Illia Kovtun

Illia Kovtun
Ілля Ковтун
Personal information
Born (2003-08-10) 10 August 2003
Cherkasy, Ukraine
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Croatia
(2025–present)
Former countries represented Ukraine
(2017–2024)
Training locationOsijek, Croatia
ClubSokol Osijek
Head coach(es)Iryna Gorbacheva
Eponymous skills"Kovtun" (Parallel Bars) Back toss from upper arm with quarter turn to one rail (C)
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Men's artistic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 0 1 1
European Championships 4 1 3
Junior World Championships 0 1 1
Junior European Championships 6 1 0
European Youth Olympic Festival 4 1 0
Total 14 6 5
Olympic Games
2024 Paris Parallel Bars
World Championships
2023 Antwerp All-Around
2021 Kitakyushu All-Around
European Championships
2023 Antalya Parallel Bars
2024 Rimini Team
2024 Rimini Parallel Bars
2024 Rimini Horizontal Bar
2022 Munich Parallel Bars
2021 Basel All-Around
2023 Antalya All-Around
2023 Antalya Horizontal Bar
Junior World Championships
2019 Győr Team
2019 Győr All-Around
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Cup 12 4 3
World Challenge Cup 13 5 4
Total 25 9 7

Illia Yuriiovych Kovtun (Ukrainian: Ілля Юрійович Ковтун; Croatian: Ilija Kovtun; born 10 August 2003) is a Ukrainian and Croatian artistic gymnast currently representing Croatia in international competition. He previously represented Ukraine until 2025.

Kovtun is the 2023 World all-around silver medalist and 2021 World all-around bronze medalist. Kovtun also won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics on parallel bars. At the European Championships he is the 2023 European champion on parallel bars as well as a one-time silver medalist (2022 parallel bars) and a three-time bronze medalist (2021 and 2023 all-around, 2023 horizontal bar). Additionally he is a two-time junior world championships medalist.