Nikita Ignatyev

Education

In 2010 he attended the Kuzbass State Pedagogical Academy and selected to be with the Russian team for men"s artistic gymnastics.

Career

He is the 2015 European Games All-around bronze medalist. Ignatyev has started gymnastics since 1997. In 2003 he moved to the town of Leninsk-Kuznetsky, training in the sports school for gymnastics.

In 2012, Ignatyev was not selected to compete but was an alternate for the Russian men"s team for the 2012 London Olympics.

In 2014, In May 19-25, at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia. 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).

Achievements

• He won the all-around at the 28th Gander Memorial in Morges, Switzerland. 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. 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. 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.