Nikita Nagornyy

Nikita Nagornyy
Nagornyy in 2021
Personal information
Full nameNikita Vladimirovich Nagornyy
Nickname(s)A lion
Born (1997-02-12) 12 February 1997
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse
(m. 2018)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Russia
(2014–2024)
ClubDynamo Moscow
Assistant coach(es)Anatoly Zabelin
Eponymous skillsNagornyy (Floor) – Triple Back Pike (I)
Medal record
Representing  Russia &  ROC
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 2
World Championships 3 1 1
European Championships 8 2 1
Youth Olympic Games 3 1 1
Total 15 5 5
Representing  ROC
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Team
2020 Tokyo All-Around
2020 Tokyo Horizontal Bar
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
2019 Stuttgart Team
2019 Stuttgart All-Around
2019 Stuttgart Vault
2018 Doha Team
2018 Doha All-Around
European Championships
2015 Montpellier Vault
2016 Bern Team
2016 Bern Floor Exercise
2018 Glasgow Team
2019 Szczecin All-Around
2019 Szczecin Parallel Bars
2021 Basel All-Around
2021 Basel Floor Exercise
2021 Basel Pommel Horse
2021 Basel Rings
2017 Cluj-Napoca Parallel Bars
Youth Olympic Games
2014 Nanjing Pommel Horse
2014 Nanjing Rings
2014 Nanjing Parallel Bars
2014 Nanjing All-Around
2014 Nanjing Vault

Nikita Vladimirovich Nagornyy (Russian: Никита Владимирович Нагорный, IPA: [nʲɪˈkʲitə nɐˈɡornɨɪ̯], born 12 February 1997 in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian, representing Russia in 2016 and ROC in 2020. He was part of the teams who won gold at the 2020 Olympic Games and 2019 World Championships and silver at the 2016 Olympic Games and 2018 World Championships.

Individually, Nagornyy is the 2019 World All-Around Champion and the 2020 Olympic and 2018 World All-Around bronze medalist. He is an eight-time European gold medalist and a three-time Youth Olympic champion.