Nickname
Radik (baku2015.com, 14 Jun 2015)
Hobbies
Music, taking walks, watching television and movies. (noc-ukr.org, 13 Jul 2021; kp.ua, 07 May 2021)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport, Kyiv, UKR
Family
Wife Angelina Radivilova [Kysla]
Spoken languages
Russian, Ukrainian
Club
GymCity Cottbus [Germany]
Coach
Vyacheslav Lavrukhin [personal], UKR
Sporting relatives
His wife Angelina Radivilova [Kysla] is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast who competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (xsport.ua, 04 Sep 2016; olympic.org, 10 Sep 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 29 Sep 2021)
International senior debut
2007 for Ukraine, in Poland (hotsport.ua, 08 May 2012)
Start sporting career
He took up the sport at age five in Mariupol, Ukraine. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2015)
Reason for taking up the sport
A friend of his mother took him to an artistic gymnastics club. (izvestia.com.ua, 18 Apr 2012)
Ambitions
To win a gold medal at the world championships and Olympic Games. (kp.ua, 07 May 2021)
Trainings
He trains daily from 10:00-13:00 and 16:00-19:00. (kp.ua, 07 May 2021)
Hero / Idol
Russian artistic gymnast Alexei Nemov. (kp.ua, 07 May 2021)
Philosophy / Motto
"Everything is possible if you want to." (noc-ukr.org, 13 Jul 2021)
Awards
He received the Medal for Labour and Valour in Ukraine in recognition of his performance at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. (president.gov.ua, 15 Jul 2019)
He was named Ukrainian National Olympic Committee Athlete of the Month in October 2017, November 2017 and March 2018. (ukrinform.ru, 02 Apr 2018; zn.ua, 01 Dec 2017)
He holds the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine. (mms.gov.ua, 21 Dec 2021; Athlete, 23 Aug 2015)
Additional information
General
FURTHER EDUCATION
He has also studied at Kamianets-Podilskyi National Ivan Ohiienko University in Ukraine. (noc-ukr.org, 13 Jul 2021)
BANNED ELEMENT
He performed a triple front somersault on vault at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The International Gymnastics Federation [FIG] banned the element following the Games due to concerns that the risk of injury was too great. He said he wanted to take the risk in Rio de Janeiro, where he placed eighth in vault. "My main goal was to win a medal. Somewhere deep down I knew it was a strong and serious element, and there was a good chance the FIG would ban it, which they did in the end." (sportarena.com, 09 Jun 2017; fig-gymnastics.com, 05 Sep 2017; fig-docs.com, 01 Nov 2016)
Last update : 2022-10-07