Igor Radivilov
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| Full name | Ihor Vitaliyovych Radivilov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternative name(s) | Igor Radivilov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 October 1992 Mariupol, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2007–present (UKR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Spartak, Donetsk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Vyacheslav Lavrukhin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ihor (Igor) Vitaliyovych Radivilov (Ukrainian: Ігор Віталійович Радівілов; born 19 October 1992) is a Ukrainian gymnast[1] and three-time Olympian, having competed at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympic Games. Although he competes on all apparatuses, he is best known as a vault and rings specialist.
Personal life
Radivilov was born on 19 October 1992 in
Career
2012–2016
Radivilov won silver medal in vault at the
also takes pride on Radivilov being their first Olympic medalist born in the post-Soviet era.Radivilov won gold in rings at the 2013 European Championships. At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, he and the Ukrainian team (Verniaiev, Stepko, Petro Pakhnyuk and Maksym Semiankiv) finished second in the team final. He won bronze in the rings and vault finals behind Russian gymnast Denis Ablyazin.
On May 19–25, 2014, at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia. Radivilov contributed scores of 14.266 (floor), 15.300 (rings) and 14.700 (vault), helping his country win the team bronze medal with a total score of 262.087 points, behind Great Britain. In event finals, Radivilov won the silver medal on vault (15.050) behind Ablyazin again.[5]
At the
2020
In March Radivilov competed at the Baku World Cup and qualified to the vault final in third place; however event finals were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.[6] The global COVID-19 pandemic caused numerous competitions to be cancelled or postponed, including the 2020 Olympic Games.
In October Radivilov returned to international competition at the
2021
Radivilov competed at the European Championships where he defended his title on vault; additionally he placed sixth on rings. He competed at the Doha World Cup and Osijek Challenge Cup where he placed second and first on vault respectively. He represented Ukraine at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan alongside Illia Kovtun, Petro Pakhnyuk, and Yevhen Yudenkov.[8] They finished seventh in the team final. Radivilov competed at the 2021 World Championships but did not qualify to any event finals.
Eponymous skills
Radivilov has one "inactive" eponymous skill, but it is one that remains officially recognised by the (
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty | Notes |
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| Vault | Radivilov | front handspring–triple front tucked somersault | 7.0 | Originated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro but banned almost immediately after the Olympics due to high risk of injury when performing or training the skill. |
Competitive history
References
- ^ London2012.com Archived 2013-02-28 at the UK Government Web Archive
- ^ RADIVILOV Igor at fig-gymnastics.com at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- ^ "Men's Vault - Olympic Gymnastics - Artistic | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ^ "Men's Team - Olympic Gymnastics - Artistic | London 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-12-08. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ^ "Ablyazin, Wilson Dominate European Finals". international gymnast. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ "Finals of Baku World Cup cancelled". International Gymnastics Federation. March 13, 2020.
- ^ "34TH EUROPEAN MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS: SENIORS – Team Results" (PDF). 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Rounding Off: Oleg Verniaiev left out of Ukraine team for Tokyo Games". International Olympic Committee. July 9, 2021.
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