Occupation
Athlete
Education
Physical Education - Classical Private University, Zaporozhye, UKR
Spoken languages
Russian, Ukrainian
Club
Ojag Sports Club [Baku, AZE]
Coach
Pavlo Netreba [national], UKR (Athlete, 29 Jul 2016)
International senior debut
2010 for Ukraine, World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands (Athlete, 20 Sep 2015)
Start sporting career
He took up the sport in 1999 in Zaporozhye, Ukraine. (Athlete, 29 Jul 2016)
Reason for taking up the sport
His parents took him to a gymnastics class. "It was cool and athletic." (Athlete, 29 Jul 2016; 1news.az, 21 Jul 2015)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Competing at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Athlete, 29 Jul 2016)
Hero / Idol
Japanese artistic gymnast Kohei Uchimura, Ukrainian artistic gymnast Oleg Verniaiev, Russian artistic gymnast David Belyavskiy. (Athlete, 29 Jul 2016)
Most influential person in career
His mother, his coach, and his friends. (Athlete, 29 Jul 2016)
Philosophy / Motto
"Action always defeats inaction." (Athlete, 29 Jul 2016)
Additional information
General
FROM UKRAINE TO AZERBAIJAN
Having made his international debut for Ukraine in 2010, he began representing Azerbaijan in 2014. (azernews.az, 29 Mar 2016; Athlete, 20 Sep 2015)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
He hopes to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and put the disappointment of missing out on a medal at the 2012 Games in London behind him. Competing for his native Ukraine, he and his teammates initially placed third in the team final, but Japan's successful score protest bumped them up from fourth place to second, and pushed Ukraine out of the medals. "I dream about an Olympic medal. It was in my hands for all of 15 minutes." (1news.az, 21 Jul 2015; sports.yahoo.com, 30 Jul 2012)
Last update : 2016-09-23
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