David Belyavskiy

David Belyavskiy
— Gymnast —
Full name	David Sagitovich Belyavskiy
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1992-02-23) February 23, 1992 Votkinsk, Udmurtia,  Russia
Height	165 cm / 5'5"
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Elite
Club	Dynamo Club
Assistant coach(es)	Valery Alfosov
Eponymous skills	Parallel Bars: Double front salto dismount in piked position.
Medal record Competitor for  Russia European Championships Gold 2013 Moscow All-Around Silver 2012 Montpellier Team Bronze 2013 Moscow Parallel Bars World Cup Bronze 2012 Stuttgart All-Around Summer Universiade Gold 2013 Kazan Team Silver 2013 Kazan Parallel Bars Bronze 2013 Kazan All-Around Bronze 2013 Kazan Floor

David Sagitovich Belyavskiy (Russian: Давид Сагитович Белявский; born 23 February 1992)^[1] is a Russian artistic gymnast. He is the 2013 European All-around champion.

Biography

Belyavskiy was born in Votkinsk, Udmurtia. He lost his parents early and was raised by his grandparents, he grew up in a boarding school. He has competed in his first World Championships in 2010, he finished 6th in all-around at the 2011 World Championships. He won the Russian Cup All-around in 2012. He was part of the Russian Team that competed at the 2012 Europeans where they won the silver medal. Belyavskiy then competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished 5th in the All-around Finals. He won bronze in all-around at the 2012 Stuttgart World Cup.

Belyavskiy began his 2013 season by winning the Russian National All Around title. Later, he became the 2013 European individual all-around champion with an overall score of 89.799 points edging out British gymnast Max Whitlock for the gold. He won bronze at the Parallel Bars final.

Belyavskiy, alongside the Russian team (Nikolai Kuksenkov, Emin Garibov, Denis Ablyazin and Nikita Ignatyev) won Russia the team gold at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan. He won the all-around bronze medal ( tied with Ukrainian gymnast Oleg Verniaiev ). At the event finals, he won silver in Parallel Bars behind compatriot Emin Garibov and bronze in Floor.

Roughly a week before the 2013 World Championships Belyavskiy suffered an ankle injury. He went on to compete at the World Championships however only qualified to the All Around final in 14th place, coming 12th in the final.

References

External links

• David Belyavskiy at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique