Career
His favorite gymnast and idol is Alexei Nemov. Junior
Nagornyy was selected to represent Russia in men"s gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. Nagornyy was the only gymnast to qualify to all 6 event finals.
Nagornyy was the most decorated male artistic gymnast at this Youth Olympics Game with a total of 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal.
Senior
Nagornyy"s first year as a senior gymnast was 2015. At the 2015 Russian National Championships, his team finished in 4th, and he finished 5th in the all-around.
He was then selected to compete floor and vault at the 2015 European Championships. Nagornyy qualified first for the vault final at the 2015 European Championships with a 15.050.
However, he only finished 41st in the floor qualifications with a 14.100 due to a near-fall and several steps out of bounds.
His teammate, Denis Ablyazin, was only 0.016 behind him.