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Ivan Stretovich

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Ivan Stretovich
Full nameIvan Alexeyevich Stretovich
Nickname(s)Vanya
Born (1996-10-06) 6 October 1996 (age 28)
Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Russia
LevelSenior international elite
ClubCentral Army Sports Club [CSKA], Novosibirsk
Assistant coach(es)B. Konvissar
Former coach(es)Vladimir Kochnev, M.S. Nazarenko
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Men's artistic gymnastics
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart Team
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2019 Napoli All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2019 Napoli Parallel Bars
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Napoli Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Napoli Horizontal Bar

Ivan Alexeyevich Stretovich (Russian: Иван Алексеевич Стретович; born 6 October 1996) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
Junior
2012 Russian Junior Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Junior Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 7
2013 Russian Junior Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Gymnasiade 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Euro Youth Olympic Festival 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Hopes Penza 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) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Senior
2014 Russian Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships 5 97 56 34
2015 Russian Cup 7 27 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5
World Championships 4 24 58
National Championships 5 6
2016 Russian Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olympic Games 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018 National Championships 4 5 5 6 5
Russian Cup 4 4 5 8 4
Voronin Cup 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 National Championships 5 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
DTB Team Challenge 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships 6
World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 56 22 60 32 19
2019 Napoli 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 11 30 20 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Russian Cup 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 7 7 8
Brabant Trophy 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Toyota International 4 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021 Russian Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships 12 12
2022
Doha World Cup 17 19

Career

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Stretovich started gymnastics at six years old when his mother took him to a gym club. He won gold at his first competition. He trains in Moscow, with the other members of the Russian team, and in Novosibirsk. His gymnastics idol is Hiroyuki Tomita.

Junior

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Stretovich appeared in his first major international competition at the 2012 European Junior Championships where the Russian Team won the silver medal, he was the youngest member of the Team (15 years old).

In 2013, Stretovich won the all-around gold at the Russian Junior Championships (in the CMS section).[1] He competed at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival where he took bronze medals in all-around, rings and gold in Parallel bars. Traveling to Brasília, Brazil for the 2013 Gymnasiade, Stretovich won gold in parallel bars and with Team Russia winning the gold medal ahead of Great Britain.

Senior

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In 2014, Stretovich sustained an injury at the start of the season. He competed in his first Worlds at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China. Stretovich competed only in pommel horse in Team event and together with teammates (Denis Ablyazin, Nikita Ignatyev, Nikolai Kuksenkov, Daniil Kazachkov and David Belyavskiy) Team Russia finished 5th.

In 2015, Stretovich was again member of the Russian men competing at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, together with teammates (Denis Ablyazin, Nikita Ignatyev, Nikolai Kuksenkov, Nikita Nagornyy and David Belyavskiy)

In 2016, Stretovich competed at the Russian Cup in July; where he won gold in parallel bars and high bar. Stretovich was initially named as an alternate for the Olympic Team but only days before the games started he was chosen to replace Nikita Ignatyev on the team, allegedly due to him looking better in training at the time.[2] Stretovich then competed with the Russian Team (together with Denis Ablyazin, Nikita Nagornyy, Nikolai Kuksenkov and David Belyavskiy) at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he contributed scores of 14.755 in pommel horse, 15.100 in parallel bars, 14.766 in horizontal bar; helping the Russian men's team win the silver medal with a total of 271.453 points.[3]

In 2017, Stretovich suffered an arm injury and underwent treatment in Munich, Germany. On August 23–27, Stretovich returned to a national competition at the Russian Cup.

In 2019, Stretovich competed at the European Championships in April; where he placed sixth on the high bar. In July he competed the Summer Universiade in Napoli winning silver in the all-around and on parallel bars as well as bronze on horizontal bar and in the team competition. In September he competed at the Russian Cup where he won silver in the all-around competition behind Nikita Nagornyy and ahead of reigning All-Around World Champion Artur Dalaloyan. He was selected to compete at the World Championships for the first time since 2015 and placed 10th in the all-around in qualifying but did not progress to the finals because Nagornyy and Dalaloyan finished above him. In the team final Stretovich competed on Floor, Pommel Horse, Vault and High Bar to help Russia win team gold with a total of 261.726 points. Stretovich's score of 14.666 on High Bar during the team final was the highest of any gymnast in the final.

Competing alongside Angelina Melnikova, Stretovich helped team Russia finished Second at the Brabant Trophy in October. In December at the Toyota International in Tokyo, Stretovich won Bronze on High Bar.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ivan Stretovich won the Russian championship in gymnastics". novosib-sport.
  2. ^ "Russians Replace Ignatyev with Stretovich". International Gymnast Magazine.
  3. ^ "Russian men's gymnastics team win silver in multidiscipline competitions". Itar-Tass. Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
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