete	From	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final	Rank
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maksim Zhevlachenko	Russia	Men's single sculls	7:14.26	2 Q	7:23.83	2 Q	7:10.29	5 FB	7:05.06	7
Veronika Shliaptseva	Russia	Women's single sculls	8:21.44	1 Q	8:49.98	2 Q	8:04.25	4 FB	8:29.03	7

Swimming

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roman Akimov	Russia	200 m freestyle	1:49.86	19	Did not advance
Roman Akimov		400 m freestyle	3:59.07	21	—		Did not advance
Nikolai Kolesnikov		200 m freestyle	1:47.23	1 Q	1:46.72	3 Q	1:46.77
Nikolai Kolesnikov		400 m freestyle	3:48.75	1 Q	—		3:46.66
Aleksandr Shchegolev		50 m freestyle	22.68	14 Q	22.29	9	Did not advance
		100 m freestyle	48.57	2 Q	48.67	5 Q	48.34
		50 m butterfly	23.70	6 Q	23.72	9	Did not advance
Aleksandr Stepanov		800 m freestyle	8:00.75	2 Q	—		7:46.51
Aleksandr Stepanov		1500 m freestyle	15:23.20	7 Q	—		14:55.98
Aleksei Sudarev		200 m breaststroke	2:16.04	17	Did not advance
		200 m individual medley	2:00.95	8 Q	2:00.96	10	Did not advance
		400 m individual medley	4:34.12	20	—		Did not advance
Aleksei Tkachev		50 m backstroke	25.67	14 Q	25.46	12	Did not advance
		100 m backstroke	54.56	7 Q	54.34	6 Q	54.42	6
		200 m backstroke	1:58.90	2 Q	1:58.00	3 Q	1:58.45	4
Dmitrii Zhavoronkov		50 m freestyle	22.82	20	Did not advance
Dmitrii Zhavoronkov		100 m freestyle	49.43	10 Q	48.59	4 Q	49.28	8
Roman Akimov Nikolai Kolesnikov Aleksandr Shchegolev Dmitrii Zhavoronkov		4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:21.13	11	—		Did not advance
Roman Akimov ^[a] Nikolai Kolesnikov Aleksandr Shchegolev Aleksandr Stepanov Dmitrii Zhavoronkov		4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:16.71	2 Q			7:08.33
Aleksandr Shchegolev Aleksei Sudarev Aleksei Tkachev Dmitrii Zhavoronkov		4 × 100 m medley relay	3:37.57	3 Q			3:36.18	4

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Iana Shakirova	Russia	100 m freestyle	55.76	10 Q	55.06	8 Q	54.92	8
		50 m breaststroke	31.66	12 Q	31.23	6 Q	31.38	7
		200 m individual medley	2:17.04	14 Q	2:14.46	6 Q	2:14.13	5

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Group stage			Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maksim Grebnev	Russia	Singles	Chen (AUS) W 3–0	Molina (ECU) W 3–0	1 Q	Al-Mutairi (KSA) W 4–0	Chua (SGP) W 4–2	Zeng (CHN) W 4–3	Picard (FRA) W 4–2	Fadeev (GER) W 4–3	Sun (CHN) W 4–2	Sidorenko (AIN) L 1–4
Vladimir Sidorenko		Singles	Yılmaz (TUR) W 3–0	Degros (BEL) W 3–0	1 Q	Bye	Sheth (USA) W 4–0	Movileanu (ROU) W 4–2	Cho (KOR) W 4–3	Kao (TPE) W 4–2	Ionescu (ROU) W 4–0	Grebnev (AIN) W 4–1
Maksim Grebnev Vladimir Sidorenko		Doubles	—				Dahal / Joshi (NEP) W 3–0	Chang / Feng (TPE) L 2–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Group stage			Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elizabet Abraamian	Russia	Singles	Castro (CRC) W 3–0	Liu (CAN) W 3–0	1 Q	Abilzade (AZE) W 4–0	Haraç (TUR) W 4–0	Lee (HKG) W 4–2	Wang (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Mariia Tailakova		Singles	Liao (CAN) W 3–0	Mikayilova (AZE) W 3–0	1 Q	Bye	Brzyska (POL) L 1–4	Did not advance
Elizabet Abraamian Mariia Tailakova		Doubles	—				Sung / Tan (USA) W 3–1	Ng / Wong (HKG) W 0–3	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	From	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maksim Grebnev Mariia Tailakova	Russia	Doubles	Bye	Guo / Liao (CAN) W 3–0	Movileanu / Zaharia (ROU) W 3–1	Moullet / Maurer (SUI) W 3–0	Chen / Wang (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Vladimir Sidorenko Elizabet Abraamian	Russia	Doubles	Bye	Ionescu / Sîngeorzan (ROU) W 3–0	Zelinka / Labošová (SVK) W 3–0	Picard / Cok (FRA) W 3–0	Chan / Wong (HKG) L 3–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Khanmagomed Ramazanov	Russia	Men's −74 kg	Bouriel (CAN) L 0–2	Did not advance
Ariadna Yandolovskaya		Women's −57 kg	Lin (TPE) L 0–2	Did not advance
Polina Shvedkova		Women's +73 kg	Bye	Akbulak (TUR) W 2–0	Chin (TPE) L 0–2	Did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Egor Agafonov	Russia	Singles	Bye	Roothman (RSA) W 7–6^(7–1), 6–2	Charoenphon (THA) W 7–5, 6–0	Friend (JPN) L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Ilia Simakin		Singles	Bye	Jucha (FRA) W 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)	Chen (TPE) W 6–3, 6–2	Shin (UZB) W 6–3, 6–2	Samuel (GBR) L 6–2, 5–7, 3–6	Did not advance
Egor Agafonov Ilia Simakin		Doubles	—		Bye	Milushev / Shin (UZB) W 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)	Dietrich / Stäheli (SUI) W 2–6, 7–6^(7–4), [10–5]	Gabelic / Slavic (SWE) W 6–2, 6–3	Alkaya / Duran (TUR) W 3–6, 6–2, [10–3]

Women

Athlete	From	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Polina Iatcenko	Russia	Singles	Athieno (UGA) W 6–0, 6–0	Maloney (GBR) L 6–7, 3–6	Did not advance
Alevtina Ibragimova		Singles	Bye	Center (USA) W 6–3, 7–5	Yoshimoto (JPN) W 6–3, 2–6, 6–4	Li (CHN) W 3–6, 6–4, 6–4	Otzipka (BEL) W 6–4, 6–4	Méri (SVK) L 3–6, 6–1, 5–7
Alevtina Ibragimova Kseniia Zaitseva		Doubles	—	Bye	Ferrara / Lombardini (ITA) W 6–3, 6–2	Nguyen Tan / Robbe (FRA) W 6–4, 6–1	Li / Lin (TPE) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	From	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	From	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kseniia Zaitseva Pavel Verbin	Russia	Doubles	Iona / Mukwaturi (ZIM) W 6–1, 6–1	Aulia / Jin (AUS) L 5–7, 5–7	Did not advance

References

↑ "Россияне приняли участие в параде атлетов на Церемонии открытия Универсиады-2025" (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
↑ "FISU World University Games 2025 Results – Nation – AIN". rhineruhr2025.com. Retrieved 17 July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "48 студентов российских университетов выступят под нейтральным флагом на Всемирных студенческих играх – 2025". studsport.ru (in Russian). 13 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
↑ "Suspension killing Kenya's badminton, says coach Maina". Citizen Digital. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

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[1] "Россияне приняли участие в параде атлетов на Церемонии открытия Универсиады-2025" (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

[2] "FISU World University Games 2025 Results – Nation – AIN". rhineruhr2025.com. Retrieved 17 July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "48 студентов российских университетов выступят под нейтральным флагом на Всемирных студенческих играх – 2025". studsport.ru (in Russian). 13 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

[4] "Suspension killing Kenya's badminton, says coach Maina". Citizen Digital. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

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v t e Nations at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany
Africa	Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon DR Congo Egypt Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Kenya Libya Mali Nigeria São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Paraguay Trinidad and Tobago United States Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Iran Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Tajikistan Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Great Britain Georgia Germany Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand
Other	Individual Neutral Athletes

Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2025 World University Games
IOC code	AIN
in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany 16–27 July 2025
Competitors	47 (25 men and 22 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Khanmagomed Ramazanov ^[1]
Medals	Gold 8 Silver 8 Bronze 5 Total 21