Yuri Nikitin (gymnast)

Yuri Viktorovich Nikitin (Ukrainian: Юрій Вікторович Нікітін, born 15 July 1978) is a Ukrainian gymnast and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1] He also competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]

Yuri Nikitin
Personal information
Full nameYuri Viktorovich Nikitin
Country represented Ukraine
Born (1978-07-15) 15 July 1978
Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
DisciplineTrampoline gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Trampoline
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2003 HannoverTeam Individual
Bronze medal – third place2003 HannoverSynchro

Before Olympics

Born on 15 July 1978 in Kherson, Ukraine. He began his sports career at Kherson State Secondary School. As a child, he was fond of jumping on a trampoline, as he says - "loved it for its extremity". His first coach was Igor Molchanov, who, according to Nikitin, taught the young athlete to "be a man" He graduated from the Kherson Higher School of Physical Culture. In 2012 he was trained by Volodymyr Gorzhi to prepare. In 2001, he graduated from Kherson State Pedagogical University. He was a member of the "Biola" sports club at KSPU.[3]

References
  1. "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Gymnastics". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2008. Yuri Nikitin
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yuriy Nikitin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. "НІКІТІН Юрій Вікторович". Херсонська обласна бібліотека для юнацтва ім. Б. А. Лавреньова.


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