Illia Kovtun

Illia Kovtun (born 10 August 2003)[1] is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast.

Illia Kovtun
Illia Kovtun in 2019
Personal information
Country representedUkraine
Born (2003-08-10) 10 August 2003
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Ukraine
Junior World Championships
2019 Győr Team
2019 Győr All-around
Junior European Championships
2018 Glasgow Parallel Bars
2020 Mersin All-around
2020 Mersin Pommel horse
2020 Mersin Rings
2020 Mersin Parallel Bars
2020 Mersin Team
2020 Mersin Vault

Career

In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's team event and the bronze medal in the men's all-around event at the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Győr, Hungary.[1][2][3]

He also competed at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan winning a total of four gold medals and one silver medal. He won the gold medal in the men's team event, the men's all-around event, the parallel bars and the horizontal bar. He won the silver medal in the floor exercise.

In 2020, he won the gold medal in the junior men's team event at the 2020 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Mersin, Turkey.[4][5] He also won the gold medal in the junior all-around, pommel horse, rings and parallel bars events.[5][6] He also won the silver medal in the junior vault event.[7]

References
  1. "2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". FIG. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. "Oka wins all-around title as Japan dominate opening day of Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020.
  3. "GYMNASTICS: Russia and Japan shine in first World Junior Championships; di Cello wins gold on Vault". The Sports Examiner. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020.
  4. Berkeley, Geoff (9 December 2020). "Ukraine claim junior team title on first day of European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  5. "Ukraine crowned junior European team Champions!". European Gymnastics. 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. Berkeley, Geoff (11 December 2020). "Kovtun wins junior all-around gold at European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  7. Berkeley, Geoff (13 December 2020). "Turkey end home European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships with historic double". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.


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