Russia men's national artistic gymnastics team

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Russia men's national gymnastics team
Continental union European Union of Gymnastics
National federation Artistic Gymnastics Federation of Russia
Olympic Games
Appearances7
Medals Gold medal.svg Gold: 1996, 2020
Silver medal.svg Silver: 2016
Bronze medal.svg Bronze: 2000
World Championships
Appearances14
Medals Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold: 2019
Silver medal world centered-2.svg Silver: 1994, 1999, 2006, 2018
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg Bronze: 1997
Junior World Championships
Appearances1

The Russia men's national artistic gymnastics team represents Russia in FIG international competitions. Additionally they have competed as the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and the Russian Gymnastics Federation (RGF) due to the World Anti-Doping Agency banning athletes from representing Russia in international competition. [1]

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After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) barred Russian athletes and officials, including judges. [2] It also announced that "all FIG World Cup and World Challenge Cup events planned to take place in Russia ... are cancelled, and no other FIG events will be allocated to Russia ... until further notice." FIG also banned the Russian flag at its events. [3] European Gymnastics announced in March 2022 that no athletes, officials, and judges from the Russian Gymnastics Federation can participate in any European Gymnastics events, that no European Gymnastics authorities from Russia can pursue their functions, and that European Gymnastics had removed from its calendar all events allocated to Russia and would not allocate any future events to Russia. [4] [5] [6]

History

Russia has made seven appearances in the men's team competition at the Olympic Games and has won four medals. They won gold twice – first at their debut in 1996 [7] and then again in 2020. [8]

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) barred Russian athletes and officials, including judges. [9] It also announced that "all FIG World Cup and World Challenge Cup events planned to take place in Russia ... are cancelled, and no other FIG events will be allocated to Russia ... until further notice." FIG also banned the Russian flag at its events. [10]

2023 senior roster

NameBirthdate and ageDistrict represented
Denis Ablyazin 3 August 1992 (age 31) Volga
David Belyavskiy (captain)23 February 1992 (age 32) Ural
Artur Dalaloyan 26 April 1996 (age 28) Moscow
Ivan Zavrichko 28 January 2004 (age 20) Moscow
Viktor Kalyuzhin 9 May 2001 (age 23) Northwestern
Aleksandr Kartsev 31 December 2001 (age 22) Central
Evgeni Kisel 15 January 2005 (age 19) Moscow
Grigorii Klimentev 13 December 2000 (age 23) Northwestern
Daniel Marinov 17 December 2004 (age 19) Volga
Nikita Nagornyy 12 February 1997 (age 27) Moscow
Sergei Naidin 11 July 2001 (age 22) Siberia
Daniil Novikov 17 January 2006 (age 18) Volga
Kirill Prokopiev 30 January 1994 (age 30) Central
Mukhammadzhon Yakubov 17 April 2003 (age 21) Central

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2023 Junior roster

NameBirthdate and ageDistrict represented
Artem Ablasovich 25 October 2007 (age 16) Central
Matvey Akinshin 20 September 2007 (age 16) Central
Timofey Akinshin 20 September 2007 (age 16) Central
Aleksandr Vasylev 8 September 2009 (age 14) Central
Vyacheslav Vitkov 16 September 2006 (age 17) Northwestern
Arseniy Dukhno 5 August 2008 (age 15) Moscow
Aleksandr Zhigalov 5 April 2006 (age 18) Volga
Vsevolod Korotkov 1 March 2007 (age 17) Central
Ilya Musin 6 February 2008 (age 16) Central
Evgeni Polennikov 7 February 2008 (age 16) Central
Daniil Smirnov 24 November 2008 (age 15) Northwestern
Egor Sukov 4 February 2008 (age 16) Central
Parviz Sultonov 28 July 2008 (age 15) Central
Yaroslav Sukharev 12 November 2008 (age 15) Moscow

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Team competition results

Olympic Games

World Championships

Junior World Championships

Most decorated gymnasts

This list includes all Russian male artistic gymnasts who have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships combined. Not included are medals won as part of the Soviet Union or Unified Teams.

RankGymnastYearsTeamAA FX PH SR VT PB HB Olympic Total World TotalTotal
1 Alexei Nemov 1993–2004 Gold medal olympic.svg 1996
Bronze medal olympic.svg 2000
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 1994
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 1999
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 1997
Gold medal olympic.svg 2000
Silver medal olympic.svg 1996
Silver medal olympic.svg 2000
Bronze medal olympic.svg 1996
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1997
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1999
Bronze medal olympic.svg 1996
Bronze medal olympic.svg 2000
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1999
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 1996
Gold medal olympic.svg 1996
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1995
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1996
Bronze medal olympic.svg 2000
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 1996
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2003
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 1994
Gold medal olympic.svg 2000
Bronze medal olympic.svg 1996
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2003
121325
2 Denis Ablyazin 2012–2021 Gold medal olympic.svg 2020
Silver medal olympic.svg 2016
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2019
Bronze medal olympic.svg 2012
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2014
Bronze medal olympic.svg 2016
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2017
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2014
Silver medal olympic.svg 2012
Silver medal olympic.svg 2016
Silver medal olympic.svg 2020
7411
3 Artur Dalaloyan 2018–2021 Gold medal olympic.svg 2020
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2019
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2018
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2018
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2019
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2018 Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2018
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2019
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2018 Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2019 1910
4 Nikita Nagornyy 2016–2021 Gold medal olympic.svg 2020
Silver medal olympic.svg 2016
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2019
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2018
Bronze medal olympic.svg 2020
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2019
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2018
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2019 Bronze medal olympic.svg 2020 459
5 Nikolai Kryukov 1996–2006 Gold medal olympic.svg 1996
Bronze medal olympic.svg 2000
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 1999
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2006
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 1997
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 1999 Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 1999
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2003
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 1997 279
6 David Belyavskiy 2016–2021 Gold medal olympic.svg 2020
Silver medal olympic.svg 2016
Gold medal world centered-2.svg 2019
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2018
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2017 Bronze medal olympic.svg 2016
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2017
347
7 Alexei Bondarenko 1997–2000 Bronze medal olympic.svg 2000
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 1999
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 1997
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 1997 Silver medal olympic.svg 2000 Silver medal world centered-2.svg 1999 246
8 Anton Golotsutskov 2008–2011 Bronze medal olympic.svg 2008 Bronze medal olympic.svg 2008
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2010
Silver medal world centered-2.svg 2011
Bronze medal world centered-2.svg 2009
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