Nikolai Kuksenkov
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| Full name | Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternative name(s) | Mykola Yuliyovych Kuksenkov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Russia
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| Former countries represented |
 Ukraine
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| Born |
2 June 1989 Kiev, Ukraine |
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| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Igor Kalabushkin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nikolai Yulievich Kuksenkov (Russian: Николай Юльевич Куксенков, Ukrainian: Микола Юлійович Куксенков; born 2 June 1989) is a Russian gymnast who won a silver medal in the team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed for Ukraine until 2012.
Kuksenkov was born on 2 June 1989 in Kiev, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union. He received Russian citizenship on 23 April 2013.
Kuksenkov was member of the junior Ukrainian team that won team gold at the European Championships. In 2008, He finished 4th in all-around at the 2008 European Championships, Kuksenkov missed qualifying in the Ukrainian Team for the 2008 Summer Olympics because of an injury where he underwent surgery and took a while for the recovery. He won gold in All-around and silver in Horizontal Bar at the 2011 Summer Universiade. He won bronze medal in All-around at the 2011 European Championships.
He competed for Ukraine's national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's artistic team all-around and the Men's artistic individual all-around. The Ukrainian team, consisting of Kuksenkov, Igor Radivilov, Vitalii Nakonechnyi, Oleg Stepko and Oleg Verniaiev finished in 4th place in the team final. They were initially awarded 3rd position although a successful appeal from the Japanese team over one of their athletes scores resulted in Japan being promoted from 4th to 2nd place, displacing Ukraine from the medals. In the individual final Kuksenkov also finished in 4th position, again just missing out on a medal.
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