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Ivan Stretovich

Ivan Stretovich
Nickname(s) Vanya
Country represented  Russia
Born (1996-10-06) 6 October 1996 (age 20)
Hometown Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
Residence Moscow, Russia
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Club Central Army Sports Club [CSKA], Novosibirsk
Assistant coach(es) B. Konvissar
Former coach(es) Vladimir Kochnev, M.S. Nazarenko

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

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.

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 Championships. 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 Brasilia, Brazil for the 2013 Gymnasiade, Stretovich won gold in parallel bars and with Team Russia winning the gold medal ahead of Great Britain.

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.


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