Ivan Ivankov

Ivan Ivankov
Ivankov in 2000
Personal information
Country represented	Belarus
Former countries represented	Soviet Union
Born	(1975-04-10) April 10, 1975 (age 42) Minsk
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record World Championships 1994 Brisbane All-around 1997 Lausanne All-around 2001 Ghent Team competition 1997 Lausanne Team competition 2001 Ghent All-around 2002 Debrecen High bar 1993 Birmingham Still rings 1994 Brisbane High bar 1997 Lausanne Still rings 1999 Tianjin Team competition 2001 Ghent Parallel bars World Cup Final 1998 Sabae High bar 1998 Sabae Still rings 2000 Glasgow Still rings 2000 Glasgow High bar European Championships 1994 Prague All-around 1994 Prague Team competition 1996 Copenhagen All-around 1994 Prague Floor exercise 1996 Copenhagen Floor exercise 1996 Copenhagen Pommel horse 2000 Bremen All-around 2000 Bremen High bar 2000 Bremen Parallel bars 1996 Copenhagen Team competition 2000 Bremen Still rings 2006 Volos Team competition 2006 Volos Parallel bars European Team Championships 1997 Paris Team Summer Universiade 2001 Beijing Rings

Ivan Ivankov (Belarusian: Іван Аляксандравіч Іванкоў, Łacinka: Ivan Aliaksandravič Ivankoŭ; born April 10, 1975 in Minsk) is a Belarusian artistic gymnast. The 1994 and 1997 all-around World Champion and the 1994 and 1996 all-around European Champion, Ivankov has competed for over a decade on the international circuit. Despite his numerous achievements at the World Championships, Europeans and other events, Ivankov has suffered a string of misfortunes at the Olympics, and has never won an Olympic medal.

Ivankov was born in Minsk, Belarus in 1975. He began gymnastics at the age of 6 and by the time he was 14, was a member of the Soviet national junior team, training at the prestigious Round Lake national gymnastics center.

Ivankov established himself as a top up-and-coming gymnast at the 1991 Junior European Championships in Greece, where he won the all-around, pommel horse, high bar, vault and still rings titles and earned a silver medals on the floor exercise.

Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Ivankov began representing Belarus. He competed at both the 1992 Junior European Championships, where he helped the Belorussian team to a gold medal finish, and the senior European Championships in Budapest, where he placed 13th in the all-around. He competed in his first World Championships in 1993, where he won a bronze medal on the rings.

1994 was Ivankov's breakout year. At the 1994 World Championships in Brisbane, he won the all-around gold, defeating reigning Olympic champion and teammate Vitaly Scherbo in the process. The same year, he won his first all-around senior European Championships title and placed well in other international competitions.

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