Nikita Nagornyy
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Nikita Nagornyy with his gold medal from the 2015 European Championships
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| Full name | Nikita Vladimirovich Nagornyy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Nikita/Nika | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Russia
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| Born |
12 February 1997 Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia |
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| Hometown | Rostov-on-Don | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | A. Zabelin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Nikita Vladimirovich Nagornyy (Russian: Никита Владимирович Нагорный, born 12 February 1997 in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He is the 2016 Olympics Team silver medalist, the 2016 European Champion on floor, 2015 European Champion on vault, the 2014 Youth Olympic All-around silver medalist and pommel horse, rings and parallel bars Champion, and the 2014 European Junior vault champion.
Nagornyy has a Youtube account, and enjoys making youtube vlogs in his leisure time.
Nagornyy began gymnastics at age 6 under the encouragement of his grandmother. His favorite gymnast and idol is Alexei Nemov.
Nagornyy was bronze medalist in all-around at the 2014 Russian Championships. Nagornyy was member of the Russian Team that won silver medal at the 2014 European Junior Championships, he qualified for the vault finals and won the gold medal.
Nagornyy was selected to represent Russia in men's gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. He won the all-around silver medal behind Britain's Giarnni Regini-Moran. Nagornyy was the only gymnast to qualify to all 6 event finals. He won gold in (rings, pommel horse, parallel bars), bronze medal in vault, 4th in floor exercise and 8th after a fall on horizontal bars. Nagornyy was the most decorated male artistic gymnast at this Youth Olympics Game with a total of three gold, one silver, and one bronze medal.
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