David Belyavskiy

David Belyavskiy
— Gymnast —
David Belyavskiy at the 2015 European Championships in Montpellier, France.
Personal information
Full name	David Sagitovich Belyavskiy
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1992-02-23) February 23, 1992 Votkinsk, Udmurtia,  Russia
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Elite
Club	Lokomotiv Ekaterinburg
Assistant coach(es)	Valery Alfosov
Eponymous skills	Parallel Bars: Piked double front dismount
Medal record Competitor for  Russia European Games 2015 Baku Team 2015 Baku Parallel Bars 2015 Baku Floor Exercise European Championships 2013 Moscow All-Around 2014 Sofia Team 2012 Montpellier Team 2014 Sofia Parallel Bars 2015 Montpellier All-Around 2015 Montpellier Floor Exercise 2013 Moscow Parallel Bars Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Team 2013 Kazan Parallel Bars 2013 Kazan All-Around 2013 Kazan Floor Exercise

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. His parents died early in his life and he was raised by his grandparents, growing up in a boarding school. He competed in his first World Championships in 2010, and finished 6th in all-around at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

2012

Belyavskiy 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, finishing 5th in the All-around Finals and 7th in the Pommel Horse final. He won bronze in the all-around at the 2012 Stuttgart World Cup.

2013

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 and placed 5th on floor.

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 the Parallel Bars Final behind compatriot Emin Garibov and bronze on 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.

2014

On May 19-25, at the 2014 European Championships in Sofia Belyavskiy contributed scores of 15.466 (floor), 13.200 (pommel horse), 15.166 (vault), 15.266 (parallel bar) and 14.600 (horizontal bar) for Russia and along with teammates (Denis Ablyazin, Aleksandr Balandin, Nikita Ignatyev, Nikolai Kuksenkov) won Russia the Team Event gold medal with a total score of 267.959 ahead of Great Britain. In event finals, he won silver on parallel bars (15.566) behind Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev^[2]

At the World Championships in Nanning, China, Belyavskiy qualified 2nd into the All Around Final, as well as qualifying to the High bar Final and Team Final. Belyavskiy competed on Floor, Pommel Horse, Vault, Parallel Bars and High Bar to help the Russian team of Belyavskiy, Denis Ablyazin, Nikita Ignatyev, Nikolai Kuksenkov, Daniil Kazachkov and Ivan Stretovich to a 5th place finish in the Team Final. He also placed 5th in the All Around Final, scoring 89.765, and 5th in the High Bar Final, scoring 14.733.

2015

In 2015 Belyavskiy won his 3rd consecutive national All-Around title.

At the 2015 European Championships in Montpellier, France, Belyavskiy had a rough time in the qualifications round, qualifying 6th to the All Around Final and 3rd to the Floor Final, but did not make any other finals. In the All Around Final, he suffered a fall on Pommel Horse in the second rotation, but made a comeback to win the silver medal with 88.131, behind Oleg Verniaiev. Belyavskiy also won silver in the Floor Final behind Great Britain's Kristian Thomas with a score of 15.066.

In June, Belyavskiy competed in the 2015 European Games, winning gold in the Team Competition. Due to a wrist injury he did not compete in the All Around, but he qualified to the floor, pommel horse and parallel bars finals. He won the bronze medal in the floor final with a score of 15.000, places fourth in the pommel horse final with a score of 13.900, and won the silver medal in the parallel bars final with a score 0f 15.700, only 0.033 points behind gold medallist Oleg Stepko

Competitive history

References

External links

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