Illia Kovtun

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Illia Kovtun
2019-06-27 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Men's All-around competition Victory ceremony All-around final (Martin Rulsch) 10.jpg
Illia Kovtun in 2019
Personal information
Full nameIllia Iuryovych Kovtun
Country represented Ukraine
Born (2003-08-10) 10 August 2003 (age 18)
Cherkasy, Ukraine
HometownCherkasy, Ukraine
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2017–present (UKR)
Club Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces
Head coach(es)Iryna Volodymyrivna Nadyuk
Eponymous skills"Kovtun" (Parallel Bars) Back toss from upper arm with quarter turn to one rail (C)
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kitakyushu All-Around
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Basel All-Around
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Győr Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Győr All-Around
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 6 3 3
Total 6 3 3

Illia Iuryovych Kovtun (Ukrainian: Ілля Юрійович Ковтун; born 10 August 2003)[1] is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games. He is the 2021 World and European all-around bronze medalist, and is a two-time junior world championships medalist.

Career[]

Junior[]

2018[]

Kovtun competed at the 2018 European Championships where he helped Ukraine finish fifth in the team finals. Individually he won the junior title on the parallel bars.[2]

2019[]

Kovtun competed at the Stella Zakharova Cup where he placed first in the junior all-around division. He was selected to represent Ukraine at the inaugural junior World Championships alongside Nazar Chepurnyi and . Together they finished second as a team behind Japan. Individually he won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Shinnosuke Oka and Ryosuke Doi. During event finals Kovtun finished sixth on pommel horse and fourth on parallel bars.[1][3][4]

Kovtun next competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan, again alongside Chepurnyi and Kostiuk. They won gold as a team and individually Kovtun won gold in the all-around and on parallel bars and horizontal bar; additionally he won silver on floor exercise behind Chepurnyi.

Introduction
Pommel horse
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar
Kovtun at the 2019 Junior World Championships

2020[]

Kovtun competed at the 2020 European Championships held in Mersin, Turkey. While there he led the Ukrainian junior team to gold.[5][6] Individually he won gold in the all-around and on pommel horse, rings, and parallel bars and silver on vault.[6][7] He also won the silver medal in the junior vault event.[8]

Senior[]

2021[]

Kovtun turned senior in 2021 and made his senior international debut at the 2021 European Championships. He won the bronze medal in the all-around competition behind Nikita Nagornyy and David Belyavskiy. Kovtun next competed at the World Challenge Cups in Varna and Cairo; he picked up five gold medals and two bronze medals.

Kovtun at the 2020 Olympic Games

Due to the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Kovtun was age-eligible to compete at them in 2021. He was named to represented Ukraine alongside Petro Pakhnyuk, Igor Radivilov, and Yevhen Yudenkov. They qualified to the team final and individually Kovtun qualified to the all-around final. During the team final Kovtun competed on floor exercise, pommel horse, parallel bars, and high bar, contributing towards Ukraine's seventh place finish. During the all-around final Kovtun finished 11th.

After the Olympic Games Kovtun returned to competition at the World Challenge Cups in Koper and Mersin where he picked up an additional gold and bronze medal and three silvers. He ended up winning the series titles on floor exercise, pommel horse, and parallel bars.[9]

In October Kovtun competed at the 2021 World Championships where he won the all-around bronze medal behind Zhang Boheng and Hashimoto Daiki. Additionally he placed seventh on horizontal bar. He next competed at the Arthur Gander Memorial where he placed third behind Yul Moldauer and Nikita Nagornyy. Kovtun then competed at the Swiss Cup where he was partnered with Yelyzaveta Hubareva; they finished second behind the Russian team of Nagornyy and Angelina Melnikova.[10]

In December Kovtun was awarded with the title «Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine». [11]

Competitive history[]

Kovtun and the Ukrainian delegation at the 2019 Junior World Championships
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2015 Ukrainian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 Barborka Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ukrainian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ukraine International Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior Japan International 15
2018 President's Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 5 46 1st place, gold medalist(s) 47
Swiss Cup Juniors 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Ukraine International Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ukrainian Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior World Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 4
Euro Youth Olympic Festival 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 13 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Games Test Event 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020 Ukraine International Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7
Ukrainian Championship 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kyiv Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Senior
2021 1st Italian Serie A 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2nd Italian Serie A 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ukrainian Championship 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
3rd Italian Serie A 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 5
Ukraine International Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Cup Varna 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Cup Cairo 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Games 7 11
World Cup Koper 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8
World Cup Mersin 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6
Hungarian Grand Prix 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) R2 7
Arthur Gander Memorial 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Swiss Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1st German Bundesliga 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Eponymous skills[]

Kovtun has one skill named after him on parallel bars.

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty Added to Code of Points
Parallel Bars Kovtun Back toss from upper arm with quarter turn to one rail C (0.3) 2021 World Cup Koper

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". FIG. Retrieved 22 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "2018 European Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. 13 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Oka wins all-around title as Japan dominate opening day of Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020.
  4. ^ "GYMNASTICS: Russia and Japan shine in first World Junior Championships; di Cello wins gold on Vault". The Sports Examiner. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
  5. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (9 December 2020). "Ukraine claim junior team title on first day of European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Ukraine crowned junior European team Champions!". European Gymnastics. 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (11 December 2020). "Kovtun wins junior all-around gold at European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  8. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (13 December 2020). "Turkey end home European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships with historic double". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Kovtun and Derek triumph with World Challenge Cup Series titles". International Gymnastics Federation. 15 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Angelina Melnikova and Nikita Nagornyy lead Russian Federation to Swiss Cup win in Zurich". International Olympic Committee. 7 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Черкаський гімнаст став «Заслуженим майстром спорту України»". 6 December 2021.

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